Football

KU blown out at Baylor 45-17 in unceremonious end to late-season run

Waco, Texas — The recipe for success for the Kansas defense during the Jayhawks’ impressive late-season run was holding firm in the red zone and forcing the occasional turnover on downs, like early in KU’s win over Colorado, or well-timed interception, like before the half against ...

Preview: KU seeks one climactic regular-season win over Baylor

With their backs against the wall, the Jayhawks have won three consecutive games against ranked opponents — all in highly cathartic fashion — to preserve what once seemed like the faintest possible hope of bowl eligibility. “We’ll see how it all finishes up, but I feel like at the end ...

2026 cornerback Brown announces commitment to KU

As the Kansas football team puts the finishing touches on its 2025 recruiting class, it has begun to establish a foothold in 2026. With quarterback Jaylen Mason from Wichita Northwest already in the fold, the Jayhawks got their second 2026 commitment in Lennie "Trey" Brown, a three-star ...

Linebacker commit Rivera flips to Memphis

With the early signing period just days away, the Kansas football team got a bit of bad news on the recruiting trail as 2025 linebacker Kenyon Rivera flipped his commitment to Memphis. Rivera made the announcement on Thursday morning, and it deprives the Jayhawks of one of their two freshman ...

Puzzling through postseason prospects if KU beats Baylor

The Kansas football program has one major hurdle to clear if it wants to reach a third straight bowl game for the first time ever: beating a streaking Baylor team in a stadium where the Jayhawks have never won. If they do that, it’s anyone’s guess what the month of December might ...

‘No hard feelings’ Colorado coach says after Jayhawk’s big hit on son

Shedeur Sanders avoided injury on a scary hit by Kansas defensive end Dean Miller that took out both of the quarterback’s legs after throwing a pass in last Saturday’s 37-21 loss. Coach Deion Sanders said both Jayhawks coach Lance Leipold and Miller reached out to him about the hit on his ...