Kansas Set to Journey to Tackle No. 9 Texas Tech in Primetime

LAWRENCE, Kan. – The Kansas Jayhawks will end up a two-game Big 12 Conference highway swing Saturday evening in Lubbock as they tackle undefeated and No. 9 Texas Tech at Jones AT&T Stadium. Kickoff is slated for six:30 p.m., CT on FOX with Jason Bennetti, Robert Griffin III and Alexa Landestoy on the decision.

Kansas (4-2, 2-1 Big 12) is coming off a 27-20 highway win at UCF, as Kansas quarterback Jalon Daniels threw for 235 yards, whereas senior operating again Leshon Williams reached the endzone thrice on 12 carries. Daniels has thrown for 1,497 yards, 16 touchdowns and simply two interceptions this season. He’s added 239 yards on the bottom.

Daniels has unfold out the ball all through the primary half of the season with 5 totally different receivers having double-digit catches in Emmanuel Henderson Jr. (28), Cam Pickett (18), Boden Groen (12), DeShawn Hanika (10) and Levi Wentz (10). Henderson leads the staff with 488 yards and 4 touchdowns as nicely. Williams has rushed for a team-best 303 yards and 5 touchdowns this season in 5 video games.

Kansas can also be coming off a powerful defensive efficiency within the second half of the UCF sport, the place the Jayhawks pitched a second half highway shutout in opposition to a Big 12 staff for the primary time in program historical past. The Jayhawks totaled 9 tackles-for-loss and a pair of sacks in opposition to UCF and obtained a game-changing play from security Jalen Dye when he got here by means of with a sack and compelled a fumble, which teammate Trey Lathan recovered contained in the five-yard line. Lathan leads Kansas with 46 tackles and 6 tackles-for-loss on the season.

The Red Raiders, who enter at 5-0 after a convincing 35-11 win at Houston final week, moved into the Top 10 after the victory and presently sit at No. 9 within the AP Top 25. With that, Kansas will now be on the lookout for its third-straight win over an AP Top 10 staff after beating No. 7 BYU final 12 months and No. 6 Oklahoma in 2023. Prior to that, Kansas was 9-96-2 in opposition to AP Top 10 groups.

Texas Tech has regarded spectacular because it has labored its approach contained in the Top 10. The Red Raiders’ smallest margin of victory in a win up to now this 12 months has been 24 factors. They have but to surrender greater than 14 factors in a sport and have scored at the least 34 in every contest, topping the 45-point mark thrice. In addition, Coach Joey McGuire’s staff has began league play with two-straight highway wins at Utah and Houston.

McGuire’s staff is led by veteran quarterback Behren Morton, who has thrown for 1,410 yards, 12 touchdowns and three interceptions up to now this season. He has a pair of proficient operating backs behind him in Cameron Dickey and J’Koby Williams, who’re each averaging greater than 4 yards per carry and have greater than 300 dashing yards on the season.

Morton additionally has loads of weapons at receiver and tight finish as pas catchers Coy Eakin, Reggie Virgil, Terrance Carter Jr., and Caleb Douglas have mixed for 12 touchdowns and 83 catches by means of simply 5 video games. Defensively, Texas Tech is led by linebacker and All-American candidate Jacob Rodriguez. Rodriguez leads the staff with 33 tackles and likewise has 4 tackles-for-loss, two interceptions, two compelled fumbles and three move breakups after totaling 100-plus tackles final season and incomes Preseason Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year honors.

Following the competition in opposition to the Red Raiders, the Jayhawks can have an open week, earlier than returning to David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium to host Kansas State within the Dillon’s Sunflower Showdown on Oct 25.