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2020 ALL-BIG 12 CONFERENCE FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION: Kenny Logan (KR/PR),...Logan, a sophomore from St. Augustine, Fla., led the team in tackles and interceptions from his safety position, but was selected as a returner. He had a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown against Iowa State this season. He averaged 26.5 yards per kick return on 13 attempts this season. - Kansas Football

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SS Kenny Logan Jr., Kansas
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12/18/20 - Kwamie Lassiter II, rSr/2022, Kansas, 5-11, 185 (DS#62 WR) + More +

2020 ALL-BIG 12 CONFERENCE FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION: Kwamie Lassiter (WR),...Lassiter, a senior from Chandler, Ariz., led Kansas with 43 catches for 458 yards and two touchdowns. He was fourth in the Big 12 in receptions per game at 4.8. Lassiter had a career game earlier this season against TCU, when he had seven catches for 116 yards and a touchdown. - Kansas Football

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WR Kwamie Lassiter II, Kansas
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12/18/20 - Kyron Johnson, rSr/2022, Kansas, 6-0, 231 (DS#18 OLB) + More +

2020 ALL-BIG 12 CONFERENCE FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION: Kyron Johnson (LB),...Johnson, a native of Arlington, Texas, was second on the team in tackles this year with 42. He led the team in sacks with three and was second on the squad in tackles-for-loss with 4 1/2. Johnson played in all nine games for the Jayhawks, making eight starts. He had a two-sack performance at Oklahoma in November. - Kansas Football

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OLB Kyron Johnson, Kansas
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12/18/20 - Darrell Simmons Jr., rSr/2025, Kansas, 6-2, 315 (DS#999 OG) + More +

2020 ALL-BIG 12 CONFERENCE FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION: Darrell Simmons (OFoY, OL),...The following Cyclones made All-Big 12 Honorable Mention: Latrell Bankston (DL), Jake Hummel (LB), Anthony Johnson Jr. (DB), Tayvonn Kyle (DB), Isaiah Lee (DL), Kene Nwangwu (KR), Darrell Simmons Jr. (OL), Dylan Soehner (TE), Eyioma Uwazurike (DL) and Rory Walling (ST). - Iowa State Football

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OG Darrell Simmons Jr., Kansas
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12/18/20 - Mike Novitsky, rSr/2024, Kansas, 6-4, 309 (DS#25 C) + More +

2020 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): Offensive Lineman - Mike Novitsky, Buffalo,...Novitsky, a second year starter at center, was named All-MAC for the first time in his career. He has started all five games for an offensive line that is a semifinalist for the Joe Moore Award, given annually to the top offensive line unit in the country. - Buffalo Football

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C Mike Novitsky, Kansas
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12/18/20 - Eddie Wilson, rSr/2023, Kansas, 6-3, 306 (DS#165 DT) + More +

2020 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE THIRD TEAM (COACHES): Down Lineman - Eddie Wilson, Buffalo,...Wilson has been a key run stopper for the Bulls. The junior defensive tackle has 10 tackles and a sack on the season. He has been a key component on a defense that ranks second overall in the MAC this year. - Buffalo Football

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DT Eddie Wilson, Kansas
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12/14/20 - Eddie Wilson, rSr/2023, Kansas, 6-3, 306 (DS#165 DT) + More +

DEC 14 MAC EAST DIVISION DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Eddie Wilson, Buffalo, DT, Junior, Jersey City, NJ (Hoboken),...Wilson had three tackles and a sack in Buffalo's dominant defensive performance against Akron. The big defensive tackle led a defensive line that held the Zips to only 92 yards rushing and 204 yards of total offense. Wilson and the defense were especially dominant in the first half, limiting the Zips to only 86 yards of offense and four first downs. - MAC Football

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DT Eddie Wilson, Kansas
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12/10/20 - *Pooka Williams Jr., Jr/2021, Kansas, 5-10, 170 (DS#20 RB) + More +

Listed at 5-foot-10 and 170 pounds as a junior at KU, Williams rushed for more than 1,000 yards in each of his first two seasons, emerging as an electric offensive player for the long struggling program. KU's offense floundered, though, this year, and Williams' effectiveness declined. After rushing for just 21 yards on 11 carries in KU's loss at West Virginia, Williams announced he was opting out of the season. In four games as a junior, Williams averaged only 3.8 yards per carry - he averaged 7.0 yards as a freshman and 5.2 as a sophomore.

Williams ran for 196 yards (65.3 yards per game) and scored two rushing touchdowns in 2020. Earlier in his career, he totaled 1,125 rushing yards (102.3 per game) as a freshman and 1,061 as a sophomore (96.5 per game). Williams revealed his opt out plans on Oct. 19, hours after being named the Big 12's Special Teams Player of the Week, an honor he picked up by returning a kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown on what proved to be the final play of his KU career. In a statement released at the time of his opt out, Williams said part of his plan involved moving back to Louisiana to be closer to his mother, who was dealing with health issues. - Lawrence Journal World

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RB *Pooka Williams Jr., Kansas
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12/10/20 - Logan Klusman, Sr/2021, Kansas, 6-1, 235 (DS#12 LS) + More +

2020 PATRICK MANNELLY AWARD SEMIFINALIST: Logan Klusman, Kansas,...Klusman handles long and short snaps on special teams and hasn’t had an errant snap on the season. A native of Lafayette, Louisiana, Klusman is in his fifth year at Kansas and has appeared in all nine games for the Jayhawks this season. Klusman, a communication studies major, minoring in business, was an active member of the Kansas Football Student-Athlete Committees this season, helping organize different committees for his teammates, such as the Social Action Committee, Career Development Committee, Community Impact Committee and Player Wellness Committee. - Kansas Football

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LS Logan Klusman, Kansas
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12/06/20 - *Pooka Williams Jr., Jr/2021, Kansas, 5-10, 170 (DS#20 RB) + More +

Kansas running back Pooka Williams has declared for the 2021 NFL Draft. The star Jayhawks running back posted on Twitter announcing he will move on from Lawrence. Williams announced back in October that he would opt out for the rest of the 2020 season after playing the first four games. He cited personal reasons, including being closer to his mother and family in Louisiana, as the reasons for his departure. The First-Team All Big 12 selection has garnered 2,363 rushing yards and 534 receiving yards in his 2+ years at KU. He finishes his Jayhawks career 9th all-time in career rushing yardage. - WIBW TV News, Kansas

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RB *Pooka Williams Jr., Kansas
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12/03/20 - Kyle Thompson, Sr/2022, Kansas, 6-3, 222 (DS#999 P) + More +

Senior punter Kyle Thompson, who holds two of the highest season punting averages in Kansas football program history, won't be booting the ball for the Jayhawks anymore. Thompson announced Wednesday afternoon his decision to enter the NCAA's transfer portal as a graduate transfer and conclude his career elsewhere in 2021. An undisclosed ailment kept Thompson from suiting up for KU's four most recent games. A 6-foot-4, 222-pound specialist from El Cajon, Calif., spent nearly five full seasons in the program after redshirting during his first year, in 2016.

Thompson cited his "own personal reasons" for going another direction to close out his career - with the NCAA's blanket waiver for eligibility due to the pandemic, Thompson could theoretically have played at KU again next year. One of the busiest specialists in college football during the opening few weeks of the season, Thompson punted 26 times in KU's first four games before he was unable to play for unspecified reasons. Thompson averaged 39.9 yards per punt. Twelve of his kicks ended with a fair catch and nine punts set the opposing offense up inside its own 20-yard line. - Lawrence Journal World

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P Kyle Thompson, Kansas
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11/29/20 - Thomas MacVittie, rSr/2022, Kansas, 6-4, 225 (DS#999 QB) + More +

For the first time since KU's season opening loss to Coastal Carolina, senior quarterback MacVittie played for the Jayhawks. Injured in the second half of KU's 2020 debut, MacVittie didn't start this time, as he did in the opener. True freshman Daniels remained KU's No. 1 QB. MacVittie appeared on the field for the first time since Sept. 12 when he subbed in for the opening snap of KU's second possession. The senior kept the ball for a two-yard run. He entered again following KU's touchdown late in the first quarter, as the Jayhawks went for two. Again, MacVittie ran, this time after a high snap from Jones, and he was stopped short of the goal line. - Lawrence Journal World

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QB Thomas MacVittie, Kansas
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11/25/20 - Kyron Johnson, rSr/2022, Kansas, 6-0, 231 (DS#18 OLB) + More +

With the season winding down, at least one starting senior for KU hopes to take advantage of an NCAA blanket eligibility waiver for 2020 and play an extra year. Senior outside linebacker Kyron Johnson shared Monday with reporters that he thinks he will return for the 2021 season. "Knowing my circumstances, it's really just another person just to lead and really more along the lines of not doing it for my own well being, but for the others," Johnson said of his desire to come back for another season. "To put KU on the map basically. We're not on the map. And people know that. It's good to say that - it's OK."

The NCAA determined back in August, before fall sports began, that all Division I athletes would receive an extra year of eligibility, due to the complications surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. Athletes who are able to take advantage of this unusual extra year of eligibility won't count against their team's scholarship limits until the 2022-23 academic year begins. - Lawrence Journal World

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OLB Kyron Johnson, Kansas
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11/21/20 - Jason Bean, rSr/2024, Kansas, 6-2, 196 (DS#20 QB) + More +

Jason Bean accounted for two touchdowns to lead North Texas to a 27-17 victory against Rice on Saturday. Bean broke loose for a 66-yard touchdown run and tossed a 25-yard touchdown pass to Jaelon Darden in the second quarter to give the Mean Green a 14-10 halftime lead. DeAndre Torrey had 102 yards rushing on 19 carries, and his 1-yard TD run capped the scoring for North Texas (3-3, 2-2 Conference USA) midway through the fourth quarter. Bean was 9-of-20 passing for 120 yards and added 94 yards rushing. Ethan Mooney made field goals from 27 and 30 yards for North Texas. Mike Collins was 23 of 34 for 327 yards passing with two touchdowns for Rice (1-2, 1-2). He tossed a 14-yard TD pass to Austin Trammell in the first quarter, and a 17-yarder to Jake Bailey with eight seconds left in the game. Trammell had six catches for 116 yards. - AP College Football

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QB Jason Bean, Kansas
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11/05/20 - Jalon Daniels, rSr/2026, Kansas, 6-0, 220 (DS#28 QB) + More +

When Jalon Daniels decided late last year to play football at the University of Kansas, the young quarterback from Lawndale, Calif., saw it as an opportunity to do something remarkable. "I've always wanted to be the guy to turn around a program," Daniels said. Even so, the true freshman said he had "no idea" when he arrived on campus that he would get a head start on those endeavors within a few months by becoming the Jayhawks' starting QB. Daniels spoke to reporters on Monday for the first time this season - the Kansas football program typically doesn't make true freshmen available for interviews. Of course, KU didn't give Daniels the keys to the offense right off the bat. When Les Miles' second season with the program kicked off on Sept. 12 versus Coastal Carolina, senior Thomas MacVittie started and rotated in and out of the lineup with junior Miles Kendrick. Daniels was the third QB on the depth chart and made his college debut doing mop-up duty in KU's home loss to Coastal.

Miles knew at the time that Daniels, who didn't turn 18 until this past week, couldn't be asked to take on the task of being a No. 1 QB at that point. "Entering the season, he didn't have enough snaps to get him ready," Miles said. "Period. No matter how you put it." In order for a freshman such as Daniels to start right off the bat, he would have to graduate early and play an entire spring practice schedule to get enough reps, Miles said. But two weeks after this season began - likely out of necessity, with MacVittie hurt and unable to play - Daniels became KU's starting QB as the Jayhawks opened Big 12 play at Baylor. - Lawrence Journal World

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QB Jalon Daniels, Kansas
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