Football

Purdy is second Jayhawk to announce intention to transfer

Kansas safety Kaleb Purdy, a redshirt sophomore from St. Louis, announced on Wednesday afternoon that he plans to enter the transfer portal. Purdy follows in the footsteps of his classmate Brian Dilworth, a cornerback from Hollywood, Florida, who became the first Jayhawk to leave on Tuesday. ...

KU football signs 15 high school commitments on signing day

Updated 4:37 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4: After a series of flips late in the fall reshaped the image of its 2025 recruiting class, the Kansas football team officially signed 15 incoming freshmen on Wednesday, the first day of the early signing period. KU’s recent additions from the month of ...

Final Big 12 power rankings: ASU on top, KU finishes at No. 9

When the season began, Arizona State was picked at the bottom of the Big 12 in its preseason media poll. The Sun Devils finished the regular season on top. ASU is No. 1 in the final Big 12 power rankings, receiving 15 of a possible 16 first-place votes from a panel of media who regularly ...

Dilworth will enter transfer portal

Kansas redshirt sophomore cornerback Brian Dilworth announced on Tuesday afternoon that he plans to enter the transfer portal. He became the first player to do so after KU's season concluded with its loss at Baylor on Saturday. Dilworth, who was one of very few sophomores on KU's 2024 roster, ...

The biggest needs for KU football in the transfer portal

Updated 5:42 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3: While the transfer portal officially opens on Monday, the frenzy has already begun. Graduate transfers have long been able to enter the portal, and the Kansas football coaching staff has already dished out a host of scholarship offers to four-year college ...

Iowa transfer running back flips commitment to KU

As the Kansas football team begins the long process of replenishing its skill positions, it earned a significant commitment from an experienced power-conference running back on Monday. Leshon Williams, a transfer from Iowa who had less than a week earlier committed to Memphis, announced on ...

Revisiting preseason predictions for KU’s position groups

It was a truly dreadful year for those of us who as at least some small part of our professional duties have to project how Big 12 Conference teams will fare in football. As a voter in the league’s preseason poll, I was as guilty as anyone of incorrectly assuming that Utah (5-7, 2-7 Big 12) ...

Uncertainty awaits KU as it leaves behind massive senior class

Waco, Texas — Running back Devin Neal technically became a Kansas football alumnus as soon as he walked off the field at McLane Stadium on Saturday, following his school-record 20th career 100-yard rushing performance. The Jayhawks’ turnover-laden and massively disappointing 45-17 loss to ...