Football

2027 running back Stewart commits to KU

The Kansas football team is heading into peak recruiting season for the 2027 class, and on Sunday it earned its third overall commitment of the cycle. Trey Stewart, a 6-foot-1, 205-pound running back from Little Rock, Arkansas, announced in an afternoon ceremony at his high school that he will ...

Which KU football players might earn 2027 NFL Draft consideration?

The considerable roster turnover Kansas experienced this past offseason makes it difficult to project who might break out during the 2026 campaign. Throw in the significant possibility of changes to collegiate eligibility rules, which could allow a massive number of players another year to ...

More Jayhawks receive NFL minicamp opportunities

Football remains a long way away, but rookie minicamp season is in full swing, and two additional Jayhawks have earned recent opportunities to prove their worth to NFL teams. Longtime Kansas running back Daniel Hishaw Jr. has been invited to the Kansas City Chiefs’ rookie minicamp that ...

Todd hoping to channel former KU standout with jersey number change

Any given spring brings a flurry of number changes to the Kansas football roster, some more meaningful than others. In the case of junior cornerback Jalen Todd, who wore No. 26 throughout his first two seasons in Lawrence, switching to No. 1 was an intentional tribute to one of his ...

Where former KU players are headed as undrafted free agents

After a pair of Jayhawks were selected in the later rounds of the 2026 NFL Draft, plenty more hoped to sign deals as undrafted free agents in the hours and days that followed. A handful of former Kansas players inked deals with teams in the wake of the draft: quarterback Jalon Daniels, ...

Seahawks pick Henderson in 6th round

The defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks made Emmanuel Henderson Jr. the first Kansas wide receiver selected in the NFL Draft since 2010 by picking him in the sixth round at No. 199 overall on Saturday afternoon. It's the second straight year in which Seattle has picked a Jayhawk in ...

Cruz selected by 49ers in 5th round

The San Francisco 49ers made offensive lineman Enrique Cruz Jr. the first Kansas football player selected in the 2026 NFL Draft on Saturday afternoon. San Francisco picked Cruz at No. 179 overall with the third-to-last pick of the fifth round. In doing so, the 49ers went back to the well for ...