Football

KU’s first 2027 commitment is lineman Gonzalez

Kansas is on the board in the 2027 recruiting class. The Jayhawks earned the commitment on Wednesday night of Derek Gonzalez, a consensus three-star offensive lineman from Nogales High School in La Puente, California. Gonzalez announced his decision in a post on social media. He chose KU over ...

Trio of Jayhawks invited to NFL Combine

Updated 3:16 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026: Former Kansas football players Enrique Cruz Jr., Jalon Daniels and Emmanuel Henderson Jr. are among the 319 NFL hopefuls invited to the Scouting Combine, the league announced on Wednesday morning. Each of the three players, alongside numerous other ...

5 Jayhawks who will need to improve this offseason to earn big roles

Plenty of the offseason discussion of the Kansas football team, especially before the Jayhawks have taken the field for spring practices, will inevitably center on the Jayhawks’ numerous and in many cases quite promising transfer-portal additions. That’s natural considering how much KU had ...

Pair of former Jayhawks earn Super Bowl rings

Two former Kansas football players earned Super Bowl rings as members of the victorious Seattle Seahawks. The Seahawks’ 29-13 win over the New England Patriots on Sunday night at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, meant a happy ending to the rookie seasons of offensive linemen ...

Onatolu to focus on special teams; Dineen will coach defensive ends

Along with Wednesday’s press conference to reintroduce Kansas associate head coach Andy Kotelnicki came another bit of coaching news. Head coach Lance Leipold has elevated Joe Dineen from defensive analyst to serve as the assistant coach for defensive ends. Taiwo Onatolu, who previously ...

Kotelnicki explains why he returned to KU as associate head coach

When Andy Kotelnicki first got offered and accepted a job working for Lance Leipold back in 2013, he took less than 48 hours to make his way to Bismarck, North Dakota, where he had been working at the University of Mary, and then back to Whitewater, Wisconsin, to get started as Leipold’s ...

Some thoughts on KU’s unenviable 2026 schedule

The Kansas football team’s schedule has been out for a handful of days, providing plenty of time to process the unusual slate of games the Jayhawks have drawn for the 2026 season. From three bye weeks down to one, from starting on Aug. 23 to Sept. 4, from a home conference opener on Sept. 20 ...

See latest renderings of KU’s Gateway project

The University of Kansas athletic department on Thursday afternoon released a suite of new renderings related to the second phase of its ongoing Gateway project, as well as additional details about upcoming construction. With the west end of David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium and the ...