Kansas football coach Lance Leipold shares update at Big 12 media days
Check out some of what Kansas football coach Lance Leipold had to say Wednesday during Big 12 Conference media days while on the main stage.
FRISCO, Texas — Lance Leipold’s opening statement on the main stage Wednesday at Big 12 Conference media days saw the Kansas football coach highlight his excitement to play the team’s season opener in a new-look David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium this fall.
Here’s a recap of everything else Leipold had to say:
How has Jalon Daniels empowered others to lead after the talent and leadership the Jayhawks lost from 2024?
Leipold mentioned redshirt senior quarterback Jalon Daniels is healthy after being limited this spring due to injury, and the thing Leipold loves about him is he’s the same person he was four years ago — humble and hard-working. It’s been an interesting road for Daniels and the program at large, and when Leipold sees him play at his best, Leipold doesn’t think there’s many better.
Leipold added Daniels has never made an excuse or deflected responsibility when something hasn’t gone his way, which the locker room respects. Daniels has an energy and positivity that is contagious among his teammates.
If Lance Leipold could bottle up one, or a few, things from KU’s mid-November run last fall, what would it be?
Leipold started off by acknowledging that before those three straight wins against Iowa State, BYU and Colorado, Kansas had a tough beginning of the year. Not only did it not play its best when needed, but it didn’t close out games it had opportunities to amid a 2-6 start.
However, Leipold praised the players for sticking together and not wavering from their daily process. Once the…
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