Alabama transfer duo’s Tide ties meaningless to KU football’s David Beaty

Charles Baldwin must ‘toe the line when it comes to standards,’ Beaty says

Kansas wide receiver Daylon Charlot, center, gets congratulated by teammates, including offensive lineman Charles Baldwin, left, after scoring a touchdown in the team’s spring game April 15 at Memorial Stadium. After a mandatory sit-out year, Charlot and Baldwin, both Alabama transfers, will be eligible to play this season. (April 2017 file photograph/The Capital-Journal)

LAWRENCE — With their long-awaited Kansas football debuts looming, Alabama transfers Charles Baldwin and Daylon Charlot were popular topics in David Beaty’s first fall camp news conference Tuesday.

The KU football coach’s message for the former Crimson Tide duo could be summed up in two words plastered throughout Anderson Family Football Complex: Earn it.