If Kansas center Bryce Foster is a race car, then, as offensive line coach Daryl Agpalsa puts it, the restrictor plates are now off. As of Friday’s practice, the 13th overall of KU’s fall training camp, it’s full speed ahead for Foster. The coaching staff has gradually ramped him up ...
Defensive end Alex Bray had seen the Jayhawks up close as much as just about anyone who joined Kansas during the offseason. He had faced off against KU each of the last two seasons as his previous school, Illinois, split a home-and-home series against the Jayhawks. “The atmosphere here, it ...
For the University of Kansas’ Gateway project — the $750 million renovation and redevelopment of the football stadium and the area around it — there are big stakes on the horizon. Now, there is a big new private donation on the books, as well. KU on Wednesday announced that Paul and ...
When Kansas coach Lance Leipold talked about Leroy Harris III at Big 12 media days on July 9, he noted that the defensive end from Brentwood, Tenn., had “an opportunity to redshirt.” Three weeks later, though, with some early practices in fall camp under his belt, Harris had become for ...
Defensive tackle might be one of the deepest positions on the Kansas football team this season. The Jayhawks have at least six legitimate veteran options on the interior line, as part of a defense that features significant numbers of newcomers at virtually every other position. Sixth-year ...
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 ...
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 ...
Kansas strength coach Matt Gildersleeve likes to stress that his conditioning program adapts to the needs of individual players — as he says, “you meet them where they’re at.” In the case of defensive tackle Marcus Calvin, when Calvin entered the program in 2023, that meant meeting a ...