Analyzing Kansas football’s offensive and defensive lines with head coach Lance Leipold

TOPEKA — Kansas football has a lot of reason to be optimistic about its chances this upcoming season.

There’s the return of redshirt junior quarterback Jalon Daniels from injury. Sticking on the offensive side of the ball, at running back there’s the duo of senior Devin Neal and redshirt junior Daniel Hishaw Jr. At wide receiver, there’s a trio of seniors in Quentin Skinner, Luke Grimm and Lawrence Arnold.

Switching to the defensive side of the ball, at linebacker redshirt senior Cornell Wheeler appears to be stepping up for the Jayhawks. At cornerback, seniors Cobee Bryant and Mello Dotson form one of the best duos the Big 12 Conference has to offer. At safety, there’s redshirt senior Marvin Grant back and ready to take on his own heightened role.

The fate of Kansas’ season, though, might have a lot to do with how its offensive and defensive lines develop. There’s significant production to replace on both sides of the ball in that regard. It’s something head coach Lance Leipold and his staff have devoted time to addressing.

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Here are a few thoughts about it as June unfolds:

Kansas’ offensive line rotation is coming into focus

Redshirt junior Logan Brown and senior Bryce Cabeldue are in line to be Kansas’ left and right tackles, respectively, as redshirt freshman Calvin Clements makes his way back from injury. The competition at center is ongoing between redshirt senior Shane Bumgardner and senior Michael Ford Jr. At guard, in addition to Ford if he doesn’t play center, a few other names to know are redshirt senior Darrell Simmons Jr., redshirt junior Kobe Baynes and redshirt junior Nolan Gorczyca.

However, a…

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Author : The Topeka Capital-Journal

Publish date : 2024-06-13 08:01:06

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