3 positions to keep an eye on for Kansas football’s offense as Big 12 media days near

LAWRENCE — Kansas football’s high-profile talents on offense are well-known.

There’s the trio of senior wide receivers in Quentin Skinner, Lawrence Arnold and Luke Grimm. There’s a deep room of running backs, led by senior Devin Neal and redshirt junior Daniel Hishaw Jr. Elsewhere there’s redshirt junior quarterback Jalon Daniels, senior offensive lineman Bryce Cabeldue and more.

But that doesn’t mean there aren’t positions to keep an eye on this season. Considering the talent that did depart from the 2023 Guaranteed Rate Bowl champions, there are a few where continued development will be critical. That will allow the Jayhawks’ offense to reach its full potential.

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Here are a few, with Big 12 Conference media days nearing Tuesday and Wednesday in Las Vegas:

Quarterback

Daniels is back and someone who’s considered one of the Big 12’s best at the position, when healthy at least. But he did not play full seasons as Kansas’ starter in 2022 and 2023 due to injury. And with Jason Bean now off to a professional career, that means the Jayhawks’ will be without an experienced backup who helped make the team bowl eligible the past two years.

It’ll be more important than ever for Kansas to keep Daniels healthy over the course of the season. It’ll be important, too, for redshirt freshman Cole Ballard to continue to develop as he looks to be in line to be Daniels’ lead backup. Freshman Isaiah Marshall, redshirt junior Ben Easters and redshirt sophomore Mikey Pauley are all in the room, too, but Ballard is most likely the guy head coach Lance Leipold would turn toward first if needed.

Offensive line

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Author : The Topeka Capital-Journal

Publish date : 2024-07-07 17:00:14

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