Football

JaCorey Stewart announces plans to enter transfer portal

Kansas linebacker JaCorey Stewart announced on Friday that he plans to enter the transfer portal. “Thank you to the University of Kansas for helping me grow on and off the field,” Stewart wrote in a post on X. “I’ll be entering the transfer portal with 3 years of eligibility left. ...

Running back Thompson to enter portal

Kansas running back Johnny Thompson Jr. announced on Thursday afternoon that he intends to enter the transfer portal. Thompson, who spent three years at KU and is originally from Canoga Park, California, will have two seasons left to play. He carried the ball 24 times for 107 yards during his ...

Henderson headlines KU’s All-Big 12 selections

Emmanuel Henderson Jr. entered the 2025 season with five career catches and six career kickoff returns over the course of three years at Alabama. Given the chance at Kansas to show what he could do on both offense and special teams during his senior season, Henderson rewarded the Jayhawks with ...

Leipold weighs in on Klieman’s retirement: ‘He just felt it was time’

Kansas coach Lance Leipold and his counterpart at Kansas State, Chris Klieman, have often spoken over the years about their friendship. They share common roots as former Division III head coaches — Leipold at Wisconsin-Whitewater, Klieman at Loras — who worked their way up through the ...

KU gets first portal commitment by flipping defensive lineman Conde

The Kansas football team has earned its first transfer commitment of the offseason by way of a flip. Defensive tackle Jibriel Conde, formerly of Division II Grand Valley State and for about two days committed to Wisconsin for the 2026 season, will instead attend KU, his agent Kyle Logan of ...

KU football remains confident in future despite back-to-back 5-7 seasons

The Kansas football team seemed poised to reach a bowl game for the third straight year for the first time in program history ahead of the 2024 season. Instead, the Jayhawks have now missed bowl eligibility twice by going 5-7 in back-to-back seasons, leaving questions about what needs to ...

Daniels ends KU career ‘heartbroken’ with three turnovers in loss

Kansas quarterback Jalon Daniels came to Lawrence off of a 3-9 season for KU, a year in which the Jayhawks went 1-8 in conference play. His first year, he played in seven games during a 0-9 campaign that ended with the coach who recruited him to KU being fired months afterward. On Friday, ...