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New depth at linebacker brings additional competition

The Kansas football team did not use a lot of different players at linebacker in 2024. Middle linebacker Cornell Wheeler (529 snaps) and weak-side linebacker JB Brown (608) were on the field together most of the time whenever they were both healthy, and Taiwan Berryhill Jr. (405) filled in ...

Listen: Rock Chalk Sports Talk on Big 12, football and more

On the July 30 episode of the Best of Rock Chalk Sports Talk Podcast from KLWN, Daniel Courtwright presents his Big 12 power rankings; shares audio from Chris Simpson, Trey Lathan, Jayson Gilliom, Bangally Kamara and Logan Brantley; speaks to Journal-World Sports Editor Henry Greenstein; and ...

NFL preseason to feature plenty of young former Jayhawks

The NFL preseason is imminent, and with a recent influx of Kansas football players into the league after the graduation of last year’s sizable senior class, any given exhibition game has about a 70% chance of featuring at least one former Jayhawk. That’s because there are now 15 players ...

Listen: Rock Chalk Sports Talk on KU football, Chiefs and more

On the July 29 episode of the Best of Rock Chalk Sports Talk Podcast from KLWN, Daniel Courtwright talks about Kansas football; shares audio from Matt Lubick, Lyrik Rawls, Devin Dye and Taylor Davis; speaks to Sam Winton of JayhawkSlant; ranks the top 10 things Dan doesn't want to learn; and ...