2023 Kansas Jayhawks football team
The 2023 Kansas Jayhawks football team will represent the University of Kansas in the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It will be the Jayhawks' 134th season. The Jayhawks will play their home games at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas, and will compete in the Big 12 Conference. They will be led by third-year head coach Lance Leipold. The Jayhawks will enter the season looking to make back-to-back bowl games for the first time since the 2007 and 2008 seasons. They enter the season with their highest expectations in several years. They were picked 9th out of 14 teams in the conference, their highest selection since the Big 12 eliminated divisions. In the preseason Coaches poll released on August 7, Kansas received a vote to be ranked. It was their first vote in a preseason poll since 2009. They also received 10 votes in the AP poll. They had 4 different players selected to the watch lists of 7 awards and five preseason All-Big 12 selections. Quarterback Jalon Daniels was also named the preseason Player of the Year for the Big 12.

Offseason

Starters lost
Starters are based on starters from the final game of the 2022 season. Players listed below have run out eligibility. In total, the Jayhawks had 4 players run out of eligibility.

Entered NFL Draft

Transfer portal
Incoming

Outgoing
Transfers listed below are only players who announced intention to transfer after the final regular season game of 2022.

Recruiting

Highest rated recruit

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Preseason

Big 12 preseason poll
The Big 12 preseason poll was released on July 6. Kansas was picked 9th in the conference, their first time not being selected in last place since the Big 12 eliminated divisions in 2010.

First place votes in parentheses.

Preseason awards

QB Jalon Daniels
 1st Team All-Big 12
 Big 12 Player of the Year
 Walter Camp Award watch list
 Davey O'Brien Award watch list
 Manning Award watch list

CB Cobee Bryant
 1st Team All-Big 12
 Jim Thorpe Award watch list
 Bednarik Award watch list

RB Devin Neal
 1st Team All-Big 12
 Doak Walker Award watch list

RB Daniel Hishaw Jr.
 Doak Walker Award watch list

C Mike Novitski
 1st team All-Big 12

Schedule

Roster

Game summaries

Missouri State

Rankings

References

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