When the 2025 Kansas football season started, in head coach Lance Leipold’s press conference heading into a week zero matchup, there were a number of tight ends listed with the tag “or.” This was explained by Leipold as a way to say each tight end would get their shot in certain sets, emphasizing that he wanted consistency from this corps so defenses would not be able to tell the Jayhawks’ play just because they knew who was in the game.
As this season has gone on, one name has continuously excelled.
Rice transfer Boden Groen. Last season for the Rice Owls, Groen caught 12 passes for 94 yards in the first four games before an injury at Army ended his season.