Football

Kansas picked to finish an unprecedented ninth in Big 12 media poll

For the first time in 13 years, Kansas has not been picked to finish last in a preseason Big 12 Conference football poll. Beginning with the 2011 season, the first Big 12 campaign following the departures of Colorado and Nebraska, the media poll had projected the Jayhawks in last place — ...

Booth Breakdown: A far-out look at the Texas Longhorns

This preview is the fifth of a 12-part series breaking down the upcoming KU football schedule. It may be a Big 12 Conference farewell tour for Texas in 2023, but that won’t stop head coach Steve Sarkisian and the Longhorns from playing their hand for a league title. Kansas will take a road ...

Kansas football completes edge-rusher duo with holiday commitment

In a four-day span, the Kansas football team has won a pair of competitive recruiting battles for highly touted edge rushers. Dakyus Brinkley, a linebacker and defensive end from Katy, Texas, wrote on Twitter that "Lawrence is home" Tuesday morning as he announced his commitment to join the ...

Three-star defensive end commits to KU football

The Kansas football team completed its Desert Edge High trifecta Saturday evening when three-star edge rusher Deshawn Warner announced his long-awaited commitment to join the Jayhawks. Kansas won a tight race with Oregon State, Texas and Washington for the services of the Goodyear, Arizona, ...

KU football adds new coaching intern with Jayhawk ties

Just seven months following the conclusion of his three-school, six-year college career, Noah Vedral is getting into coaching. Kansas Athletics confirmed Friday morning that Vedral, a Wahoo, Nebraska, native who most recently played quarterback at Rutgers, will soon join Lance Leipold's staff ...

14-team Big 12 will yield one odd year of scheduling

The Big 12 Conference has for years neither been especially big nor contained 12 schools. From 2012 until now it survived with just 10, a number that made it one of the smallest leagues in the Football Bowl Subdivision. As a result of a move nearly two years in the making, however, it will ...

Booth Breakdown: A far-out look at the BYU Cougars

This preview is the fourth of a 12-part series breaking down the upcoming KU football schedule. With BYU officially becoming a Big 12 Conference member when the calendar rolls over to July 1, it’s only appropriate that this week’s edition of the Booth Breakdown takes a peek at the Week 4 ...