Charlie Weis shifts responsibilities on KU coaching staff

An adjustment has been made in staff responsibilities within the Kansas football program, effective immediately. Rob Ianello will move to a new position as Director of Research. Reggie Mitchell will add the title of Recruiting Coordinator. Head coach Charlie Weis will take over the wide receiver position.

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• By Matt Tait
• February 10, 2014 9:38 a.m.

Charlie Weis’ latest recruiting class shows shift

The piles of snow around Lawrence might have delayed Kansas University football coach Charlie Weis from discussing his latest recruiting class with the media, but they did nothing to cool off Weis’ excitement about the 25-member class. By Matt Tait

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• February 6, 2014 11:45 p.m.

National signing day a smooth affair for KU football

Kansas University football coach Charlie Weis put the finishing touches on KU’s 2014 recruiting class Wednesday when he received 20 letters of intent in the first several hours of national signing day. Things went so smoothly for the Jayhawks that all letters were signed, faxed and received by just after noon, leaving very little reason to worry that anything would go awry. By Matt Tait

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• February 6, 2014 midnight

KU football recruiting class to #PlayforDre

A year after the “Dream Team 2013” hashtag dominated recruiting talk about the Jayhawks, several members of KU’s latest class have followed suit and created a hashtag for the 2014 version. By Matt Tait

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• February 4, 2014 11:25 p.m.

KU football picks up commitment from one of top prospects in Dallas

A little more than 24 hours before the arrival of signing day, the Kansas University football program got some huge news when Dallas Carter High athlete Corey Avery orally committed to the Jayhawks on live television in his hometown.

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• February 3, 2014 11:15 p.m.

Juco coach relishes trifecta

Kansas football establishes pipeline

Hartnell Community College football coach Matt Collins has been involved with junior-college coaching for nearly two decades, but the recent recruiting process provided him with a new experience. By Matt Tait

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• January 30, 2014 11:34 p.m.

QB Frankie Seurer to walk on to KU football

According to his Twitter account, Frankie Seurer, the son of former Kansas great Frank Seurer, will join the Jayhawks as a walk-on quarterback. By Matt Tait

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• January 30, 2014 12:17 a.m.

Two of nation's top-ranked juco football players commit to Kansas

RB DeAndre Mann, D-End Anthony Olobia headed to Lawrence

Two of the top-ranked junior college players in the country chose Monday night as the night to announce their future plans. Kansas University's already deep backfield got a little deeper when DeAndre Mann, the top-ranked junior-college running back in the country according to JCGridiron.com, orally committed to KU Monday evening. A couple of hours later, news broke that KU also received an oral commitment from the nation's No. 2-ranked defensive end, Arizona Western's Anthony Olobia.

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• By Matt Tait
• January 27, 2014 8:19 p.m.

WR Darious Crawley picks Kansas over Michigan State

After visiting Kansas University last weekend and hosting in-home visits with his two finalists — KU and Michigan State — during the week, wide receiver Darious Crawley orally committed to KU late Friday night.

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• By Matt Tait
• January 25, 2014 1:29 p.m.

Big recruiting weekend looms for Kansas University football

After a monthlong dead period, college football coaches hit the road recruiting again Thursday. By Matt Tait

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• January 17, 2014 12:29 a.m.

Top juco RB to visit KU

Junior College All-American De’Andre Mann, a standout running back at Hartnell College in Salinas, Calif., has scheduled an official visit with Kansas University for the weekend of Jan. 17. By Matt Tait

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• January 12, 2014 12:13 a.m.

KU football recruiting heavy on DBs

So far, the Class of 2014 for Kansas University’s football program has a serious secondary flavor to it. By Matt Tait

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• January 4, 2014 12:35 a.m.

Firebird Joe Dineen gives Kansas football recruit blessing

In the typically cut-throat world of college football recruiting, where coaches often hand out more scholarship offers than they have to give and occasionally pull them at the last minute, Kansas University recently made a gesture that is almost unheard-of with one of its prospects in the Class of 2014. By Matt Tait

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• January 2, 2014 12:04 a.m.

Jayhawks add three on first day of mid-year juco signing period

While it paled in comparison to last year’s nine-man mid-year haul, Wednesday proved to be a productive day for the recruiting efforts of the Kansas University football program, which welcomed three players to the roster on the initial day of the mid-year junior-college signing period. By Matt Tait

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• December 18, 2013 4:12 p.m.

Juco commit follows familiar path to KU

When Kansas University football commitment Keyon Haughton first arrived at Georgia Military College, he made fast friends with a player who shared his name. Now, more than two years later, Keyon is following in KU captain Keon Stowers' footsteps. Haughton is one of two juco players expected to sign national letters of intent with the Jayhawks today. By Matt Tait

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• December 18, 2013 12:16 a.m.