LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas football held its 2021 Spring Game at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium on Saturday, where the White team topped the Blue team, 74-42.
“I thought we had a great all-around day. Guys came out flying with energy and I was super proud of this unit,” senior Sam Burt said. “That’s what we have been practicing all spring and we just really showcased it tonight.”
The defense stole the show on Saturday night, forcing six sacks, 21 tackles-for-loss, and three interceptions.
Leading the defense was senior Kyron Johnson, who recorded 7.5 tackles including 2 sacks. Freshman Johnquai Lewis, freshman Jacobee Bryant and senior Malcolm Lee all came away with interceptions, including Bryant’s which resulted in a touchdown.
Most years, it’s hard to take too much, good or bad, out of Kansas football’s annual spring game. But this year, during the White team’s 74-42 win over t
LAWRENCE, Kan. As the Kansas football team made its way through the 2020 season, no team in the nation played more true freshmen than the 27 that suited up for the Jayhawks.
Fast forward a few months from the completion of the season, and those true freshmen are now going through their first spring practice, ready to build on their respective debut seasons.
The consensus among all the soon-to-be second-year players is that it was fun getting their feet wet in year one, but now they’re ready to turn it up a notch and expand their roles. They want to be leaders. They want to be counted on both on and off the field and they want to win.