Plan A was supposed to be Michael Cummings. Plan B was Montell Cozart. Plan C was actually walk-on junior college transfer Deondre Ford. And after just four games as Kansas’ offensive coordinator, Rob Likens already needed a new plan.
“I’ve never been through anything like that before,” Likens said this week. “I never envisioned this thing going down the way it did.”
Cummings was lost to a season-ending ACL tear in Kansas' spring game. Cozart needed season-ending shoulder surgery. Ford was lost for the year to a thumb injury. At least something good came from all that bad luck: Plan D worked out.