Football

Jayhawks in the NFL: Grimm, Skinner score preseason touchdowns

Inglewood, Calif. — Stetson Bennett rebounded from throwing a fourth-quarter interception to 305-pound defensive tackle TeRah Edwards, hitting Tru Edwards with an 8-yard touchdown pass with 5 seconds left while leading the Los Angeles Rams to a 23-22 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers on ...

Former Jayhawk Booker impresses in Bears’ preseason opener

Back on the field for the unofficial start of his second professional season, former Kansas defensive end Austin Booker turned in a dominant performance in Chicago on Sunday. In his preseason opener with the Chicago Bears, Booker recorded three sacks and matched a team-high total with six ...

Fairchild wins UFL title in first pro season

It was a charmed few months on the football field for former Kansas tight end Mason Fairchild. At the end of the fall he had won a state championship as part of the coaching staff for his alma mater, the powerhouse Andale High School; by the end of the spring, he had become a United Football ...

Logan begins new professional opportunity north of the border

The months after the Los Angeles Rams released Kenny Logan Jr. were an opportunity for him to “regroup and regather,” he said. But the period without a team was also something Logan simply wasn’t used to. He wasn’t far removed from completing a five-season career at Kansas in which he ...

Several new additions featured among 5 former Jayhawks on UFL rosters

The United Football League begins its schedule on Friday, and that means another opportunity for a handful of former Kansas football players to show off their talents in the spring. This year, the UFL ranks feature few holdovers from last season, at least in terms of these former Jayhawks. ...

Several former Jayhawks stood out at Big 12 Pro Day

Updated 1:56 p.m. Tuesday, March 25: Twenty-nine former Jayhawks represented the Kansas football team at the Big 12 Conference's league-wide Pro Day between last Wednesday and Friday as many looked to improve their prospects for playing at the professional level. Several of these players took ...

KU football’s large outgoing senior class well represented at Big 12 Pro Day

The current iteration of the Big 12 features 16 teams, yet one-eighth of the players at the league-wide Big 12 Pro Day event, which begins on Tuesday at Ford Center at the Star in Frisco, Texas, come from the Kansas football program. That’s a testament to the sheer size of the Jayhawks’ ...