Locked On Jayhawks - Daily Podcast On Kansas Jayhawks Football & Basketball - Game Week Storylines & What to Watch for Kansas Jayhawks Football vs Fresno State Bulldogs in Week 0

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Starting point is 00:00:28 Derek Johnson here. This is Locked on Jayhawks, and it is game week. Thank you for making it your first listen every day. Thank you, the everydayers catching each and every show, whether it's through our audio side of things or on YouTube, where you can like and subscribe to the show. And on today's edition of LOJ, we're getting into a game being game week, getting into some of the top storylines coming to the game, getting into the things we want to see from Kansas against Fresno State. We'll get to some of the other positional room previews, which we've been doing, defensive tackle and tight end. We'll be the two position previews. views, which you can maybe argue are KU's most trusted position and maybe the

Starting point is 00:01:03 biggest question mark position group for KU. So we'll get into all those on today's episode, which is brought to you by Game Time. Download the GameTime app, create an account, and use code locked on college for $20 off your first purchase with Game Time. Our storylines, biggest things we want to see for Kansas against Fresno State to get us started here. And the first has to be the new stadium, new era, so to speak, in. Jalen Daniels um for be it's it's the opportunity to start some in there you know

Starting point is 00:01:35 Kansas as we know has had some really fun seasons awesome seasons but it hasn't been the most productive the the best football program there is and this feels like a new start it feels like a new opportunity it feels like a new era I can Jalen Daniels sue me I don't know that would be bad I hope it wouldn't anyway um you look at this new stadium it represents an opportunity for KU to start a new. You know, it represents an opportunity of the investment in the program. It represents an opportunity to show the fruits of their labor and what donors and their Lance Leipold and Travis Goff and the football players, I mean, all have a hand in this

Starting point is 00:02:13 in allowing Kansas to get to this point. It's an opportunity to start fresh, man. It's an opportunity to start fresh from last year. I mean, if we don't want to talk to a big picture, if we don't want to say starting fresh as a program, we just starting fresh from last year, right? Because last year did not go how you intended it to go. And, you know, I think we tried to to not make last year as big of a deal. Like, I think any time you're getting into the season, you're trying to push down the possible bad things, right?

Starting point is 00:02:40 And I think last year we went into the year going, okay, it's not a big deal. They're playing an Arrowhead. Like, they stay overnight in Kansas City anyway at a hotel, even when they're playing in Lawrence. What's the big deal? I don't know, man, being somewhere where you're practicing all the time, having it feel like home. the environment's different. It does matter. It does.

Starting point is 00:03:01 And I think it did. And I think it hurt KU earlier on in the season that it was just a little bit more eclectic on the season. I think it's going to help them. I think there is like an inherent boost that comes with it this year. But also, I'm just excited to see the new stadium. It looks awesome. I'm really excited to watch a game in there.

Starting point is 00:03:15 And I think Travis Goff nailed it. But we'll have our reports on that. I don't know. We're going to have to spend like a segment not just breaking down the game, but breaking down the stadium on upcoming episodes as well. I think some of the things I want to see and what I'm going to be. be looking for some of the storylines coming to this one. What is the offensive line going to look like for KU?

Starting point is 00:03:32 And obviously this episode is releasing in a point that is probably less than, I don't know, 12 hours from when the first depth chart for KU football is going to be released. So from that standpoint, like you're going to have answers on what that is going to look like shortly. But even some of the answers that the depth chart is going to give you aren't going to be full answers. It's just going to be a little bit of a hint because somebody could be named a starter, but there could be an or next to their name, or somebody could be named a starter, but because it's the first

Starting point is 00:04:01 games of the season and some of these competitions are going to carry into the season, especially this week and the Wagner game and the FCS game, I think you're going to look at some of these players who are listed as starters playing similar snap counts to maybe the guy who's backing them up, where the staff's going to give both players an opportunity to try to win out in that competition in a setting of like actual game, right? And so who do we see on the? the offensive line. You feel good about Bryce Foster, Kobe Baines, and Calvin Clements, three-year starters, who's going to win one of those guard spots? Is it going to be a mere herring? Is it going to be Tabaki Tuico-Lavatu, the transfer from UCLA? Is it going to be James

Starting point is 00:04:39 Livingston? Who's going to win the other tackle spot? Is it going to be Enrique Cruz? Is it going to be Nolan Gorsica? Is it going to be one of the other transfers you brought in, right? That's kind of a younger player. How is it going to look? But maybe more importantly, in fact, yes, more importantly, how is it going to play for KU? That becomes obviously key because this has been a unit. The offensive line has been a strength for the Jayhawks over the last couple of seasons. So can it continue to be a strength on this year's team? Who is Jalen Daniels going to have his Luke Grimm connection with?

Starting point is 00:05:10 You know, Jason Bean, if you look at the stats, like the primary targets when Jason Bean was out there, it was more L.J. Arnold. When Jalen Daniels has been in there, and this goes back to even, you know, 2021, 22, Luke Grimm was always his favorite target, and that manifested itself last year when Jalen was fully healthy and started every game for KU. Who's that guy that he trusts going to be this year that gets the majority of the target chair?

Starting point is 00:05:33 Will it be Camp Pickett? Will it be Emmanuel Henderson? Will it be Levi-Wens? Will it be Bryson Canty coming off injury and fall camp itself? Who knows who that's going to be? But that'll be very interesting in kind of an overhauled receiver core for KU. Will the Kansas defense align? It's a group that I feel good about.

Starting point is 00:05:51 we'll get to our defensive tackle room, the overview here in a second, but like, I feel good about the defensive line as a whole, the tackle and defense event. But do I just feel good about it because there's a lot of solid players, which, you know, having a high floor, that is an impactful thing and that is nice to have. But is it just going to be like a solid unit for KU or is it going to be like a unit that is like one of the better ones in the Big 12? Is it going to be a unit that is a big strength and is a game wrecking unit for KU where you have that Austin Booker level player? That kind of becomes interesting for me in terms of, you know, how impactful could it be to the defense? And speaking of the defense, how transformed is the linebacker court?

Starting point is 00:06:30 We're not going to get to learn everything in this game, but Fresno State has a running back who averaged six yards per carry last year. You know, if Kansas is able to hold him down to three, three and a half, you're going to feel really good about the overhauled linebacking corps with Bengali Kamara, Trey Lathen, and Joseph Sipp transferring in, in addition to the guys who, you know, are younger players that KU's been developing behind the scenes. Are the young defensive backs ready? You know, it's a defensive back room where you go through all these players,

Starting point is 00:06:55 and they were all like 87, 88, 89 rated three stars coming out high school, which are on the closer end to being four-star recruits. Kansas has put a lot of talent into that DB room, but you lost a couple studs and you lost four starters from the back end. You don't have the experience, but you do have a lot of talent and depth all the way through. How is that going to manifest itself? are you going to have some, you know, early season woes? Are you going to have some season woes this year where those players are learning on the job? But then eventually they're good players,

Starting point is 00:07:25 but it doesn't come till, you know, 2026 or 2027 or does the talent weigh out? I mean, I look at Mello Dots and Kobe Bryant and those guys were starters when they were underclassmen and maybe they weren't as good as by the time they were juniors or seniors, but they were still productive players. They were still pretty good players for KU in the early parts. And so that does give me hope that even without as much experience, the talent can weigh itself out at that specific position group, but you want to see it, how does it look, and are they ready to go for KU? And I think in general with the defense, what does the defensive scheme and the play calling look like?

Starting point is 00:07:54 I mean, I'm curious to see what the play calling looks like for the KU offense. How different is it to Andy Koldlnicki? How different is it to Jeff Grimes? But we have at least seen the bowl game with Jim Zabrowski, and we do at least know how Lance Leipold likes to do things. We have at least an inkling there with D.K. McDonald, we have some hints here and there, but I just remember going into that 20-22 season on offense. and all of a sudden they're running speed option, right?

Starting point is 00:08:19 It was something that they tried to keep secret, and then you see it for like one or two plays in their FCS game, and then boom, all of a sudden it's like a primary part of their offense. Could that be happening with the defense? Could they be saying, we're going to do this and they do that, right? Could they zig when they zag when they zag? How aggressive are they going to be with blitzes? How often do they run different fronts with running a three-man front versus a four-man front?

Starting point is 00:08:38 How often do they run the fifth DB as a safety versus a corner? A lot I want to see with D.K. McDonald and the Kansas scheme defensively. overall. Which young players get into the game for Kansas? I mean, obviously there are certain positions, like Jalen Todd, Taylor Davis, those are young players who are going to get into the game because they're probably going to be starters. But what young players get into the game that rotate in that clearly the staff wants to see more from, right? Do we see Austin Alexander? Do we see, I guess, Julio Hurley, the transfer from Alabama? Do we see one of these young defensive linemen, you know, like a Dak Brinkley get into the game for meaningful snaps? Do we

Starting point is 00:09:13 see any of the young freshman receivers? They got four of them. Do we see any of the freshman, I don't know, redshirt freshman running backs come into the game. It's going to be very interesting how that all comes together with those positions and some of the young players and, you know, what is their role going to be? Because this isn't an FCS game where it's, hey, we're probably going to be up so much that the young players are going to have to come in. It's like if you come in in this one, a game that's projected to be a two touchdown game, kind of means that the staff trusts you at an early age, which would tell you a lot.

Starting point is 00:09:41 And then the last one, this is the most important one. Can Kansas beat their Mountain West Conference opponent this? year. Unable to do so last year, and they end up a game short of making a bowl game. Take advantage of it this year. Take advantage of the new crowd. Take advantage in the new stadium and go beat Fresno State this Saturday. All right, we're going to continue on with some of our position previews. We'll get to the detackle room. Then we'll get to the tight end room next. This is locked on Jayhawks. Today's episode of LOJ is brought to you by drip drop. If you're trying to stay on top of

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Starting point is 00:11:20 this year for the Jayhawks because it might be the strength of at least the defense, but maybe of the entire team. This is a very productive, deep group the KU has, but still there's a question of is there going to be a star? Is it just a collection of a handful of solid players, good players, which would still be very helpful, very useful for KU, but can somebody break out and be that, I don't know, James McClinton level defensive tackle for KU that is a game wrecker for other teams. So you look at the possible starters. Obviously, you're going to be going with two.

Starting point is 00:11:50 I think DJ Withers, 6-4, 300-pound redshirt senior. He's somebody who went down to media days for KU. So that shows where he kind of is on the pecking order with a leadership perspective or that Lance Leipold trusts him, right? He had 37 career tackles, seven TFLs, three sacks, four of those TFLs, and all three of those sacks games last year. And he had close to an 8% pass-rush win rate, which is. really good for a defensive tackle, 15 pressures in 2024.

Starting point is 00:12:15 So he's one of the favorites to start. I think there's three guys you really look at for two spots. Tommy Dunn would be the other one, six three, three, three hundred five pound redshirt senior, 38 career tackles, eight TFLs, two sacks, about a seven percent pass rush win rate with 13 pressures in 2024 when he had four TFLs and one and a half sacks. He kind of dealt with an injury through last season. The early part of last year, Tommy Dunn looked like he was breaking out to be KU's best

Starting point is 00:12:39 defensive tackle. Some of the injuries held him back to where he was still in that running in that group, but we'll see if he can say healthy this year and if he does take that full step for a full season. The other guy who, you know, by Pro Football Focus grade, actually ended up KU's best defensive tackle is Blake Harold. He'll be a redshirt sophomore now, 6-3-290, 20 tackles, three TFLs, one sack last season. He had nine pressures with a 4.3% pass-rush win rate. So Dunn and Withers actually had better pass-rush numbers. Harold was actually better against the run than both of those guys.

Starting point is 00:13:10 but all of them represent players that I think have all big 12 possibility and any two of those three could start. I think Withers and Dunn probably from seniority have the leg up there, but, you know, Harold's going to play a ton of snaps for KU. Now, if KU has eight good defense tackles, they'll rotate them all, but Jim Pan goes. If they have four, they'll try to play the four, the majority of the time. I think they really have five they feel really good about and maybe a sixth with a young guy come together.

Starting point is 00:13:33 So if we transfer over to the battle for the two deep, you look to Keenan Caldwell, six three, three, three hundred, 25 pound redshirt senior. he's definitely in this group that I think is going to rotate it and play 23 career tackles one TFL half a sack not a big pass rush guy 1.4% pass rush win rate just one pressure but 325 pounds he can clog the lane he can help you in run defense at the very least and who knows maybe there is a little more juice this year in his final season in the pass rush but at the very least useful as a body to help stop the run and get some of those other guys breathers gauge keys is kind of the opposite so like that's the beauty of it it's like if you need a run stopping

Starting point is 00:14:08 D-tackle, sub in Keenan Caldwell. You need more the pass rush. You bring in Gage Keys, six four, 285-pound Redshirt Senior, 26 career tackles, 17 pressures with a 4.1% pass rush win rate for KU in in 2023. So, you know, he's somebody who can come in and he really came on at the end of his time at Kansas, and those numbers got even better before he transferred to Auburn and now boomeranged back to Kansas. Now, one of those young guys who maybe we see on the field this year that extends that depth is Marcus Calvin, 6 to 300, Redshirt sophomore, he might, you know, if you want to put him in the future to watch category or the battling for the 2D probably classifies for both, but it sounds like he's been making

Starting point is 00:14:47 positive progress and inroads on the rotation this year. So maybe we see it six deep. And I think Gage Keys has kind of been banged up in fall camp. So maybe he takes Gage Keyes fifth, you know, top five spot in the detackle room until Keyes is fully healthy. And then the other future guy to watch Josiah Hammond, six four, two hundred seventy pounds. Obviously, they're going to try to get him closer to a 300 pound mark as they work with him as they've done so well with some other young players in that defensive line room. Other players on the roster, Jason Strickland and Grady Seifert for KU. Now, the big question and storylines for this unit, again, I feel very good about the

Starting point is 00:15:27 floor of this unit. I feel like it's going to be a solid unit for KU. That's, you know, it's just going to be a very helpful unit for Kansas. But the question becomes, is it going to emerge from being a known quantity that gives you solid play with a high floor to one that also has a high ceiling? And I think to do that, it either takes two or three of those guys becoming at least fringe All Big 12, All Big 12 honorable mention caliber players, or it takes one of those guys becoming that like All Big 12 first team players, player where you have an all big 12 first team defensive tackle and then four or five other guys who are at least solid quality players. Either one of those, I think, raises the ceiling in a real way here. And who would that guy be? you know is it Tommy Dunn who again I think we're showing flashes of that early last season before

Starting point is 00:16:18 kind of dealing playing through some injury stuff is it Blake Harold who we saw skyrocket up as a redshirt freshman right could he take another big step in in his third year second year of play DJ Withers again went down for media days that shows the trust that he you know the coaching staff had those are the three that I'm kind of looking at can one of them take that big step forward where they are a game wrecker for KU moving ahead and so I think the final thought here you could make the argument this is KU's best position group. But it almost feels like that's from a known quantity perspective. Like if you're talking the biggest ceiling position groups at KU, maybe you'd even take receiver because of the ceiling of guys like Emmanuel Henderson and Kim Pickett. Maybe you'd

Starting point is 00:16:57 take the quarterback room because of the ceiling of some of the young quarterbacks and the ceiling of Jalen Daniels is still one of the best quarterbacks in the country. Maybe from a ceiling perspective, you would take some of the DB room just because of all the talent you have there, even though it's a little more inexperienced, but from a floor perspective, this is the room that I feel like is at least has one of the highest floors on the team. Again, where does the ceiling come from? But you could make the argument, this is KU's most trusted and best position group on the team and the defense. And what does that mean for building a defense? If you feel good about the defensive line, like if you're telling me to pick one position group that's going to be the best on the defense,

Starting point is 00:17:41 I would take defensive line. Now, if you're splitting up as we are here, defensive tackle and defensive end, I'd probably take defensive end a little more. But defensive tackle is still such an important position, right? If you can get some pass rush from it, which KU does a little bit with Withers and Dunn specifically, but if you can especially get the run stopping with it, which remember in the first half of last season, KU's run defense was actually like really good.

Starting point is 00:18:02 That's going to help you so much as a defense. That's going to help that back end. If you're in third and long, a lot more than you are in third and three, makes the other team a lot more predictable in what they're going to do. And D.K. McDonald can dial some stuff up or throw an extra DB out there to help that guys, the guys on the back end. That's why I think the defense tackle room is so important. They have a good one and you do have a good one in Kansas. All right. Let's get to that tight end room preview next.

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Starting point is 00:19:49 We talked a little Bill Self update, gave an update on his health and plenty of other content here on Locked on Jayhawks. On to our tight end room preview for KU football. You go from defensive tackle where that's one of the higher floor positions for KU to tight end, which the floor is a little bit lower here. Now, the ceiling could be pretty high based on some young guys. performing, but after you lost Kishon Burnett late in the game, who was going to play big snaps for you, after you've lost over the last couple years, a handful of tight ends,

Starting point is 00:20:19 you know, this is a position group that is going to be relying a lot on a player in Deshaun Hanukah, who I think is a talented player and could have a really good season for KU, but also somebody who hasn't played an organized football game since 2022. So that puts a lot of pressure on him to perform, 6-6-245-pound Redshirt Senior coming off a bad injury as well. Again, I think he has the talent to perform and it'll be a great story if he does and I hope he does. But that is a lot of pressure on somebody to do that. That was the beauty of having Keon Burnett where it's like if it takes a little longer to get in the swing of things, you have this guy from Burnett. He ends up bouncing back to Arizona after transferring

Starting point is 00:20:56 in it for the spring. Now, battle for the two deep, I think it's wide open. Layton Cure, the former transfer from Emporia State, 63245 Redshirt Senior. One thing I think is interesting about Cure. He got a little bit of run last year. He was coming off a season ending, from the year before. And so typically, guys, the second year off that injury are going to play better. I could see Cure taking a nice little leap forward because of that. Boden Grown was a late ad from Rice after they lost Keon Burnett late, 6'4, 240-pound Redshirt Senior. He has 60 career catches, so productive player. How's he going to be as a blocker? Not as explosive of player downfield, but dependable, and that'll certainly be helpful for KU. And the guy kind of making

Starting point is 00:21:33 noise right now is Carson Bruin. I guess the final parting gift from Andy Kodlnicki before he left to Penn State. Kodlnicki was at least one of the recruiters on Carson Brun. He was obviously the tight end coach at the time. And Brun decided to keep his commitment to KU after Kodlniki left for Penn State. And he redshirted last year, 6-6, 255 pound redshirt freshman is what he's listed as, which giant dude at tight end. Like that's always cool to see. But maybe he's the game jaded. Like, what if he's one of those young guys that does end up on the two deep, where he does end up the backup or something, or at least the third ring? And we know KU likes to play a lot of two lineups sets, sometimes three lineup sets.

Starting point is 00:22:11 And one of my big questions for this team is who's going to play that Jared Casey role, right? Because the Jared Casey role is a little different than just the traditional tight end. Like sometimes you're going to play tight end. Sometimes you're going to line up at tight end. Other times you're going to be fullback. Other times you're going to be an hback. Other times you're going to come in motion.

Starting point is 00:22:26 Other times you're going to come set. Could that be Carson Bruin? Could that be Layton Cure? Could that be Bowden Grove? I have no idea. I think I would almost look to Cure or Brune as being the two guys, but I find that very interesting with this position room. Now, future to watch, Bruin would obviously be one of them.

Starting point is 00:22:41 I think, honestly, like if you're projecting who's the 2026 starter, Brun would probably be the guy right now. And then can Jaden Ham, local recruit from Eudora, 6-6-250 Redshirt sophomore? Can he, you have a season where the light pole goes off for him and he starts to make Enroads as a former highly recruited player that KU flipped from Arkansas. You also have Quinn Conley and Conley-Hovey on the roster. I think the biggest questions, storylines for this unit coming in the year, I mean, again, you have players returning from injury in different regards that are going to have a big impact.

Starting point is 00:23:12 Hanukkah, his first year coming off a serious injury, hasn't played a real football game since 2022. And Layton Cure, his second year coming off the injury. Those are different, right? It's for Hanukah, he's just coming off the mountain. For Cure, he's kind of rising up in that regard. How does that affect this group for KU for a group they want to use a lot of players and ideally would like to have a good usage in like the passing game too? At the same point in time, if the group isn't ready and doesn't have as good enough depth, maybe it limits what formations KU can or wants to run more often.

Starting point is 00:23:41 And maybe we do see more three or four receiver sets for KU football this season because of that. But that'll kind of be dependent on the personnel, right? And so who's going to emerge? Who is KU going to be forced to play at that kind of Jared Casey role? Who's going to play more of the inline tight ends? Who's going to be the tight end who comes in to be that extra blocker? Like, is somebody going to be better blocker than a pass catcher?

Starting point is 00:24:04 Those are all going to be questions that kind of remain to be seen. and I think there are a lot of questions for this position group. It might be the one that I'm most scared about. I think I'm most scared about the offensive line. KU has built up trust that they're going to figure that out. And they do have some at least foundational pillars and pieces that they can point to on the offensive line. It's more so just that I have questions of, okay, what happens if this is just an average

Starting point is 00:24:29 offensive line for KU as opposed to what we've seen the last two years, which is one of the better ones in the conference. With tight end, it's less. important of a position as offensive line so they could end up being below average hypothetically and it doesn't have as big of an impact so it just depends how you kind of want to look at it but that can quickly change too right if hannica is back to the guy that he was in 2022 if cure improves another year off the injury if groin is at least a serviceable you know quality player dependable guy and brun does have that kind of young breakout where he's

Starting point is 00:24:59 taking a step forward this position group should at least be as productive as it was last season where, you know, Jared Casey was an all-big 12 fullback, but I don't think Jeff Grimes used the tight ends as much. And I think Jalen Daniels wasn't able to throw over the middle of the field as much. Part of that was Grimes. Part of that was, I don't think J.D. had as much confidence thrown over the middle field, which you hope that's back kind of this year. But, yeah, it'll be very interesting the usage, I think, above all else.

Starting point is 00:25:24 And we'll see if this position group, because that has been one thing. Every season, I think there you could point to with Lance Leipold and his staff, there's been a position group that has, I think, surprised people. I think back to 2022, and coming into that year was like, oh, man, KU lost Kwame Lasseter, like, I don't know, this receiver core. I don't know if they have enough talent there. And it ends up being pretty solid core that ends up being your starter for the next three years, right? You look at the group last year that I guess you could say maybe the defensive tackles or maybe that a bit of a surprise unit for KU, maybe I don't know where else you would put to because last year is kind of a different year. But like 2023, I'm trying to think with that.

Starting point is 00:26:04 That would be, I don't know, maybe it'd be the progression of Jason being. Maybe it would be the 2023 tight end core, maybe. I don't know, a lot of different ones that you could point to. But like it feels like there's always a position group or a big player that surprises. And it wouldn't be surprising if that end up being the tight end room. So we'll see what they bring to the table. And maybe Carson Bruhn is the savior that they need. All right, that'll over this episode of Lockdown, Jayhawks.

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