Let’s take a look at some news and notes from across the Jayhawk programs: — As the football season approaches, expectations are ramping up for the Kansas Jayhawks, and by one count — in the pages of a major preseason magazine — they are about twice as high as they were a year ago. ...
Kansas football received a commitment from former Auburn defensive end Dylan Brooks on Monday. Brooks, who entered the transfer portal last month, recently wrapped up a visit with Lance Leipold and the Jayhawks’ program. Seeking a new home, Brooks reopened his recruitment after his former ...
As the NFL Draft begins tonight in Kansas City, there are two Jayhawks who are on the radar draft experts, but projections call for them to go much later than tonight’s first round. Defensive end Lonnie Phelps, Jr. and offensive lineman Earl Bostick, Jr. both were invited to the NFL ...
One of Lance Leipold’s first quarterback recruits has officially found a new home after leaving the Jayhawks. Ethan Vasko, a one-time three-star prospect for KU, announced Monday on Twitter that he is transferring to Coastal Carolina in Conway, South Carolina. Vasko had been in the ...
Eighteen years ago, when former Journal-World Sports Editor Tom Keegan showed up to work for his first day on the job in Lawrence, I fired off an email that would change the next two decades of my life. In it, I explained to Keegan who I was, why I was emailing him and how, for as long as I ...
One of the things that made Kansas quarterback Jalon Daniels so effective last season was his ability to take off and run. That also made him vulnerable. With that in mind, and with Daniels still building strength after the shoulder injury that forced him to miss four games a season ago, KU ...
The Kansas football program has picked up an oral commitment from three-star tight end Carson Bruhn, who chose the Jayhawks over Kansas State and Minnesota. Bruhn took several visits to KU — official and unofficial — and told Jon Kirby of JayhawkSlant.com that he loved getting to see “a ...
One of the biggest stories of spring football at the University of Kansas was the emergence of sophomore safety Jalen Dye, who has firmly worked his way into the mix in the KU secondary and figures to be a key part of the Kansas defense this fall. The opportunity to do so presented itself ...