LAWRENCE — Lonnie Phelps Jr. could have returned to Kanas football for the 2023 season. Phelps, a redshirt junior defensive end in 2022, didn’t exhaust his eligibility in his lone season with ...

LAWRENCE — You’ve heard about him by now, if you hadn’t heard about him already. Lonnie Phelps Jr., a redshirt junior defensive end, was named the Big 12 Conference’s defensive player of ...

Lonnie Phelps Jr. can recall the exact moment when he felt at home at Kansas. It was January, not more than a week into the spring semester, when the defensive end was recognized on campus.

Defensive end Lonnie Phelps, Jr. and offensive lineman Earl Bostick, Jr. both were invited to the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis last month. ESPN has Phelps ranked as the No. 10 outside ...