Football

KU has given Williams ‘new lease on football’

Kansas offensive coordinator Jim Zebrowski equates what running back Leshon Williams might have been experiencing when he came to KU to a “midlife crisis” — even as he acknowledges that Williams is too young for that sort of label. “Take football out of it,” Zebrowksi said. “I ...

Leipold wants KU, K-State to alternate hosting high school state championships

The Kansas state high school football championships overseen by KSHAA in 2024 took place at three separate host sites: Emporia State University (6A, 5A and 4A), Hutchinson Community College (3A, 2A and 1A) and Greensburg-Kiowa County High School (8-player D-I, 8-player D-II and 6-player). In ...

Fall camp notebook: Henderson a quick learner, Leipold provides injury updates

Kansas’ senior wide receiver Emmanuel Henderson Jr. only has five career catches, but you wouldn’t know it from the way his teammates and coaches talk about him. It was apparent from early in the spring that the Jayhawks thought they had something special in Henderson, a former five-star ...

New depth at linebacker brings additional competition

The Kansas football team did not use a lot of different players at linebacker in 2024. Middle linebacker Cornell Wheeler (529 snaps) and weak-side linebacker JB Brown (608) were on the field together most of the time whenever they were both healthy, and Taiwan Berryhill Jr. (405) filled in ...

NFL preseason to feature plenty of young former Jayhawks

The NFL preseason is imminent, and with a recent influx of Kansas football players into the league after the graduation of last year’s sizable senior class, any given exhibition game has about a 70% chance of featuring at least one former Jayhawk. That’s because there are now 15 players ...