Biggest shoes to fill: Kansas

During the next two weeks, we'll be looking at the biggest shoes that need to be filled on every team in the Big 12.

We continue the series with the Kansas Jayhawks.

Ben Goodman was a leader and a consistent presence on the Kansas defense as a senior.Kansas needed a lot more guys like Ben Goodman last season.

As far as leaders in the locker room go, Goodman was the alpha dog for the Jayhawks last season. He was by far the most experienced player on the squad, so reliable that he started 36 consecutive games. No other teammate had a streak of more than 10.

After playing a number of pass-rushing roles in his career, Goodman was at his best as a senior with a team-best 9.5 tackles for loss and 5.5…