Kansas University will have to rebuild its offensive line without Johnny Urrutia.
“Johnny Urrutia is not with the program any longer,” KU football coach Mark Mangino said Monday during the Big 12 teleconference. “He is going back home to try to get some academic issues cleared up and wants to come back and join the team. We will certainly take him back.”
Mangino did not specify a timeline for Urrutia’s return. Fall classes begin Thursday at KU.
It’s possible the junior lineman from Mt. San Antonio College could return to junior college to complete his two-year degree and rejoin KU’s program for the second semester. Mt. San Antonio coach Bill Fitch said Monday that he had not heard from Urrutia. Classes started Monday at the junior college in Walnut, Calif.
Urrutia was a two-time all-conference selection at Mt. San Antonio and was rated among the top five guards in the country by rivals.com. He was one of three junior college lineman brought in to help retool an offensive line that lost four starters to graduation.
