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11/30/23 - Austin Booker, rSo/2024, Kansas + More +

2023 BIG 12 DEFENSIVE NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR: Austin Booker, Kansas, DL, So.,...Booker becomes the first Jayhawk named Defensive Newcomer of the Year since Isaiah Johnson in 2013 and he's KU's first defensive lineman named All-Big 12 First Team since Daniel Wise in 2018. The Greenwood, Indiana, native finished his first season at Kansas ranked third in the Big 12 with 8.0 sacks and was sixth in the league with 12.0 tackles for loss. Booker is tied for second on the team with 56 tackles, including 40 solo and 16 assists, while adding two forced fumbles and one pass breakup this season. - Kansas Football

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DE Austin Booker, Kansas
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03/06/23 - Jalon Daniels, rJr/2026, Kansas + More +

The process that will aim to ensure Jalon Daniels' body is healthy for the 2023 season is ongoing. In the past week, Kansas football head coach Lance Leipold said they will monitor how much their junior quarterback throws the ball during spring practice. It's a revelation that highlights, once again, the shoulder injury that forced Daniels to miss four games last season. And not long after that, director of sports performance Matt Gildersleeve said they're trying to create a really good foundation for Daniels so he can be in an even better position in the future.

But Daniels, as optimistic as ever, downplayed any air of significance that plan could create. The way he explained it, it's more so just about making sure there aren't any setbacks. And, as long as that holds, this aspect of the program's upward trajectory can continue. "Really just making sure that I feel all right, for real, and staying in contact with the trainers every single day," Daniels said. "Just coming in and getting that extra work, pre-hab is better than rehab, and we definitely don't want any setbacks at all." Daniels' return to the Jayhawks for 2023 gives Leipold and company one of the top returning starting quarterbacks in the Big 12 Conference. Daniels' development in recent years has been substantial. His availability puts Kansas in the best position, compared to the Jayhawks' other options there, to reach bowl eligibility for a second-straight season. - Topeka Capital Journal

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QB Jalon Daniels, Kansas
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03/06/23 - Kenny Logan Jr., rSr/2024, Kansas + More +

Other than the fact he's recovering from shoulder surgery, Kenny Logan Jr. has enjoyed the fact he's back with Kansas football for one last year. Logan has found himself soaking in certain moments as he's been able to walk around campus. Logan, who'll be a senior safety again for the Jayhawks in 2023, has been able to be around his Kansas teammates once more during what is set to be his last spring ball with the program. Even the opportunities to walk into Allen Fieldhouse to watch some basketball have stuck out to him. But just because Logan could dwell on the fact he has to make his way back from injury, in his fifth and final year playing college football, doesn't mean he is.

It doesn't mean his limited availability will keep him from trying to improve as the team's spring session continues. Logan is trying to live in the moment as it all transpires. "Really, just get better off the field," Logan said when asked about his goals. "Become a better football player. Become a better leader, and really like a coach. Just try to make sure that I'm influencing the guys around me to get better, pushing myself, challenging myself mentally to make sure that I'm staying focused and locked in and in tune with everything going on." The goals Logan has for this spring came both from his own desires and that of the coaching staff. Those discussions have played a part in what he's focusing on. Whether it's rehab or watching film or something else, Logan is committed to improving. - Topeka Capital Journal

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SS Kenny Logan Jr., Kansas
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03/05/23 - O.J. Burroughs, Sr/2025, Kansas + More +

Spring ball for Kansas football in 2023 was always going to be a critical one for safety O.J. Burroughs. Burroughs, with two years of experience in tow, is preparing for his junior season with the Jayhawks. After starting one of his 12 appearances in 2021 for a team that went 2-10, he started all 13 in 2022 for a team that improved to 6-7 and went to the program's first bowl game since 2008. Now, he's a veteran. But then came the news that senior safety Kenny Logan Jr. and redshirt junior safety Marvin Grant will be limited for much of the spring due to injury. Then came the realization that, despite Burroughs' playing experience, he was going to have to take up a role he hasn't necessarily had to all that often before.

And Burroughs isn't shying away from the added responsibility he has. "Without those two older guys, it kind of gives me the chance to get out of my comfort zone and just lead all the younger guys," said Burroughs, who tied for second on the team in interceptions this past season. "Because I'm one of the most experienced guys out there. So, it's kind of take that next step, just as a teammate, as a player, as a leader, just making sure I do - I bring my best every day to encourage and bring the best out of the other guys in the room." Burroughs already understood the position he'd now found himself in, but defensive coordinator Brian Borland also addressed it with him prior to spring ball. It's up to Burroughs, among others, to set the standard the team is striving to meet. - Topeka Capital Journal

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FS O.J. Burroughs, Kansas
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02/11/23 - Damarius McGhee, rJr/2026, Kansas + More +

There are going to be a host of newcomers on Kansas football's roster this fall. The Jayhawks announced some of those additions in the 2023 signing class in December. They announced more over the course of the past two-plus weeks. And those prospects, from the high school and college levels, covered a wide range of positions that address different needs Kansas has as it prepares for another run at a bowl game this upcoming college football season. Among the many topics head coach Lance Leipold addressed last week, he specifically addressed the recruitments of a number of the newcomers. Three in that group were Damarius McGhee, Jacoby Davis and Damon Greaves. And here's more on what Leipold had to say about them and how they fit into the Jayhawks' future.

McGhee was a 247Sports Composite four-star prospect out of high school, and according to 247Sports, the LSU transfer is a three-star talent out of the portal. It may not have worked out for McGhee at LSU, where he spent the first two years of his college career. There, he appeared in 13 games across two seasons and redshirted in 2022. But if it works out at Kansas, the Jayhawks are getting one of the top talents at the cornerback position from the 2021 recruiting class. Leipold said McGhee has great cover skills and his addition is a chance for the team to get better. "In fact, when I was on the road here last week I ran into a coach from (McGhee's) former school," said Leipold, speaking Feb. 1, "and he had nothing but positive things about (McGhee). And if (McGhee) stays healthy and does the things that he needs to, he doesn't see any reason why that (McGhee) won't be a fine addition and help this team." - Topeka Capital Journal

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CB Damarius McGhee, Kansas
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01/30/23 - Logan Brown, rSr/2025, Kansas + More +

Kansas football made the additions of 13 transfers to the Jayhawks' 2023 roster Tuesday. There are six newcomers on defense, spread across each level of the unit. Five more come on offense, spread across the offensive line, running back and tight end rooms. And two more are specialists, rounding out a class that's ranked by 247Sports as the 36th-best transfer class in the nation. - Topeka Capital Journal

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OT Logan Brown, Kansas
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01/18/23 - Damarius McGhee, rJr/2026, Kansas + More +

The Kansas football program added another group of transfer portal pick-ups over the weekend, with recent visitors Damarius McGhee, a cornerback out of LSU, and Patrick Joyner Jr., a defensive end from Utah State, committing to Kansas. McGhee, a former four-star prospect who originally had offers from Alabama, Georgia and several other big time programs, announced his commitment to Kansas on social media.

McGhee started on special teams for the Tigers as a true freshman in 2021 and appeared in one game during his sophomore season last fall. He said the KU coaches told him that both special teams and cornerback would be in his future at Kansas. That means returning kicks and that was something that stood out to him throughout his communications with KU. - Lawrence Journal World

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CB Damarius McGhee, Kansas
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01/18/23 - Lonnie Phelps, rJr/2023, Kansas + More +

The Senior Bowl announced Thursday that Phelps had accepted an invitation to participate in the game, which will be played on Feb. 4. Phelps may have only spent his redshirt junior season at Kansas after starting his college career at Miami (OH), but his impact was hard to miss. In his lone season at Kansas, the defensive end led the Jayhawks in tackles for loss with 11.5, sacks with seven and quarterback hurries with six. - Topeka Capital Journal

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OLB Lonnie Phelps, Kansas
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01/13/23 - Jalon Daniels, rJr/2026, Kansas + More +

Kansas quarterback Jalon Daniels isn't leaving the Jayhawks anytime soon. Daniels announced on social media on Friday that he plans to return to the program in 2023 - presumably instead of entering the NFL Draft or transfer portal. Instead, Daniels will return for his senior year. He has two years of eligibility remaining. Last season, Daniels led the Jayhawks (6-7, 3-6 Big 12) to their first bowl appearance since the 2008 season.

Kansas lost 55-53 to Arkansas in a triple-overtime Liberty Bowl thriller at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium. Despite the loss, the star QB had quite the game. Daniels broke multiple Liberty Bowl records, including total touchdowns (6) and passing yards (544). Daniels threw for 2,014 passing yards with 18 passing touchdowns and four interceptions in the 2022 season. On the ground, the QB ran for 425 yards and seven touchdowns. In his nine appearances, Daniels led KU to a 5-4 record. - The Kansas City Star

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QB Jalon Daniels, Kansas
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01/13/23 - Patrick Joyner Jr., rSr/2024, Kansas + More +

Senior Patrick Joyner Jr. - a one-time transfer to Utah State from Miami - has entered the transfer portal. Joyner Jr. is the fourth Aggies defensive lineman to enter the portal since the conclusion of the 2022-23 college football season, along with defensive ends Daniel Grzesiak and Byron Vaughns and defensive tackle Tavian Coleman. In his two year stint in Logan, Joyner Jr. appeared in 27 games and recorded 60 tackles, including 10.5 tackles for loss, and 4.5 sacks, while playing at both defensive end and defensive tackle. Listed at 6-foot-3, 245 pounds, Joyner was a three-star recruit - per 247 Sports' Composite rating - coming out of South Dade High School (Homestead, Florida) in 2017. - Deseret News

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DE Patrick Joyner Jr., Kansas
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01/07/23 - Lonnie Phelps, rJr/2023, Kansas + More +

Lonnie Phelps Jr.'s stay with Kansas football won't last for more than a season, as the star defensive end announced Thursday he's declaring for the 2023 NFL Draft. Phelps joined the Jayhawks as a redshirt junior for the 2022 season, and rose quickly to become their leading pass rusher. The transfer out of Miami (Ohio) didn't lose a step as he went from the Group of Five level to the Power Five. And now he'll have the opportunity to showcase what's possible for him in a jump to the professional ranks.

Phelps finished first among Kansas players in 2022 in tackles for loss (11.5), sacks (7) and quarterback hurries (6). Despite being a defensive lineman, he also finished fourth in tackles on the team with 57. He was arguably the most impactful transfers the Jayhawks brought in ahead of this past season as they worked their way to bowl eligibility for the first time since 2008. - Topeka Capital Journal

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OLB Lonnie Phelps, Kansas
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01/07/23 - Jason Bean, rSr/2024, Kansas + More +

Two words. "I'm back." Athletes have used them before. They'll continue to use them. And they're how Jason Bean chose to punctuate a video he posted on Instagram on Friday to reveal his decision to return to Kansas football for the 2023 season, which will be the quarterback's last at the college level. But more than what it means for Bean's own career, which started at North Texas in 2018 and took him to Kansas in 2021, it provides the Jayhawks with a level of quarterback depth that teams across the Big 12 will likely find enviable. Bean has extensive experience as a starter to complement what Jalon Daniels already brings to that room for Kansas. And although Bean's win-loss record as a starter might understandably give some a degree of pause, he's still played a significant role in the program's rebuild that coach Lance Leipold is leading.

The most recent memory of Bean's play for fans is the failed two-point conversion that sealed the Jayhawks' fate in their Liberty Bowl loss last month against Arkansas. But that moment doesn't define his legacy to date at Kansas. Bean will forever be the quarterback who led the Jayhawks to the win that earned them bowl eligibility for the first time in over a decade this past season. Bean stuck with Kansas even though he lost the starting job to Daniels in 2021 after suffering an injury in his ninth start in what was an arduous 2-10 season. - Topeka Capital Journal

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QB Jason Bean, Kansas
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12/24/22 - Kenny Logan Jr., rSr/2024, Kansas + More +

Kansas safety Kenny Logan Jr. always figured he would leave KU after the 2022 season. But last week, after a fair amount of reflection, Logan decided to stay for one more season. He announced his decision to return to KU for his final season of college eligibility in a video on social media. On Monday, during the program's pre-Liberty Bowl media day, Logan shared what went into the decision. "I felt like it was the best thing for me, and it was a chance to come back and help this program," He said. "I saw what we did this year and I know there's a lot more we still can do." Asked specifically what he was deciding between, Logan said simply, "Here or going to the NFL." As it turns out, the NFL can wait.

Logan has been a tackling machine during the past two seasons with the Jayhawks. In 2021, he led the Big 12 in tackles, with 113 - the most by a safety in the entire NCAA - and this year, with a better supporting cast around him, Logan recorded a team-best 96 tackles and also snatched two interceptions, with four pass break-ups. Logan said he talked with his teammates, KU coach Lance Leipold and his family about the decision before making the final call. And he said Leipold's very public desire to have him back with the program next season played an important role in the final call. "That meant a lot, because me and coach's relationship was really strong," Logan said Monday. "So, to hear him say that, to hear him want to coach me one more time, was definitely exciting." - Lawrence Journal World

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SS Kenny Logan Jr., Kansas
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12/20/22 - Seth Keller, rSr/2024, Kansas + More +

2022 ALL-SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION: K - Seth Keller (RS Jr., K - Colleyville, Texas),...Keller became Texas State's all-time leader in career field goals made after going 14-of-16 on field goals this year. He set the school record for career field goals (37) in the season finale against Louisiana while he is also the most accurate kicker in program history with a career field goal percentage of 86.1 percent. He was named Sun Belt Special Teams Player of the Week twice, including when he made the game-winning field goal in the final seconds against Arkansas State in late November. - Texas State Football

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K Seth Keller, Kansas
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12/19/22 - Kenny Logan Jr., rSr/2024, Kansas + More +

Kenny Logan Jr. announced Friday he will return to Kansas in 2023 for his fifth season of college football. Logan, a senior safety for the Jayhawks in 2022, had a few different options when it came to what's next after this year. The veteran talent could have turned pro, or even chosen to play his last year of eligibility with another program. But in a video he posted on Twitter he said he's staying in Lawrence. "Jayhawk nation, for four years you made a kid from North Florida feel at home," Logan said. "You packed the Booth and helped us get this thing rolling. But I came to Kansas to turn around the program, and we're just getting started. "I have one more year, and I'll be playing right here in Lawrence, Kansas. Rock Chalk."

Logan's decision adds further depth to a secondary that figures to bring back more players who'll be upperclassmen next year, like safeties Marvin Grant and O.J. Burroughs and cornerbacks Cobee Bryant and Kalon Gervin. It'll create more competition for playing time, both on defense and on special teams. Logan may not have had quite as successful a season individually in 2022 compared to 2021 in coach Lance Leipold's first year at the helm, but he is once again leading the team in tackles. He's been a part of an effort that's propelled the Jayhawks to their first bowl game since 2008. Kansas (6-6, 3-6 Big 12) also has more wins this season, overall and in conference play, than Logan's first three years in Lawrence combined. Leipold wanted Logan to come back. So did defensive coordinator Brian Borland. And both coaches are getting their wish, as preparation continues for the Liberty Bowl matchup on Dec. 28 against Arkansas (6-6, 3-5 SEC). - Topeka Capital Journal

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