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LaQuvionte Gonzalez is setting the standard in Kansas workouts

LaQuvionte Gonzalez is making a name for himself in the weight room at Kansas, writes Tom Keegan of KUsports.com. The Texas A&M transfer has earned the moniker of "Workout Warrior of the Week" during the Jayhawks offseason workouts.

"He's a guy that it could be a super-hard workout, and I'm taking him through it, and then I get distracted, and I want to move onto something else, and he's like, 'No, Coach, we've got another set left,'" strength coach Je'Nay Jackson told Keegan. "That's very unusual for a guy who's getting his butt kicked.