Football

Williams delivers big performance as featured back against WVU

Time was ticking down in the fourth quarter, Kansas running back Leshon Williams wanted to get out of Saturday night’s game, and it became clear to him that the shortest path to the sideline was through the end zone. “You want to know what was really going through my head … I’m going ...

Henderson’s kick returns give Jayhawks momentum in win over West Virginia

Senior receiver Emmanuel Henderson Jr. went out on kickoff return in the second quarter of Kansas football’s 41-10 win over West Virginia on Saturday with instructions to make a fair catch. Henderson opted to make a play instead. He fielded a short kick and ran up to Kansas' 44-yard line, ...

KU defense takes care of West Virginia for 41-10 win

Time and again during its 2024 Big 12 Conference slate, the Kansas football team suffered pre- and post-halftime setbacks that hampered its ability to build and maintain leads. If Saturday’s league opener against West Virginia was any indication, 2025 could be quite a bit different. KU ...

Preview: KU comes off bye week, returns home to face WVU in league opener

Kansas and West Virginia enter Saturday night’s conference opener in Lawrence coming off hard-fought games against their biggest rivals. The difference is that KU is now two weeks removed from its 42-31 loss at Missouri, while the Mountaineers will hope to have moved on sufficiently quickly ...

Armed with advice from the pros, Nagy has started fast as KU’s punt returner

Playing early is a rare opportunity for any college freshman, and even rarer is receiving pregame advice, prior to one’s collegiate debut, from an NFL player who plays the same position. That’s exactly what Kansas’ Tate Nagy got in the form of a text from Kansas City Chiefs punt returner ...

Report: KU football will face Arizona State in London in 2026

The University of Kansas will head across the pond for Big 12 football in 2026, according to a report from The Post and Courier on Thursday morning. Scott Hamilton of the Charleston, South Carolina, newspaper reported that KU and Arizona State will meet at Wembley Stadium in London on Sept. ...

Getting to know the Mountaineers: Scouting report from a WVU beat writer

Kansas and West Virginia have met several times in recent years, authoring some classic Big 12 games, but this year's edition of the Mountaineers is virtually unrecognizable. WVU has a new coach in Rich Rodriguez (really, an old coach, given that he led the program for seven seasons in the ...