42 Days Until Kansas Football: Remembering Ray Evans

Much like Gale Sayers, much has been written about Ray Evans, including here at RCT. While likely not as well known as Sayers, Evans was KU’s first truly great, nationally recognized athlete.

I always thought there were two categories of athletes at the University of Kansas — one category was for him and one was for everybody else. - Don Fambrough, LJW

Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to find any cool recruiting stories about Evans. He was a standout athlete at Wyandotte High School in Kansas City, KS prior to making his way to Lawrence for college.

Evans was an overall athlete who started on offense and defense, at quarterback and cornerback, for the Jayhawks. Along with Otto Schnellbacher, he…