Football

Long-awaited return to action has been welcome development for Hanika, Jayhawks

Kansas tight end DeShawn Hanika's teammates have given him plenty of grief about his status as the oldest one on the team. Hanika, 25, has been on the receiving end of nicknames like “grandpa,” “old-timer” and his personal favorite, “The Godfather.” He gets it from his fellow tight ...

With fresh start, KU football has emphasized finishing

The precise ways in which the Kansas football team fell short in 2024 have informed the ways it approaches the 2025 season — sometimes very directly. “There’s no secret that we didn’t have much success in the fourth quarter last year,” strength coach Matt Gildersleeve said on Sunday. ...

In-state wideout Parker commits to KU

After a break between commitments that was long only by the standards of the Kansas coaching staff’s fast-paced winter, the Jayhawks secured the services of another 2026 football prospect. Tyren Parker, from Shawnee Heights High School in Tecumseh, announced his commitment to KU on Wednesday ...

A quick survey of the 2025 KU football schedule, Part 2

The second half of the 2025 Kansas football schedule will take the Jayhawks to some new and difficult places. Just one week after a first-ever trip to UCF, they’ll head down to Lubbock, Texas, where Texas Tech has made a series of big swings in the transfer portal in an attempt to build a ...