2018 KANSAS FOOTBALL SPRING GUIDE QUICK PLAYER COACH 2017 FACTS BIOS BIOS REVIEW 1 7 39 53 INTRODUCTION CREDITS 2018 SPRING PRACTICE DATES/MEDIA AVAILABILITY The 2018 University of Kansas football spring Date Media Availability Time/Location media guide was produced by the Kansas Tuesday, March 27 Pro Timing Day 9 a.m./AFFC Weight Room Communications office. Wednesday, March 28* Practice #1 Closed Friday, March 30* Practice #2 Closed Editors: Monday, April 2* Practice #3 Closed Katy Lonergan, Josh Carson Wednesday, April 4* Practice #4 Open— first 15 minutes Practice Fields 4:30 p.m. Thursday, April 5 David Beaty Press Conference 2 p.m./Mrkonic Auditorium Guide Layout and Design: Requested Players 2:20 p.m./Chancellor's Lounge Jackie Berra, Kathleen Hermesch Thursday, April 5* Practice #5 Closed Tuesday, April 10* Practice #6 Open— first 15 minutes Practice Fields 4:30 p.m. Cover Design: Wednesday, April 11 David Beaty Press Conference 2 p.m./Mrkonic Auditorium Kathleen Hermesch Requested Players 2:20 p.m./Chancellor's Lounge Thursday, April 12* Practice #7 Closed Editorial Assistance: Saturday, April 14* Practice #8 Closed Todd Kober, Erin Penning, Hadyn Krause, Tuesday, April 17* Practice #9 Open— first 15 minutes Practice Fields 4:30 p.m. Claudia Close Wednesday, April 18 David Beaty Press Conference 2 p.m./Mrkonic Auditorium Requested Players 2:20 p.m./Chancellor's Lounge Photography: Jeff and Laura Jacobsen Thursday, April 19* Practice #10 Closed Saturday, April 21* Practice #11 Closed Monday, April 23* Practice #12 Open— first 15 minutes Practice Fields 4:30 p.m. Additional Photos: Mike Gunnoe, Rachel Pincus, LeAnn Meyer, Wednesday, April 25* Practice #13 Closed Doug Stremel, Jason Dailey, Harland J Friday, April 27* Practice #14 Closed Schuste, KU Student Housing, KU Marketing Saturday, April 28* Practice #15 Spring Game Communications, Communications Archives, David Beaty Press Conference Following the game/Mrkonic Auditorium Lawrence Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, Requested Players Chancellor's Lounge NFL Teams, Orange Bowl Committee. Media Availability: The University of Kansas prohibits discrimination --Kansas Football practice is closed. This schedule is for working media members only. on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, -The following practices are open to the media for the first 15 minutes (4, 6, 9, 12). Practice 15 (Spring Game) will be national origin, age, ancestry, disability, status as a open to the media for the entire practice veteran, sexual orientation, marital status, parental --Head coach David Beaty will be available to media for three mid-week press conferences in Mrkonic Auditoriem status, gender identity, gender expression and at the Anderson Family Football Complex. The press conferences are scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. The schedule is genetic information in the University’s programs listed below. and activities. The following person has been --Player interviews by request will take place at 2:20 p.m., on the designated days in the Chancellor’s Lounge at the designated to handle inquiries regarding the non- Anderson Family Football Complex. Please have your requests for coaches and players emailed to [email protected] by discrimination policies: Director of the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access, [email protected], noon the day prior to the interviews. A reminder that freshmen and redshirt freshmen are not available for interviews. 1246 W. Campus Road, Room 153A, Lawrence, KS, 66045, (785) 864-6414, 711 TTY. 2018 UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Location Lawrence, Kan. School Founded 1866 Enrollment 28,401 Nickname Jayhawks Colors Crimson (Pantone 186) and Blue (Pantone 293) Conference Big 12 Conference Chancellor Douglas A. Girod (UC Davis, 1981; UC San Francisco, 1985) Director of Athletics Dr. Sheahon Zenger (Kansas State, 1988 & 1992; Kansas, 1996) Deputy A.D./Football Administrator Sean Lester Quick Ticket Office Phone 800/34-HAWKS (42957) STADIUM INFORMATION Stadium Name Kivisto Field at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium Year Opened 1921 Facts Capacity 50,071 Surface Field Turf (Installed 2009) COACHING STAFF SUPPORT STAFF David Beaty Head Coach Murphy Grant Assistant AD/Sports Medicine Alma Mater Lindenwood College, 1994 Nolan Jones Director of Football Operations Record at KU 3-33 (Fourth Season) Gene Wier Director of High School Relations Overall Record 3-33 (Fourth Season) Troy Kema Dir. of Player Personnel & SA Services Clint Bowen Assistant H.C./Defensive Coord./Cornerbacks Tyler Olker Director of Recruiting Tony Hull Associate H.C./Running Backs Mike Pearce Director of Personnel Justin Johnson Wide Receivers Jeff Love Director of Football Technology Doug Meacham Offensive Coord./Quarterbacks Jeff Himes Equipment Manager Bill Miller Linebackers Carson Cramer Quality Control - Offense Kenny Perry Recruiting Coordinator/Special Teams Coordinator Prinz Kande Quality Control - Defense A.J. Ricker Offensive Line Dayne Brown Special Teams Analyst Garrett Riley Tight Ends/Fullbacks Wayd Thomas Assistant Director of Personnel Cassius Sendish Safeties Reagan Smith Asst. Dir. of Player Personnel/Operaions Jesse Williams Defensive Line Ashley Hassel Asst. Dir. of FB Operations Zac Woodfin Director of Strength & Conditioning Jack Wilson Assistant Strength & Conditioning Brett Allen Graduate Assistant - Special Teams Ervin Young Assistant Strength & Conditioning Brian Hudson Graduate Assistant - Offense Stewart Young Assistant Strength & Conditioning Cody Scribner Graduate Assistant - Defense Tracey Dillon Administrative Assistant COMMUNICATIONS Director of FB Communications Katy Lonergan 2017 REVIEW Office Phone 785-864-7314 Overall Record 1-11 Cell Phone 785-691-7026 Conference Record 0-9 Email [email protected] Home Record 1-6 Communications Assistant Josh Carson Road Record 0-5 Office Phone 785-864-7979 Neutral Site Record 0-0 Cell Phone 785-312-1700 Email [email protected] Office Manager (Credentials) Erin Penning Office Phone 785-864-3417 Email [email protected] Website KUAthletics.com LETTERMEN RETURNING LETTERMEN LOST % RETURNING TOTAL (61) TOTAL (14) OFFENSE (32) OFFENSE (7) CATEGORY RETURNING/TOTAL PCT. POS. NAME YR. EXP. Rushing Yards 1220/1231 99% POS. NAME YR. EXP. OL *Hakeem Adeniji Jr. 2L Passing Yards 2717/2717 100% RB Denzell Evans Sr. 1L QB *Peyton Bender Sr. 1L Receiving Yards 2354/2717 87% OL *Zach Hannon Sr. 1L WR *Jeremiah Booker Sr. 3L Tackles 728/839 87% TE *Ben Johnson Sr. 4L OL Earl Bostick Jr. So. 1L Tackles For Loss 78.0/89.0 88% WR Keaton Perry Jr. 3L OL Jacob Bragg Sr. 3L OL Kyle Pullia Sr. 1L Sacks 19.5/22.0 89% WR Daylon Charlot Jr. 1L OL *Mesa Ribordy Jr. 2L Interceptions 4/4 100% OL Malik Clark RSo. 1L OL Jayson Rhodes Sr. 3L Kickoff Return Yards 1045/1045 100% WR Evan Fairs Jr. 2L Punt Return Yards 81/81 100% OL Antione Frazier Jr. 2L DEFENSE (6) Touchdowns 24/25 96% FB Hudson Hall Sr. 3L Field Goals Made 17/17 100% INTRODUCTION WR *Quan Hampton So. 1L POS. NAME YR. EXP. Points 218/224 97% WR Chase Harrell Jr. 2L DT Kellen Ash Sr. 2L WR Bobby Hartzog Jr. RSr. 3L DE *Dorance Armstrong Jr. Jr. 3L 2017 BIG 12 HONOREES RB *Khalil Herbert Jr. 2L DE Isaiah Bean So. 1L OL *Chris Hughes So. 1L DT DeeIsaac Davis Sr. 2L RETURNING (7) OL Larry Hughes Sr. 3L DT Jacky Dezir Sr. 2L POS. NAME HONOR (COACHES/AP) FB Caperton Humphrey Jr. 1L CB Derrick Neal Sr. 3L WR Kerr Johnson Jr. Sr. 1L OL Hakeem Adeniji HM DE Dorance Armstrong Jr. 2nd Team/2nd Team WR Kwamie Lassiter III So. 1L SPECIALISTS (1) OL Beau Lawrence Jr. 1L LB Joe Dineen Jr. 2nd Team/2nd Team RB Taylor Martin Sr. 3L POS. NAME YR. EXP. K Gabriel Rui HM OL Clyde McCauley III Jr. 2L P *Cole Moos Sr. 1L WR Steven Sims Jr. HM S Bryce Torneden HM WR Kameron McQueen So. 1L * - Indicates 2017 starter WR Tyler Patrick Sr. 3L DT Daniel Wise 1st Team/2nd Team RB Reese Randall Sr. 2L OL Hunter Saulsbury Jr. 2L LOST (1) WR Ryan Schadler Sr. 3L POS. NAME HONOR (COACHES/AP) WR *Steven Sims Jr. Sr. 3L TE Ben Johnson 2nd Team/2nd Team QB Carter Stanley Jr. 2L RB Deron Thompson Sr. 1L OL *Andru Tovi Jr. 1L RB Dom Williams So. 1L DEFENSE (24) POS. NAME YR. EXP. 2017 NATIONAL RANKINGS DE Mazin Aql Jr. 1L DE Sam Burt So. 1L RETURNING CB Julian Chandler So. 1L POS. NAME RANKING (TOP 75) CB *Hasan Defense Jr. 1L DE Dorance Armstrong Jr. 31 in forced fumbles LB *Joe Dineen Jr. Sr. 3L QB Peyton Bender 69 in completions per game DE *Josh Ehambe Sr. 3L RB Khalil Herbert 51 in rush yards per carry LB Denzel Feaster RJr. 2L LB Joe Dineen Jr. 1 in solo tackles CB DeAnte Ford Jr. 2L DT Isi Holani RSr. 1L 3 in tackles-for-loss DT *J.J. Holmes Sr. 1L 3 in total tackles LB Kyron Johnson So. 1L S Mike Lee 15 in solo tackles per game S *Mike Lee Jr. 2L K Gabriel Rui 9 in field goals per game LB *Keith Loneker Jr. Sr. 2L 14 in field goal percentage CB Kyle Mayberry Jr. 2L 65 in scoring S *Tyrone Miller Jr. Sr. 3L WR Ryan Schadler 48 in combined kick returns S Emmanuel Moore Sr. 3L 49 in kickoff returns LB Osaze Ogbebor Sr. 3L WR Steven Sims Jr. 53 in receiving yards per game LB Dru Prox So. 1L 58 in receiving yards S Shaquille Richmond Jr. 2L 63 in receptions per game DT KeyShaun Simmons Sr. 1L 70 in all purpose CB *Shakial Taylor Sr. 1L 70 in combined kick returns DE Vaughn Taylor Jr. So. 1L DT Daniel Wise 23 in tackles per loss S *Bryce Torneden Jr. 2L 58 in sacks DT *Daniel Wise Sr. 3L LOST SPECIALISTS (5) POS. NAME RANKING POS. NAME YR.