Football

Juco LB Mike Smith joins KU football’s 2022 recruiting class

The first recruiting class for head coach Lance Leipold at the University of Kansas won’t be completely comprised of high school prospects. The Jayhawks got their first junior college addition to the Class of 2022 this past week, when Mike Smith committed.A 6-foot-1, 225-pound sophomore ...

Horned Frogs’ late FG puts end to KU football road rally

Fort Worth, Texas — Despite a promising start Saturday at TCU, the Kansas football team couldn’t quite replicate its road magic from a week ago.The Horned Frogs’ Griffin Kell kicked a 25-yard field goal with six seconds to play, and the Jayhawks fell, 31-28, at Amon G. Carter ...

Notebook: Devin Neal hurt, misses 2nd half of KU football loss to TCU

Fort Worth, Texas — The Jayhawks had to try and rally back on the road at TCU Saturday without Devin Neal in the second half.The Kansas football team’s starting running back, Neal appeared to injure a shoulder late in the second quarter. Though he was on the sidelines for the final two ...

3 keys for KU football at TCU

— Kansas (2-8 overall, 1-6 Big 12) at TCU (4-6, 2-5) • 3 p.m. kickoff, Amon G. Carter Stadium • Game-time forecast: 76 degrees, mostly sunny, 0% chance of rain • Streaming: ESPN+ • Radio: KLWN, FM 101.7 / AM 1320Keys for Kansas1. Strain to seize every opportunityKansas football ...

Long-struggling KU football program hopes to build off of marquee win at Texas

Nearing the end of his sixth year in the Kansas football program, super-senior receiver Kwamie Lassiter II has witnessed more losses than he cares to remember, as well as a handful of victories — 11 to be exact. Lassiter was a first-year walk-on who was redshirting in 2016, when KU upset ...

Jalon Daniels: KU football’s near upset at Texas 2 years ago inspired him

If the Kansas football team hadn’t nearly upset Texas on the road in 2019, Jalon Daniels might not have ever joined the Jayhawks.Named this week’s Gorilla Glue “Toughest Player on Planet Earth” by “The Rich Eisen Show” after helping the Jayhawks beat the Longhorns on the road in ...