But it remains to be seen which will start at quarterback for the Jayhawks this weekend against Oklahoma State.

Generally, speaking the “or” indicates that it could be either player who starts and, for the first time in weeks, that sounds like the case with Daniels and Bean.

KU coach Lance Leipold said Monday at his regular weekly press conference that Daniels is back practicing following KU’s bye week.

“He’s doing some things,” said Leipold, not tipping his cap on whether the junior who started the season as KU’s QB1 would play this weekend. “He was out there yesterday and we’ll see. That probably goes for (injured KU cornerback) Cobee (Bryant) and others, as well.”

Daniels has missed the past two games because of a shoulder injury he suffered late in the first half of the Jayhawks’ home loss to TCU. He missed the second half of that game and did not play against Oklahoma or Baylor in the two weeks that followed.

He was present on the KU sideline for both of those away games — he wore a headset and street clothes at Oklahoma and he was seen in uniform, lightly warming up before the loss at Baylor in which he did not play.

Although the Jayhawks have lost all three games in which Daniels has missed time, Bean and the offense have scored 93 points in five halves without him. The Kansas defense, meanwhile, has given up 115 points in those five halves.

Prior to the injury, Daniels had completed 78 of 117 pass attempts for 1,072 yards, with 11 passing touchdowns and just one interception. He also added 341 yards and five more TDs on the ground on 53 carries while averaging 6.4 yards per rush.

In relief, Bean has completed 50 of 80 pass attempts for 783 yards, nine touchdowns and three interceptions. He has run for 119 yards and two touchdowns on the season and has played in seven of KU’s eight games, entering the game for a limited number of plays and in specific packages even when Daniels was healthy.

The identity of KU’s starting QB for this week’s home game against No. 18 Oklahoma State — 2:30 p.m. kickoff on FS1 — likely will not be revealed until the Jayhawks hit the field for their first possession of the game.

At 5-3 overall and 2-3 in Big 12 play, Kansas remains just one win shy of becoming bowl eligible for the first time since the 2008 season.

The Jayhawks have four games left to try to get that sixth win — Saturday vs. Oklahoma State; Nov. 12 at Texas Tech, Nov. 19 vs. Texas and Nov. 26 at No. 13 Kansas State.

OSU QB ailing

Kansas isn’t the only team with questions at quarterback entering this weekend’s clash with 6-2 Oklahoma State.

Cowboys starter Spencer Sanders left last weekend’s 48-0 loss at Kansas State with an injury and is not guaranteed to play this week.

Asked Monday about Sanders’ status for the KU game, OSU coach Mike Gundy said: “I hope he’s doing good. We’re going to rest him some this week and try to get him back and get him going just like we have been doing.”

Sanders, the 2019 Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year, has started all eight games this season for OSU, throwing for 2,177 yards, 15 touchdowns and five interceptions. He also has added 343 yards and eight more touchdowns on 87 carries so far this season.

When Sanders left the KSU game, redshirt freshman Gunnar Gundy — the son of OSU’s head coach — took over at quarterback for the Cowboys. He finished 2-of-7 for 16 yards and one interception through the air and added 27 yards on five carries.

Kickoff set for Texas Tech

The Jayhawks’ second-to-last road game of the 2022 season on Nov. 12 at Texas will kick off at 6 p.m., the Big 12 announced Monday.

The game will be televised exclusively on Big 12 Now via ESPN+, marking the Jayhawks’ first non-nationally televised game since their Week 2 win over West Virginia on Sept. 10.

Both the season-opening victory against Tennessee Tech and the road win at WVU were televised on ESPN’s streaming platform.