Updated 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 18:
The Kansas football coaching staff continues to reload at one of its most depleted positions, and returned to a familiar source on Tuesday when it added former Bowling Green linebacker Joseph Sipp Jr.
Sipp, who announced his decision on Tuesday night, follows in the footsteps of KU’s recently graduate linebacker JB Brown, an all-conference honorable mention who also started his career at Bowling Green and was briefly Sipp’s teammate.
Sipp’s commitment comes after he visited campus over the weekend. The linebacker from Hillsborough High School in Tampa, Florida, started 24 times in 37 career games with Bowling Green, and in 2024 earned first-team All-MAC honors after racking up 75 tackles, 10.5 of which were for a loss and six of which were sacks, for the Falcons. Sipp also recovered a fumble and broke up a pair of passes.
The 6-foot, 225-pound Sipp played primarily as an inside linebacker during his time with the Falcons. He will have one year to play and, with more than 1,500 career snaps under his belt, brings some much-needed experience to a linebacker room that outside of Tristian Fletcher, Jayson Gilliom and incoming South Carolina transfer Bangally Kamara is largely populated by young and unproven players such as Logan Brantley, Jon Jon Kamara and JaCorey Stewart.
With the additions of Sipp and cornerback DJ Graham II, KU concluded Tuesday with 11 transfer additions as it looks to replenish its roster.
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