THIRD AND DATA

Week 8 · 2026

Baylor at Kansas

Sat 10/24/2026 01:00 PMMemorial StadiumConferenceBrief

70°Clear8 mph S · 46% humidityMeasured at kickoff, by an official weather station

Baylor

24

5–3

Kansas

25

3–5

Attendance

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not yet reported

Each room is drawn against the one it plays: the away offensive line beside the home defensive front, and back again. Quarterbacks, kickers and punters have no opposing room and face their own. Players are ordered exactly as they are on a team's roster tab — by position, then by who has played this season, then production, then recruiting stars, then seasons on a roster — so an offensive line, for which no production is published, runs on stars and then experience. A player who has appeared this season shows that season's totals; everyone else shows career totals through 2026, marked career, at every school he has played for. Long snappers and returners are not drawn.

BAYQuarterbacks1 blue chip5
  • 55-star recruitQB2DJ Lagway ← Florida6'3"·2373yr
    1,671 Pass yds13 TD4 Int53.3 Cmp%42 Rush yds
  • 33-star recruitQB12Nate Bennett6'1"·1923yr
    568 Pass yds5 TD2 Int75.4 Cmp%15 Rush yds
  • 33-star recruitQB14Edward Griffin6'1"·2132yr
    19 Pass yds0 TD1 Int33.3 Cmp%2 Rush yds
  • 33-star recruitQB13Quinn Murphy6'3"·2091yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB17Cade Tessier6'3"·2194yr
KUQuarterbacksNo blue chips6
  • 33-star recruitQB8Isaiah Marshall6'0"·2103yr
    1,506 Pass yds11 TD7 Int53.6 Cmp%403 Rush yds
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB15Cole Ballard6'2"·2204yr
    381 Pass yds1 TD1 Int58.1 Cmp%50 Rush yds
  • 33-star recruitQB10Chase Jenkins ← Rice6'0"·1954yr
    65 Pass yds0 TD0 Int100.0 Cmp%58 Rush yds
  • 33-star recruitQB16Jaylen Mason6'2"·2001yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB20Connor Hanika6'2"·2001yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB18Braylen Rooney6'5"·2301yr
BAYOffensive line1 blue chip20
KUDefensive line2 blue chips21
  • —No recruiting profile foundDE44David Santiago ← Michigan State6'4"·2553yr
    35 Tackles6.5 TFL2.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDE33Leroy Harris III6'5"·2703yr
    30 Tackles11.0 TFL3.5 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDE9Dakyus Brinkley6'3"·2553yr
    14 Tackles1.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDE91Alex Bray6'4"·2654yr
    8 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDE45Garrett Martin6'4"·2502yr
    3 Tackles2.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDE90Adrian Holley6'4"·2552yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDE97Hunter Higgins6'5"·2651yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDE50Wyatt Brungardt6'5"·2401yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDE53Draeden Punt6'7"·2501yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL70Jason Strickland6'3"·2703yr
  • 33-star recruitDT94Blake Herold6'3"·3004yr
    16 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDT56Marcus Calvin6'2"·3054yr
    14 Tackles2.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDT88Kevin Oatis ← Arkansas6'3"·3052yr
    10 Tackles1.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDT99Eamon Smalls ← UAB6'2"·3354yr
    7 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDT96Jibriel Conde ← Grand Valley State6'5"·3001yr
    4 Tackles1.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDT92Nakwaine Carter6'1"·2901yr
    3 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDT89Clifton Thompson6'1"·3403yr
    3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDT95Tre'von McAlpine ← Tulane6'3"·3105yr
    career 62 Tackles5.5 TFL3.5 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDT71Grady Seyfert6'1"·3004yr
    career 1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDT93Josiah Hammond6'4"·2902yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundDT98Jalen Atkins6'3"·2851yr
BAYDefensive lineNo blue chips19
  • —No recruiting profile foundDE13Garrick Ponder ← Southern Miss6'2"·2474yr
    22 Tackles9.0 TFL3.5 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDE9Ryan Davis ← Kansas State6'4"·2514yr
    16 Tackles4.5 TFL3.0 Sacks1 Int
  • 33-star recruitDE40Kyler Jordan6'2"·2515yr
    11 Tackles2.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDE93Zavion Hardy ← South Carolina6'5"·2812yr
    9 Tackles2.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDE97Jordan Mack ← Coastal Carolina6'4"·2772yr
    7 Tackles3.5 TFL2.5 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDE92Trent Thomas6'6"·2594yr
    2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDE53Daemian Wimberly ← UTSA6'4"·2634yr
    career 18 Tackles4.5 TFL1.5 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDE55Jaylin Jones6'6"·2303yr
    career 12 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDE57Christopher Johnson6'3"·2652yr
  • 33-star recruitDE94Tyrone Morgan6'3"·2181yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL91Traevon Mitchell6'0"·2822yr
    16 Tackles7.5 TFL3.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL99Jamaal Whyce Jr. ← Marshall6'4"·3015yr
    15 Tackles2.0 TFL1.5 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL0Hosea Wheeler ← Indiana6'3"·3065yr
    12 Tackles2.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL96Kamren Washington ← Texas State6'1"·2814yr
    9 Tackles3.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL59Devonte Tezino6'5"·2845yr
    4 Tackles2.0 TFL2.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL98Jackson Blackwell6'3"·3142yr
    2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL54Jae'Lin Battle6'2"·3031yr
    2 Tackles0.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL90Braylen Jackson6'4"·2893yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL52Aleki Manutai6'2"·2802yr
KUOffensive line2 blue chips19
BAYBacks & tight ends3 blue chips12
  • 33-star recruitRB35Dawson Pendergrass6'2"·2254yr
    94 Car339 Rush yds2 TD3.6 Rush avg
    6 Rec30 Rec yds5.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitRB11Caden Knighten5'11"·2112yr
    74 Car334 Rush yds3 TD4.5 Rush avg
    5 Rec25 Rec yds5.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB25Ryelan Morris5'10"·1851yr
    45 Car295 Rush yds1 TD6.6 Rush avg
    5 Rec26 Rec yds5.2 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitRB23Michael Turner6'0"·2152yr
    49 Car202 Rush yds0 TD4.1 Rush avg
    7 Rec35 Rec yds5.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitRB33HD Davis5'10"·2001yr
    1 Car1 Rush yds0 TD1.0 Rush avg
  • 33-star recruitRB20Jacorey Watson5'10"·1952yr
    career 2 Rec6 Rec yds3.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitTE10Tony Livingston ← Florida6'6"·2554yr
    12 Rec132 Rec yds3 TD11.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE86Hawkins Polley6'4"·2564yr
    8 Rec107 Rec yds1 TD13.4 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE85Matthew Klopfenstein6'4"·2484yr
    6 Rec37 Rec yds1 TD6.2 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE46Parker Almanza6'2"·2451yr
    1 Rec12 Rec yds0 TD12.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE43Brody Wilhelm6'5"·2362yr
  • 33-star recruitTE88Kai Wesley6'7"·2521yr
KULinebackers1 blue chip13
  • 33-star recruitLB4Trey Lathan6'1"·2305yr
    55 Tackles4.0 TFL1.5 Sacks1 Int
  • 33-star recruitLB7Bam Crouch6'1"·2255yr
    33 Tackles7.0 TFL2.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB13Quincy Davis ← New Mexico State6'1"·2304yr
    29 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB11Malachi Curvey6'4"·2452yr
    9 Tackles1.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedLB25Jibreel Al-Amin ← Marshall6'3"·2255yr
    5 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB14Jaron Willis ← South Carolina6'2"·2355yr
    3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB18Joseph Credit6'1"·2201yr
    3 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedLB41Ezra Vedral6'2"·2254yr
    3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB15Landyn Watson ← Kentucky6'1"·2456yr
    career 91 Tackles5.0 TFL0.0 Sacks1 Int
  • 33-star recruitLB8Josh Galbreath6'3"·2251yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB32Xander Blasing6'2"·2301yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB59Jett Kohanzo6'2"·2201yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB30Parker Schwarz6'1"·2301yr
BAYLinebackers1 blue chip10
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB5Travion Barnes6'0"·2473yr
    54 Tackles4.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB10Kyland Reed6'1"·2223yr
    33 Tackles5.0 TFL2.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB36Kedrick Walker ← Georgia State6'3"·2362yr
    28 Tackles1.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB41Kaleb Burns6'1"·2242yr
    24 Tackles4.5 TFL2.5 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB56Kaleb Arterberry6'3"·2461yr
    8 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedLB31Anthony Crenshaw Jr. ← Delaware6'0"·2183yr
    3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB44JJ Shelton ← Arkansas6'1"·2042yr
    1 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB42Jamarion Phillips6'0"·2221yr
  • 33-star recruitLB46Jahiem Porter6'1"·2451yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB49Trey Laurence6'0"·2204yr
KUBacks & tight ends1 blue chip18
  • 44-star recruitRB1Dylan Edwards ← Kansas State5'9"·1754yr
    125 Car574 Rush yds4 TD4.6 Rush avg
    19 Rec178 Rec yds9.4 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitRB6Yasin Willis ← Syracuse6'1"·2303yr
    27 Car125 Rush yds2 TD4.6 Rush avg
    3 Rec12 Rec yds4.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitRB4Jalen Dupree ← Colorado State6'0"·2153yr
    25 Car111 Rush yds2 TD4.4 Rush avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB22Micah Johnson5'10"·1953yr
    13 Car55 Rush yds1 TD4.2 Rush avg
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedRB26Chase Belcher6'0"·2135yr
    13 Car42 Rush yds0 TD3.2 Rush avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB30Jack Reeves6'0"·2051yr
    2 Car4 Rush yds0 TD2.0 Rush avg
  • 33-star recruitRB24John Kelly6'1"·2052yr
    1 Car1 Rush yds0 TD1.0 Rush avg
  • 33-star recruitRB25Justin Thurman6'0"·2002yr
    career 4 Car32 Rush yds0 TD8.0 Rush avg
  • 33-star recruitRB2Kory Amachree6'0"·2101yr
  • 33-star recruitTE44Carson Bruhn6'6"·2603yr
    14 Rec157 Rec yds1 TD11.2 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE87Leyton Cure6'3"·2503yr
    3 Rec74 Rec yds0 TD24.7 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE9Jailen Butler ← Old Dominion6'4"·2504yr
    2 Rec29 Rec yds0 TD14.5 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE85Carter Moses ← Albany6'5"·2455yr
  • 33-star recruitTE81Quinton Conley6'6"·2455yr
  • 33-star recruitTE14Mikey Pauley6'5"·2455yr
  • 33-star recruitTE88Kevin Sullivan6'6"·2451yr
  • 33-star recruitTE35Jack Utz6'5"·2351yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE83Conlee Hovey6'5"·2502yr
BAYReceivers2 blue chips15
  • 33-star recruitWR6Gavin Freeman ← Oklahoma State5'9"·1815yr
    63 Rec792 Rec yds3 TD12.6 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR4Louis Brown IV6'2"·2065yr
    22 Rec345 Rec yds3 TD15.7 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR3Jadon Porter6'1"·1923yr
    14 Rec273 Rec yds2 TD19.5 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR15Jayden McGowan ← Charlotte5'7"·1875yr
    13 Rec257 Rec yds4 TD19.8 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR1Dre'lon Miller ← Colorado6'0"·2073yr
    7 Rec101 Rec yds1 TD14.4 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR18Taz Williams Jr.6'0"·1922yr
    6 Rec62 Rec yds0 TD10.3 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR83DeBraun Hampton ← Florida5'10"·1843yr
    2 Rec24 Rec yds0 TD12.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR16London Smith6'0"·2111yr
  • 33-star recruitWR81Ryne Shackelford6'0"·1864yr
  • 33-star recruitWR84Chase Collier6'1"·1812yr
  • 33-star recruitWR87Ashton Jones6'5"·2022yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR80Jackson Baird6'4"·1983yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR32Brody Day5'11"·1882yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR89Michael Johnson Jr.6'3"·2072yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR34Davion Peters5'9"·1721yr
KUDefensive backs2 blue chips20
BAYDefensive backs6 blue chips25
KUReceiversNo blue chips14
  • 33-star recruitWR5Nik McMillan ← Buffalo6'1"·1955yr
    25 Rec466 Rec yds5 TD18.6 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR0Nahzae Cox ← Middle Tennessee6'3"·2152yr
    15 Rec404 Rec yds2 TD26.9 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR7Cam Pickett6'0"·1955yr
    31 Rec323 Rec yds1 TD10.4 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR12Bryson Hayes6'0"·1902yr
    6 Rec111 Rec yds0 TD18.5 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR11Tate Nagy5'10"·1702yr
    7 Rec106 Rec yds2 TD15.1 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR86Donald Collier5'10"·1953yr
  • 33-star recruitWR3Keaton Kubecka6'2"·2054yr
    6 Rec67 Rec yds0 TD11.2 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR89Jackson Cook6'2"·1952yr
  • 33-star recruitWR19Corbin Glasco5'9"·1851yr
  • 33-star recruitWR17Tyren Parker6'3"·1951yr
  • 33-star recruitWR13Nate Sims6'1"·1851yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR82Isreal Moses V6'2"·2054yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR80Griffin Baker6'3"·1951yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR23AJ Batiste6'1"·1851yr
BAYKickersNo blue chips3
KUKickersNo blue chips2
  • 33-star recruitPK29Martin Connington ← Michigan State6'0"·2003yr
    11 FG15 FGA46 Long59 Pts
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK98Dane Efird6'3"·2002yr
BAYPuntersNo blue chips1
KUPuntersNo blue chips2
  • 33-star recruitP99Matthew Gill6'3"·1951yr
    26 Punts40.9 Avg4 In 20
  • —No recruiting profile foundP33Ben Shipley6'5"·2001yr

Previous 10 meetings vs. Baylor

Kansas 0–10 vs Baylor

  • 2024 · wk 14Kansas 17 @ Baylor 45
  • 2022 · wk 8Kansas 23 @ Baylor 35
  • 2021 · wk 3Baylor 45 @ Kansas 7
  • 2020 · wk 4Kansas 14 @ Baylor 47
  • 2019 · wk 14Baylor 61 @ Kansas 6
  • 2018 · wk 4Kansas 7 @ Baylor 26
  • 2017 · wk 10Baylor 38 @ Kansas 9
  • 2016 · wk 7Kansas 7 @ Baylor 49
  • 2015 · wk 6Baylor 66 @ Kansas 7
  • 2014 · wk 10Kansas 14 @ Baylor 60

Previous 3 meetings vs. Lance Leipold

Baylor 3–0 vs Lance Leipold

  • 2024 · wk 14Kansas 17 @ Baylor 45
  • 2022 · wk 8Kansas 23 @ Baylor 35
  • 2021 · wk 3Baylor 45 @ Kansas 7

Previous 4 meetings vs. Dave Aranda

Kansas 0–4 vs Dave Aranda

  • 2024 · wk 14Kansas 17 @ Baylor 45
  • 2022 · wk 8Kansas 23 @ Baylor 35
  • 2021 · wk 3Baylor 45 @ Kansas 7
  • 2020 · wk 4Kansas 14 @ Baylor 47

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