Football

Big 12 adopts player availability reports for football and basketball

The Big 12 Conference announced on Wednesday afternoon that its schools will soon be required to publish information about player availability. Big 12 teams will provide availability reports, to be published on the conference's website, ahead of league games for football, men’s basketball ...

Finkley lauded for leadership by coaches, fellow players

Ever since Lance Leipold took over as Kansas football coach in 2021, the KU football players have exclusively selected team captains who have been with the Jayhawks for the entirety of Leipold’s tenure. Yes, as recently as 2024, KU had two captains who came to Lawrence in 2020 in Jalon ...

Former Jayhawk Booker impresses in Bears’ preseason opener

Back on the field for the unofficial start of his second professional season, former Kansas defensive end Austin Booker turned in a dominant performance in Chicago on Sunday. In his preseason opener with the Chicago Bears, Booker recorded three sacks and matched a team-high total with six ...

Fall sports preview: KU football brings rebuilt roster to new stadium

Head coach Lance Leipold and his staff have always tried to implement what they call a “culture of competition.” If the Kansas football team succeeds in 2025, it will be as a direct result of that culture. Gone is nearly everyone who had a firm grip on a starting spot in 2024. Many of ...

Offensive tackle Cruz was ‘starstruck’ from first glimpse of KU

Kansas offensive line coach Daryl Agpalsa recruited Enrique Cruz Jr. when Agpalsa was at Northern Illinois and Cruz was one of the top prospects in the state, coming out of Willowbrook High School in the Chicago suburbs. But, as Agpalsa admits somewhat sheepishly now, he didn’t offer Cruz a ...

Hurley has adapted to ‘whole different culture’ since arriving at KU

Jahlil Hurley’s dream was to stay in the SEC. The Alabama transfer had entered the portal after two years with the Crimson Tide, and after having grown up in Florence, Ala. When he came out of high school as a four-star prospect, Auburn, Florida and Georgia were also among the schools he had ...