He has started every game this season at free safety. Bryant is fourth on the team with 69 total tackles. He also has an interception and has broken up four passes. His best game this season was at Colorado, when he made 14 total tackles, including six unassisted. He set his career high for solo stops last weekend at Texas with eight.
Andrew Davison
KU coaches say the 5-11, 185-pound defensive back is the Jayhawks’ best cover cornerback, as well as one of the best in the conference. Davison leads the team with three interceptions, giving him six for his career. He set career highs for total tackles and unassisted tackles with nine against Missouri. Davison has the longest current starting streak on the team with 35 consecutive starts, dating back to the final four games of his freshman season.
One of the original co-captains this season along with senior middle linebacker Marcus Rogers and injured wide receiver Harrison Hill Dwyer has been hampered by injuries. He was slowed during two-a-days by the wrist he had surgery on during the offseason. Now he’s being bothered by a pulled hip flexor. Despite the injuries, he has started every game this season at defensive tackle. Dwyer is sixth on the team with 46 tackles, including eight for a loss. He also has two forced fumbles. His best game of the season came against Oklahoma when he had eight total tackles with four going for a loss.
Perhaps the closest thing Kansas has to a hometown hero, KU’s senior wide receiver from Topeka expects to have about 25-30 friends and family members at today’s game.
“They’ve seen me play before,” said Fulton, who was named a co-captain when Hayes took over, “but hopefully I can do really well on Saturday for them.”
Fulton, who’s second on the team with 25 receptions and 308 yards, had one of the best games of his career this season at Texas Tech. He had a career-high seven receptions for 60 yards and scored the game-tying touchdown.
“It’s coming close to the end, two games left, wrapping up my career here. It’s exciting,” Fulton said. “It’s been up and down for me since I’ve been here, but I’m looking forward to finishing it on a strong note.”
Another of the Hayes-instated co-captains, Hartwig has anchored the Jayhawks’ offensive line all season. As a 6-foot-4, 295-pound offensive tackle, he’s thought to be the KU player on offense with the best chance of making an NFL squad next year.
“It’s hard to believe,” Hartwig said. “The last five years seem like forever ago, but they’ve gone by pretty fast. It will be weird. It will be our last Big 12 game and Senior Day, so it will be a real exciting game for us.”
Hartwig said the things he’ll remember most from his college career are the Jayhawks’ 33-17 victory over then-No. 17 Colorado for homecoming in 1998, winning 38-17 at Missouri last year and a narrow 24-17 loss to then-No. 8 Nebraska in 1999.
This year, though, has been a different story.
“Definitely I’d have to say this year has been some of the biggest disappointments,” Hartwig said. “I think we played really tough early in the season. But as the season’s gone on, we’ve had some big losses. Those have been the biggest disappointments in my career so far.”
KU’s defensive tackle from St. Louis has wrested the starting job from Ervin Holloman in the past couple of weeks. Hayes has 36 total tackles this season. His best game came against the Longhorns when he set career highs for total tackles with eight and solo stops with four.
Holloman has started five games at defensive tackle this season. He has 17 unassisted tackles and 17 helpers. Had a career-high seven solo tackles against UCLA and Missouri. Holloman and his wife, Ericka, have a daughter, Hateya Bernice, who was born last month.
Despite losing his starting cornerback position, Roe has contributed this season. He has 11 tackles and one of the Jayhawks’ 10 interceptions. Roe took his theft against Missouri 32 yards for a touchdown.
Another of the original senior co-captains, Rogers suffered a left ankle sprain last week against Texas and doesn’t think he’ll be able to play today.
“This injury is tough on me,” the middle linebacker said. “I had goals for this season. Right now it looks like I can’t accomplish the goals that I wanted to. I’ll just be there for my teammates, do what I can to help them out. If I can go, I’ll go.”
Rogers said his injury was his biggest disappointment, especially if he’s sidelined for Senior Day.
Asked for his KU highlights, he didn’t hesitate.
“The Texas Tech game, when we won in double overtime and I caught the interception to win the game,” Rogers said. “I finished with my career high in tackles (22).”
Playing without the Jayhawks’ leading tackler Rogers has 97 totals stops, 22 ahead of senior strong safety Jake Letourneau and junior linebacker Leo Etienne is something Hayes would rather not do.
“I think it’s very difficult because I think Marcus is one of the top linebackers in our league,” Hayes said. “He certainly has played some outstanding football for us this year. He leads our team in tackles and he may lead the conference in tackles, I don’t know.
“He’s all over the field. That’s all I know. Every time I look up he’s in the middle of a pile making a play. To lose that experience is very difficult.”
KU wide receiver led the team in receptions with 32, yards with 447 and average yards per game at 49.7. He was the recipient of red-shirt freshman quarterback Mario Kinsey’s first career touchdown pass, a 38-yarder against Colorado. Ross also accounted for the Jayhawks’ lone touchdown against the Sooners, a 77-yard strike from Kinsey. He started eight games this season and helped shoulder the load after Harrison Hill’s season-ending injury.
After missing the entire 1999 season with a knee injury, the 6-4, 290-pounder started every game at left guard this season.
One of the several players from Kileen, Texas, Stevenson overcame an injury to earn starts at both center and right guard.
Brandon Wier
When Hayes was given the interim title, he awarded Wier the special teams captain title.
Wier said his highlights include a fake punt at Oklahoma, busting a wedge on a kickoff at Notre Dame Wier particularly enjoyed hearing NBC announcer Dick Endberg’s description of the play and winning at Texas Tech this season and at Missouri last year.
But there are still things missing.
“The bowl games are missing, the competitiveness with K-State is missing and losing to Missouri at home in your senior year,” Wier said. “Those definitely are the lowest points in my career from a team standpoint. It would have been nice to have gone to a bowl, but the way we played against K-State is probably the one thing that’s really been missing.
“We haven’t competed with them in the five years I was here.”
He has started every game this season at free safety. Bryant is fourth on the team with 69 total tackles. He also has an interception and has broken up four passes. His best game this season was at Colorado, when he made 14 total tackles, including six unassisted. He set his career high for solo stops last weekend at Texas with eight.
Andrew Davison
KU coaches say the 5-11, 185-pound defensive back is the Jayhawks’ best cover cornerback, as well as one of the best in the conference. Davison leads the team with three interceptions, giving him six for his career. He set career highs for total tackles and unassisted tackles with nine against Missouri. Davison has the longest current starting streak on the team with 35 consecutive starts, dating back to the final four games of his freshman season.
One of the original co-captains this season along with senior middle linebacker Marcus Rogers and injured wide receiver Harrison Hill Dwyer has been hampered by injuries. He was slowed during two-a-days by the wrist he had surgery on during the offseason. Now he’s being bothered by a pulled hip flexor. Despite the injuries, he has started every game this season at defensive tackle. Dwyer is sixth on the team with 46 tackles, including eight for a loss. He also has two forced fumbles. His best game of the season came against Oklahoma when he had eight total tackles with four going for a loss.
Perhaps the closest thing Kansas has to a hometown hero, KU’s senior wide receiver from Topeka expects to have about 25-30 friends and family members at today’s game.
“They’ve seen me play before,” said Fulton, who was named a co-captain when Hayes took over, “but hopefully I can do really well on Saturday for them.”
Fulton, who’s second on the team with 25 receptions and 308 yards, had one of the best games of his career this season at Texas Tech. He had a career-high seven receptions for 60 yards and scored the game-tying touchdown.
“It’s coming close to the end, two games left, wrapping up my career here. It’s exciting,” Fulton said. “It’s been up and down for me since I’ve been here, but I’m looking forward to finishing it on a strong note.”
Another of the Hayes-instated co-captains, Hartwig has anchored the Jayhawks’ offensive line all season. As a 6-foot-4, 295-pound offensive tackle, he’s thought to be the KU player on offense with the best chance of making an NFL squad next year.
“It’s hard to believe,” Hartwig said. “The last five years seem like forever ago, but they’ve gone by pretty fast. It will be weird. It will be our last Big 12 game and Senior Day, so it will be a real exciting game for us.”
Hartwig said the things he’ll remember most from his college career are the Jayhawks’ 33-17 victory over then-No. 17 Colorado for homecoming in 1998, winning 38-17 at Missouri last year and a narrow 24-17 loss to then-No. 8 Nebraska in 1999.
This year, though, has been a different story.
“Definitely I’d have to say this year has been some of the biggest disappointments,” Hartwig said. “I think we played really tough early in the season. But as the season’s gone on, we’ve had some big losses. Those have been the biggest disappointments in my career so far.”
KU’s defensive tackle from St. Louis has wrested the starting job from Ervin Holloman in the past couple of weeks. Hayes has 36 total tackles this season. His best game came against the Longhorns when he set career highs for total tackles with eight and solo stops with four.
Holloman has started five games at defensive tackle this season. He has 17 unassisted tackles and 17 helpers. Had a career-high seven solo tackles against UCLA and Missouri. Holloman and his wife, Ericka, have a daughter, Hateya Bernice, who was born last month.
Despite losing his starting cornerback position, Roe has contributed this season. He has 11 tackles and one of the Jayhawks’ 10 interceptions. Roe took his theft against Missouri 32 yards for a touchdown.
Another of the original senior co-captains, Rogers suffered a left ankle sprain last week against Texas and doesn’t think he’ll be able to play today.
“This injury is tough on me,” the middle linebacker said. “I had goals for this season. Right now it looks like I can’t accomplish the goals that I wanted to. I’ll just be there for my teammates, do what I can to help them out. If I can go, I’ll go.”
Rogers said his injury was his biggest disappointment, especially if he’s sidelined for Senior Day.
Asked for his KU highlights, he didn’t hesitate.
“The Texas Tech game, when we won in double overtime and I caught the interception to win the game,” Rogers said. “I finished with my career high in tackles (22).”
Playing without the Jayhawks’ leading tackler Rogers has 97 totals stops, 22 ahead of senior strong safety Jake Letourneau and junior linebacker Leo Etienne is something Hayes would rather not do.
“I think it’s very difficult because I think Marcus is one of the top linebackers in our league,” Hayes said. “He certainly has played some outstanding football for us this year. He leads our team in tackles and he may lead the conference in tackles, I don’t know.
“He’s all over the field. That’s all I know. Every time I look up he’s in the middle of a pile making a play. To lose that experience is very difficult.”
KU wide receiver led the team in receptions with 32, yards with 447 and average yards per game at 49.7. He was the recipient of red-shirt freshman quarterback Mario Kinsey’s first career touchdown pass, a 38-yarder against Colorado. Ross also accounted for the Jayhawks’ lone touchdown against the Sooners, a 77-yard strike from Kinsey. He started eight games this season and helped shoulder the load after Harrison Hill’s season-ending injury.
After missing the entire 1999 season with a knee injury, the 6-4, 290-pounder started every game at left guard this season.
One of the several players from Kileen, Texas, Stevenson overcame an injury to earn starts at both center and right guard.
Brandon Wier
When Hayes was given the interim title, he awarded Wier the special teams captain title.
Wier said his highlights include a fake punt at Oklahoma, busting a wedge on a kickoff at Notre Dame Wier particularly enjoyed hearing NBC announcer Dick Endberg’s description of the play and winning at Texas Tech this season and at Missouri last year.
But there are still things missing.
“The bowl games are missing, the competitiveness with K-State is missing and losing to Missouri at home in your senior year,” Wier said. “Those definitely are the lowest points in my career from a team standpoint. It would have been nice to have gone to a bowl, but the way we played against K-State is probably the one thing that’s really been missing.
“We haven’t competed with them in the five years I was here.”
He has started every game this season at free safety. Bryant is fourth on the team with 69 total tackles. He also has an interception and has broken up four passes. His best game this season was at Colorado, when he made 14 total tackles, including six unassisted. He set his career high for solo stops last weekend at Texas with eight.
Andrew Davison
KU coaches say the 5-11, 185-pound defensive back is the Jayhawks’ best cover cornerback, as well as one of the best in the conference. Davison leads the team with three interceptions, giving him six for his career. He set career highs for total tackles and unassisted tackles with nine against Missouri. Davison has the longest current starting streak on the team with 35 consecutive starts, dating back to the final four games of his freshman season.
One of the original co-captains this season along with senior middle linebacker Marcus Rogers and injured wide receiver Harrison Hill Dwyer has been hampered by injuries. He was slowed during two-a-days by the wrist he had surgery on during the offseason. Now he’s being bothered by a pulled hip flexor. Despite the injuries, he has started every game this season at defensive tackle. Dwyer is sixth on the team with 46 tackles, including eight for a loss. He also has two forced fumbles. His best game of the season came against Oklahoma when he had eight total tackles with four going for a loss.
Perhaps the closest thing Kansas has to a hometown hero, KU’s senior wide receiver from Topeka expects to have about 25-30 friends and family members at today’s game.
“They’ve seen me play before,” said Fulton, who was named a co-captain when Hayes took over, “but hopefully I can do really well on Saturday for them.”
Fulton, who’s second on the team with 25 receptions and 308 yards, had one of the best games of his career this season at Texas Tech. He had a career-high seven receptions for 60 yards and scored the game-tying touchdown.
“It’s coming close to the end, two games left, wrapping up my career here. It’s exciting,” Fulton said. “It’s been up and down for me since I’ve been here, but I’m looking forward to finishing it on a strong note.”
Another of the Hayes-instated co-captains, Hartwig has anchored the Jayhawks’ offensive line all season. As a 6-foot-4, 295-pound offensive tackle, he’s thought to be the KU player on offense with the best chance of making an NFL squad next year.
“It’s hard to believe,” Hartwig said. “The last five years seem like forever ago, but they’ve gone by pretty fast. It will be weird. It will be our last Big 12 game and Senior Day, so it will be a real exciting game for us.”
Hartwig said the things he’ll remember most from his college career are the Jayhawks’ 33-17 victory over then-No. 17 Colorado for homecoming in 1998, winning 38-17 at Missouri last year and a narrow 24-17 loss to then-No. 8 Nebraska in 1999.
This year, though, has been a different story.
“Definitely I’d have to say this year has been some of the biggest disappointments,” Hartwig said. “I think we played really tough early in the season. But as the season’s gone on, we’ve had some big losses. Those have been the biggest disappointments in my career so far.”
KU’s defensive tackle from St. Louis has wrested the starting job from Ervin Holloman in the past couple of weeks. Hayes has 36 total tackles this season. His best game came against the Longhorns when he set career highs for total tackles with eight and solo stops with four.
Holloman has started five games at defensive tackle this season. He has 17 unassisted tackles and 17 helpers. Had a career-high seven solo tackles against UCLA and Missouri. Holloman and his wife, Ericka, have a daughter, Hateya Bernice, who was born last month.
Despite losing his starting cornerback position, Roe has contributed this season. He has 11 tackles and one of the Jayhawks’ 10 interceptions. Roe took his theft against Missouri 32 yards for a touchdown.
Another of the original senior co-captains, Rogers suffered a left ankle sprain last week against Texas and doesn’t think he’ll be able to play today.
“This injury is tough on me,” the middle linebacker said. “I had goals for this season. Right now it looks like I can’t accomplish the goals that I wanted to. I’ll just be there for my teammates, do what I can to help them out. If I can go, I’ll go.”
Rogers said his injury was his biggest disappointment, especially if he’s sidelined for Senior Day.
Asked for his KU highlights, he didn’t hesitate.
“The Texas Tech game, when we won in double overtime and I caught the interception to win the game,” Rogers said. “I finished with my career high in tackles (22).”
Playing without the Jayhawks’ leading tackler Rogers has 97 totals stops, 22 ahead of senior strong safety Jake Letourneau and junior linebacker Leo Etienne is something Hayes would rather not do.
“I think it’s very difficult because I think Marcus is one of the top linebackers in our league,” Hayes said. “He certainly has played some outstanding football for us this year. He leads our team in tackles and he may lead the conference in tackles, I don’t know.
“He’s all over the field. That’s all I know. Every time I look up he’s in the middle of a pile making a play. To lose that experience is very difficult.”
KU wide receiver led the team in receptions with 32, yards with 447 and average yards per game at 49.7. He was the recipient of red-shirt freshman quarterback Mario Kinsey’s first career touchdown pass, a 38-yarder against Colorado. Ross also accounted for the Jayhawks’ lone touchdown against the Sooners, a 77-yard strike from Kinsey. He started eight games this season and helped shoulder the load after Harrison Hill’s season-ending injury.
After missing the entire 1999 season with a knee injury, the 6-4, 290-pounder started every game at left guard this season.
One of the several players from Kileen, Texas, Stevenson overcame an injury to earn starts at both center and right guard.
Brandon Wier
When Hayes was given the interim title, he awarded Wier the special teams captain title.
Wier said his highlights include a fake punt at Oklahoma, busting a wedge on a kickoff at Notre Dame Wier particularly enjoyed hearing NBC announcer Dick Endberg’s description of the play and winning at Texas Tech this season and at Missouri last year.
But there are still things missing.
“The bowl games are missing, the competitiveness with K-State is missing and losing to Missouri at home in your senior year,” Wier said. “Those definitely are the lowest points in my career from a team standpoint. It would have been nice to have gone to a bowl, but the way we played against K-State is probably the one thing that’s really been missing.
“We haven’t competed with them in the five years I was here.”
He has started every game this season at free safety. Bryant is fourth on the team with 69 total tackles. He also has an interception and has broken up four passes. His best game this season was at Colorado, when he made 14 total tackles, including six unassisted. He set his career high for solo stops last weekend at Texas with eight.
Andrew Davison
KU coaches say the 5-11, 185-pound defensive back is the Jayhawks’ best cover cornerback, as well as one of the best in the conference. Davison leads the team with three interceptions, giving him six for his career. He set career highs for total tackles and unassisted tackles with nine against Missouri. Davison has the longest current starting streak on the team with 35 consecutive starts, dating back to the final four games of his freshman season.
One of the original co-captains this season along with senior middle linebacker Marcus Rogers and injured wide receiver Harrison Hill Dwyer has been hampered by injuries. He was slowed during two-a-days by the wrist he had surgery on during the offseason. Now he’s being bothered by a pulled hip flexor. Despite the injuries, he has started every game this season at defensive tackle. Dwyer is sixth on the team with 46 tackles, including eight for a loss. He also has two forced fumbles. His best game of the season came against Oklahoma when he had eight total tackles with four going for a loss.
Perhaps the closest thing Kansas has to a hometown hero, KU’s senior wide receiver from Topeka expects to have about 25-30 friends and family members at today’s game.
“They’ve seen me play before,” said Fulton, who was named a co-captain when Hayes took over, “but hopefully I can do really well on Saturday for them.”
Fulton, who’s second on the team with 25 receptions and 308 yards, had one of the best games of his career this season at Texas Tech. He had a career-high seven receptions for 60 yards and scored the game-tying touchdown.
“It’s coming close to the end, two games left, wrapping up my career here. It’s exciting,” Fulton said. “It’s been up and down for me since I’ve been here, but I’m looking forward to finishing it on a strong note.”
Another of the Hayes-instated co-captains, Hartwig has anchored the Jayhawks’ offensive line all season. As a 6-foot-4, 295-pound offensive tackle, he’s thought to be the KU player on offense with the best chance of making an NFL squad next year.
“It’s hard to believe,” Hartwig said. “The last five years seem like forever ago, but they’ve gone by pretty fast. It will be weird. It will be our last Big 12 game and Senior Day, so it will be a real exciting game for us.”
Hartwig said the things he’ll remember most from his college career are the Jayhawks’ 33-17 victory over then-No. 17 Colorado for homecoming in 1998, winning 38-17 at Missouri last year and a narrow 24-17 loss to then-No. 8 Nebraska in 1999.
This year, though, has been a different story.
“Definitely I’d have to say this year has been some of the biggest disappointments,” Hartwig said. “I think we played really tough early in the season. But as the season’s gone on, we’ve had some big losses. Those have been the biggest disappointments in my career so far.”
KU’s defensive tackle from St. Louis has wrested the starting job from Ervin Holloman in the past couple of weeks. Hayes has 36 total tackles this season. His best game came against the Longhorns when he set career highs for total tackles with eight and solo stops with four.
Holloman has started five games at defensive tackle this season. He has 17 unassisted tackles and 17 helpers. Had a career-high seven solo tackles against UCLA and Missouri. Holloman and his wife, Ericka, have a daughter, Hateya Bernice, who was born last month.
Despite losing his starting cornerback position, Roe has contributed this season. He has 11 tackles and one of the Jayhawks’ 10 interceptions. Roe took his theft against Missouri 32 yards for a touchdown.
Another of the original senior co-captains, Rogers suffered a left ankle sprain last week against Texas and doesn’t think he’ll be able to play today.
“This injury is tough on me,” the middle linebacker said. “I had goals for this season. Right now it looks like I can’t accomplish the goals that I wanted to. I’ll just be there for my teammates, do what I can to help them out. If I can go, I’ll go.”
Rogers said his injury was his biggest disappointment, especially if he’s sidelined for Senior Day.
Asked for his KU highlights, he didn’t hesitate.
“The Texas Tech game, when we won in double overtime and I caught the interception to win the game,” Rogers said. “I finished with my career high in tackles (22).”
Playing without the Jayhawks’ leading tackler Rogers has 97 totals stops, 22 ahead of senior strong safety Jake Letourneau and junior linebacker Leo Etienne is something Hayes would rather not do.
“I think it’s very difficult because I think Marcus is one of the top linebackers in our league,” Hayes said. “He certainly has played some outstanding football for us this year. He leads our team in tackles and he may lead the conference in tackles, I don’t know.
“He’s all over the field. That’s all I know. Every time I look up he’s in the middle of a pile making a play. To lose that experience is very difficult.”
KU wide receiver led the team in receptions with 32, yards with 447 and average yards per game at 49.7. He was the recipient of red-shirt freshman quarterback Mario Kinsey’s first career touchdown pass, a 38-yarder against Colorado. Ross also accounted for the Jayhawks’ lone touchdown against the Sooners, a 77-yard strike from Kinsey. He started eight games this season and helped shoulder the load after Harrison Hill’s season-ending injury.
After missing the entire 1999 season with a knee injury, the 6-4, 290-pounder started every game at left guard this season.
One of the several players from Kileen, Texas, Stevenson overcame an injury to earn starts at both center and right guard.
Brandon Wier
When Hayes was given the interim title, he awarded Wier the special teams captain title.
Wier said his highlights include a fake punt at Oklahoma, busting a wedge on a kickoff at Notre Dame Wier particularly enjoyed hearing NBC announcer Dick Endberg’s description of the play and winning at Texas Tech this season and at Missouri last year.
But there are still things missing.
“The bowl games are missing, the competitiveness with K-State is missing and losing to Missouri at home in your senior year,” Wier said. “Those definitely are the lowest points in my career from a team standpoint. It would have been nice to have gone to a bowl, but the way we played against K-State is probably the one thing that’s really been missing.
“We haven’t competed with them in the five years I was here.”
