No Changes for the Kansas Depth Chart is a Big Change

The Jayhawks are used to seeing changes at important positions after just one week. But the depth chart remained constant heading into Week 2.

Contents

1. Quarterback
2. Running Back
3. Wide Receivers
4. Tight End
5. Offensive Line
6. Defensive Line
7. Linebackers
8. Defensive Secondary
9. Takeaways

The Kansas Jayhawks released their depth chart heading into their Week 2 game against the West Virginia Mountaineers. If you have followed the Jayhawks for any length of time, you likely remember some pretty big updates to the depth chart after the first week. The most recent one that comes to mind is the surprise start for Jalon Daniels in Week 2 during the 2020 season.

This week, the only change we saw was the heading across the top of the page indicating which game was coming up.

As a refresher, here is the 2-deep as released by Kansas Athletics. It is still subject to change based on practices and during the week gameplanning. Additionally, in his press availability on Tuesday, Lance Leipold indicated that wide receiver Tanaka Scott is currently practicing and could be available for Saturday.

Quarterback

Jalon Daniels
Jason Bean

Running Back

Devin Neal OR
Daniel Hishaw OR
Ky Thomas OR
Sevion Morrison

Wide Receivers

Slot Receiver

Luke Grimm
Douglas Emilien

X Receiver

Lawrence Arnold
Kevin Terry

Z Receiver

Quentin Skinner
Steven McBride

Tight End

Mason Fairchild
Trevor Kardell OR
Jared Casey

Offensive Line

Left Tackle

Earl Bostick Jr.
Jackson Satterwhite

Left Guard

Dominick Puni OR
Armaj Reed-Adams

Center

Mike Novitsky
Deondre Doiron

Right Guard

Michael Ford Jr
Nolan Gorczycka

Right Tackle

Bryce Cabeldue
James Livingston

Defensive Line

Defensive End

Lonnie Phelps
Hayden Hatcher

Defensive Tackle

Sam Burt
Eddie Wilson

Defensive Tackle

Caleb Sampson
Caleb Taylor OR
D.J. Withers

Defensive End

Malcolm Lee
Jereme Robinson

Linebackers

Craig Young OR
Gavin Potter

Rich Miller
Eriq Gilyard

Taiwan Berryhill
Lorenzo McCaskill

Defensive Secondary

Cornerback

Kalon Gervin OR
Cobee Bryant

Safety

O.J. Burroughs OR
Marvin Grant

Safety

Kenny Logan Jr.
Edwin White-Schultz OR
Jarrett Paul

Cornerback

Mello Dotson
Monte' McGary OR
Shaad Dabney

Takeaways

I was mildly surprised that there were no changes from last week's depth chart, but the more I think about it, the more that makes sense. The win over Tennessee Tech was dominant, with only a few big errors by any of the players. And none of those mistakes were so bad that they changed the evaluation of the player making them.

Every player on the depth chart saw minutes in Friday's game, and no one greatly outperformed or underperformed their expectations. And there is no "super-starter" line for guys like Lonnie Phelps. If there was ever going to be a time to not change the depth chart, it would have to be after the most dominant win in recent memory.

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