COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri safety Jalen Catalon and Kansas quarterback Jalon Daniels share (in terms of pronunciation) a first name and 13 combined years of college football experience.
They’ve seen plenty over the course of their long careers, including, last September, each other.
Catalon and Daniels should have faced off in 2022, when the former was at Texas but missed almost all of the season with an injury. When KU played the Longhorns in 2023, Daniels was hurt.
But last year, with Catalon playing for Barry Odom’s Nevada-Las Vegas team and Daniels playing a full season for the Jayhawks, they battled on the field.