Malachi Curvey found himself in a bit of an unusual position entering his second year at Kansas. On the one hand he was one of precious few returning players in the linebacker room, along with starting middle linebacker Trey Lathan; on the other, he was coming off a redshirt year. “Malachi ...
Kansas redshirt junior quarterback Cole Ballard doesn’t spend a lot of time on social media: “Nothing good can come from it,” he said. “I learned that a long time ago with my dad.” That is, of course, a reference to Indianapolis Colts general manager Chris Ballard, who like anyone ...
The margin between unprecedented success and undistinguished stagnation has proven very thin for the Kansas football team. Not so long ago, the Jayhawks were riding high coming out of the 2023 season with consecutive bowl appearances for the first time in 15 years. What followed were ...
Jim Zebrowski, like much of KU’s current staff, has seen firsthand how quickly and suddenly a third-string quarterback can get called into action — like when Cole Ballard had to enter midgame as a true freshman former walk-on back in 2023, then start in the Sunflower Showdown. “What ...
Losing three safeties to the transfer portal and bringing in four new ones gave Kansas an opportunity to change its athletic profile at the position. In Corey Gordon, a veteran previously of Louisville and Baylor, and Christian Pritchett, a younger transfer from Georgia Tech, KU has a pair of ...
When Kansas coach Lance Leipold discussed the acquisition of Georgia transfer safety Jaden Harris this spring, he made sure to note how helpful it could be for Harris to provide competition for returning starter Taylor Davis. In the spring, in the summer and into fall camp, Harris has by all ...
Ever since the NCAA removed limits on so-called “countable coaches” in college football — allowing more members of a team’s staff to do hands-on coaching in practices and games than ever before — the significance of analyst roles has dramatically increased. Kansas has 14 analysts on ...
It’s hard to tire out Kansas strength coach Matt Gildersleeve, but the process of onboarding KU’s class of transfer-portal additions back in the winter did just that. “I would do it tenfold over again,” he said. When the 2025 season concluded, KU’s longtime director of sports ...
