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The 2010 Kansas Jayhawks football team (variously "Kansas", "KU", or the "Jayhawks") represented the University of Kansas

University of Kansas

The University of Kansas is a public research university and the largest university in the state of Kansas. KU campuses are located in Lawrence, Wichita, Overland Park, and Kansas City, Kansas with the main campus being located in Lawrence on Mount Oread, the highest point in Lawrence. The...

in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season

2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season

The 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on Thursday, September 2, 2010. The season progressed through the regular season and bowl season, and concluded with the Tostitos BCS National Championship Game on Monday, January 10, 2011.-Rule changes for...

which was the school's 121st season. The Jayhawks played their home games on Kivisto Field at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

Lawrence is the sixth largest city in the U.S. State of Kansas and the county seat of Douglas County. Located in northeastern Kansas, Lawrence is the anchor city of the Lawrence, Kansas, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Douglas County...

.

The team was led by first year head coach Turner Gill

Turner Gill

Turner Hillery Gill is an American football coach who most recently served as the head coach at Kansas from 2010-2011, and was one of 11 African-American head coaches in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision at the time of his hiring.-College:Gill graduated from Arlington Heights High...

and is a member of the Big 12 Conference

Big 12 Conference

The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...

in the North Division. The team captains were senior running back

Running back

A running back is a gridiron football position, who is typically lined up in the offensive backfield. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback for a rushing play, to catch passes from out of the backfield, and to block.There are usually one or two running...

Angus Quigley, senior offensive lineman Sal Capra, senior defensive end

Defensive end

Defensive end is the name of a defensive position in the sport of American and Canadian football.This position has designated the players at each end of the defensive line, but changes in formations have substantially changed how the position is played over the years...

Jake Laptad, senior linebacker

Linebacker

A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...

Justin Springer, and senior cornerback

Cornerback

A cornerback is a member of the defensive backfield or secondary in American and Canadian football. Cornerbacks cover receivers, to defend against pass offenses and make tackles. Other members of the defensive backfield include the safeties and occasionally linebackers. The cornerback position...

Chris Harris.http://www.kuathletics.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/082910aaa.html

The Jayhawks finished the season 3–9, 1–7 in Big 12 play and did not play for bowl game for second consective year.

Coaching changes

Former head coach Mark Mangino

Mark Mangino

Mark Thomas Mangino is an American football coach. He was most recently the head coach of the Kansas Jayhawks college football team from 2002 to 2009. In 2007, Mangino received several National Coach of the Year honors after leading the Jayhawks to their first 12-win season in school history...

resigned from his position on December 3, following a 7-game losing streak and internal investigation into his conduct. Turner Gill

Turner Gill

, former head coach at the University at Buffalo was named the new head coach on December 13, 2009. Gill will bring with him Carl Torbush

Carl Torbush

Carl William Torbush Jr. was the college football Defensive Coordinator for the Kansas Jayhawks in Lawrence, KS...

as his defensive coordinator and Chuck Long

Chuck Long

Chuck Long is an American football coach. He played quarterback in college at Iowa for Hayden Fry and professionally with the Detroit Lions and the Los Angeles Rams. He is an inductee of the College Football Hall of Fame. In the January 2008 issue of San Diego Magazine he was chosen as one of...

as his offensive coordinator. None of Mangino's assistant coaches or strength and conditioning staff were retained by Gill.

New Coaches
Name	Position	Prev. School	Replaces
Turner Gill Turner Gill Turner Hillery Gill is an American football coach who most recently served as the head coach at Kansas from 2010-2011, and was one of 11 African-American head coaches in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision at the time of his hiring.-College:Gill graduated from Arlington Heights High...	Head Coach	Buffalo	Mark Mangino
Chuck Long Chuck Long Chuck Long is an American football coach. He played quarterback in college at Iowa for Hayden Fry and professionally with the Detroit Lions and the Los Angeles Rams. He is an inductee of the College Football Hall of Fame. In the January 2008 issue of San Diego Magazine he was chosen as one of...	Offensive Coordinator		Ed Warinner
Carl Torbush Carl Torbush Carl William Torbush Jr. was the college football Defensive Coordinator for the Kansas Jayhawks in Lawrence, KS...	Defensive Coordinator	Mississippi State	Clint Bowen/Bill Miller
Aaron Stamm	Special Teams	Buffalo	Louie Matsakis
Aaron Stamm	Tight Ends	Buffalo	Brandon Blaney
Darrell Wyatt	Wide Receivers	Southern Miss.	David Beaty
Buddy Wyatt	Defensive Line	Texas A&M	Tom Sims
Carl Torbush	Linebackers	Mississippi State	Bill Miller
Chuck Long	QBs		Ed Warinner
Vic Shealy Vic Shealy Victor Dalmuth "Vic" Shealy is an American football coach and former player in the United States. He was the defensive coordinator and cornerbacks coach at the University of Kansas. Shealy joined the coaching staff at Kansas in December 2009...	Cornerbacks	Richmond	Je'Ney Jackson
Robert Wimberly	Safeties	Buffalo	Clint Bowen
Reggie Mitchell	Running backs	Illinois	Louie Matsakis
J.B. Grimes	Offensive Line	Mississippi State	John Reagan
Reggie Mitchell	Recruiting Coordinator	Illinois	Brandon Blaney
John Williams	Strength & Conditioning	South Carolina State	Chris Dawson
Joe Dailey	On-Campus Recruiting Coord.	Buffalo

Recruiting

Expand the list below to see the full recruiting class.

Watch lists

Jake Laptad - Hendricks Award
Ted Hendricks Award
The Ted Hendricks Award is given annually to college football's top defensive end. The award is named after Ted Hendricks, who is a member of both the College Football Hall of Fame as well as the Pro Football Hall of Fame and is presented by his own 501 foundation, called the Ted Hendricks...

Watchlist
Tim Biere - John Mackey Award
John Mackey Award
The John Mackey Award is presented annually to college football's most outstanding tight end.The award is given to the collegiate tight end who best exemplifies the play, sportsmanship, academics, and community values of NFL Hall of Fame tight end John Mackey....

Watchlist

Schedule

Roster

2010 Kansas Jayhawks football roster

(starters in bold)

Quarterbacks

2 Jordan Webb -
Fr.
7 Kale Pick -
So.
8 Quinn Meacham - Jr.
12 Christian Matthews -
Fr. (also WR)
17 Blake Jablonski - Fr.

Running Backs

6 Rell Lewis -
Jr.
22 Angus Quigley -
Sr.
25 Brandon Bourbon - Fr.
29 James Sims - Fr.
30 Josh Smith - Fr.
31 Steven Foster -
Jr.
32 Christian Lane - Fr.
33 Nick Sizemore - So. (TR)
36 Deshaun Sands -
Fr.
37 Ryan Burton -
Fr.
38 Justin Puthoff -
Fr.
40 Tyler Hunt -
So.

Wide Receivers

3 Reece Petty -
Sr.
12 Christian Matthews -
Fr. (also QB)
15 Daymond Patterson - Jr.
20 D.J. Beshears - So.
24 Bradley McDougald - So.
28 Willie O'Quinn -
So.
39 Patrick Schilling -
So.
47 Chase Knighton -
So.
80 Ricki Herod - Fr.
81 Jonathan Wilson - Sr.
82 Andrew Turzilli - Fr.
83 Chris Omigie -
Fr.
84 Brian Maura - Fr.
85 Rod Harris -
Jr.
88 Erick McGriff -
Fr.
89 Tertavian Ingram -
Sr.

Tight Ends

11 A.J. Steward -
Jr.
41 Jimmay Mundine - Fr.
43 Ted McNulty -
Jr.
46 Trent Smiley - Fr.
86 Tim Biere - Jr.
87 Bradley Dedeaux -
Sr.

Offensive Line

53 Tom Mabry -
Fr.
54 Justin Carnes -
Fr. (Long Snapper)
59 Sal Capra -
Sr.
62 Alex Smith -
Sr.
63 Chad Kolumber - Fr.
65 Mike Martinovich -Jr.
67 Duane Zlatnik -
So.
69 Trevor Marrongelli -
So.
70 Gavin Howard -
Fr.
72 Tanner Hawkinson -
So.
73 Joe Semple -
So.
74 Jeff Spikes -
Jr.
76 Brad Thorson -
Sr.
77 Jeremiah Hatch -
Jr.
79 Riley Spencer -
Fr.

Defensive Line

55 Darius Parish -
So.
60 Dylan Avery - Fr.
64 Randall Dent -
Fr.
66 Pat Lewandowski - Fr.
71 John Williams -
So.
78 Shane Smith -
Fr.
90 Kevin Young -
Fr.
91 Jake Laptad - Sr.
92 Patrick Dorsey -
Jr.
93 Quintin Woods - Sr.
94 Tyrone Sellers -
Fr.
95 D.J. Marshall -
So.
96 Keba Agostinho - Fr.
97 Richard Johnson, Jr. -
Jr.
98 JaQwaylin Arps - Fr.
99 Julius Green - Fr.

Linebackers

34 Huldon Tharp - So.
35 Toben Opurum - So.
38 Josh Richardson -
So.
39 Darius Willis - So. (TR)
41 Jordan Fee -
So.
45 Justin Springer - Sr.
46 Steve Mestan -
Fr.
47 Tyler Fee - Fr.
49 Drew Dudley - Sr.
50 Jake Farley - Fr.
51 Dakota Lewis -
Sr.
52 Steven Johnson - Jr.
57 Chea Peterman -
Jr.
58 Ed Fink - Fr.

Cornerbacks

5 Greg Brown -
So.
10 Corrigan Powell -
So.
16 Chris Harris - Sr.
17 Calvin Rubles - Sr.
19 Isiah Barfield -
Jr.
23 Ryan Murphy -
Jr.
27 Dexter McDonald - Fr.
30 Anthony Davis -
Jr.
33 Tyler Patmon -
Fr.
43 Brandon Hawks -
So.

Safeties

1 Lubbock Smith -
So.
4 Prinz Kande -
Fr.
9 Keeston Terry - Fr.
14 Abdullah Sabir - Jr.
24 Taylor Lee -
So.
26 Phillip Strozier -
Sr.
32 Dexter Linton -
Fr.
37 Brian Blackwell -
Fr.
40 Ray Mitchell - Fr.
44 Olaitan Oguntodu -
Sr.

Punters

18 Alonso Rojas - Sr.
19 Victor McBride - Fr.

Kickers

12 Nathan Kalish -
Fr.
13 Ron Doherty - Fr. (KOS)
14 Jacob Branstetter -
Sr.

North Dakota State Bison

North Dakota State Bison football

The North Dakota State Bison football program represents North Dakota State University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision level and competes in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. From 2004 to 2007, the Bison were members of the Great West Football...

Turner Gill's debut game for the Jayhawks ended in dismay as the FCS Bison team defeated Kansas 6-3. Although Kansas took a lead in the first quarter with a field goal, the Bison scored 2 field goals, 1 in the first half and the other in the second, to knock off Jayhawks. Kansas had 3 turnovers in the game, causing the Bison to lead in time of possession.

#15 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

2010 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

The 2010 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by 3rd year head coach Paul Johnson and played their home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium. They are members of the Atlantic...

Trying to rebound after the loss against the FCS Bison, Kansas was considered an underdog against the heavily favored, 15th ranked, Georgia Tech. Redshirt Freshman Jordan Webb took over the starting QB role and true Freshman James Sims was introduced at running back. In the first half, Kansas scored two touchdowns, but the Yellow Jackets were ahead by a field goal at halftime, 17-14. However, in the third quarter, Kansas would score an unanswered touchdown to take the lead at 21-17. In the first drive of the fourth quarter, the Jayhawks would score yet another touchdown. However, Georgia Tech scored a touchdown in the fourth quarter to try to pull off a comeback. Then, with a minute to play in regulation, Georgia Tech's drive stopped with a turnover on downs

Turnover on downs

In American football, a turnover on downs occurs when a team fails to convert a fourth down into a first down by gaining the required yardage.A team has four chances to gain ten yards or to score. Any ground gained during one down short of these ten yards is kept for the next chance...

that ended the Yellow Jackets' hopes of winning. The final would be 28-25, with Kansas winning. This would be the first time since 2008 that Kansas defeated a ranked opponent, defeating the then #11 Missouri Tigers

2008 Missouri Tigers football team

The 2008 Missouri Tigers football team represented the University of Missouri in college football's 2008 season. The team was coached by Gary Pinkel, who returned in his eighth season with Mizzou, and played their home games at Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium.Quarterback Chase Daniel returned for...

40-37.

Southern Miss

New Mexico State

Baylor

Kansas State

Texas A&M

Iowa State

Colorado

Nebraska

Oklahoma State

Missouri

Awards and honors

Justin Springer

Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (week 2) - 15 tackles, 1 sack against #15 Georgia Tech

D.J. Beshears

Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week (week 4)