Football

KU kicker Marjan embraces learning from missed kicks

Kansas kicker Laith Marjan says that whenever he misses a field goal, he takes it personally. Fortunately for Marjan, he didn't miss often in 2024 — at least during games. In his first year as a collegiate placekicker, after serving as a kickoff specialist at East Carolina, Marjan went ...

Wentz brings physicality as ‘bouncer’ of receiver group

Levi Wentz may be in some sense one of the most experienced players on the Kansas roster, as a sixth-year senior, but he’s still young in the game of football as a whole. “Levi is one of those guys that his ceiling is huge,” wide receivers coach Terrence Samuel said. “He was kind of a ...

Jayhawks react to first practices at revamped stadium

Friday night's practice presented the first chance for the Kansas football team to spend any significant time in the revamped David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium, but it might not necessarily have felt that way for at least some of the Jayhawks. The “EA Sports College Football” video game ...

KU has given Williams ‘new lease on football’

Kansas offensive coordinator Jim Zebrowski equates what running back Leshon Williams might have been experiencing when he came to KU to a “midlife crisis” — even as he acknowledges that Williams is too young for that sort of label. “Take football out of it,” Zebrowksi said. “I ...

Leipold wants KU, K-State to alternate hosting high school state championships

The Kansas state high school football championships overseen by KSHAA in 2024 took place at three separate host sites: Emporia State University (6A, 5A and 4A), Hutchinson Community College (3A, 2A and 1A) and Greensburg-Kiowa County High School (8-player D-I, 8-player D-II and 6-player). In ...

Fall camp notebook: Henderson a quick learner, Leipold provides injury updates

Kansas’ senior wide receiver Emmanuel Henderson Jr. only has five career catches, but you wouldn’t know it from the way his teammates and coaches talk about him. It was apparent from early in the spring that the Jayhawks thought they had something special in Henderson, a former five-star ...