The 2024 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas in the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the Jayhawks' 135th season. Due to construction on David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium, the Jayhawks played their non-conference home games at Children's Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas and their conference home games at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. They were led by fourth-year head coach Lance Leipold. The Jayhawks looked to win a bowl game in backâÂÂtoâÂÂback seasons for only the second time in program history, and to qualify for a bowl game for a third straight season for the first time in program history.
The Jayhawks also started the year ranked in the AP Top 25 for the first time since the 2009 season. After a stale 2âÂÂ6 record, which included a 5-game losing streak, including a loss to in-state rival Kansas State for the sixteenth straight year. The Jayhawks upset then no. 17 Iowa State, handed then no. 6 ranked BYU its first loss of the season, and upset no. 16 Colorado to become the first team in FBS history with a losing record to beat 3 straight AP Poll ranked opponents. However, the Jayhawks were defeated in the final game of the season against Baylor, ending their season with a 5âÂÂ7 record and preventing the team from clinching a third-straight bowl game.
Starters are based on starters from the final game of the 2023 season. Players listed below have run out of eligibility. In total, the Jayhawks had 8 players run out of eligibility.
Below are players who had remaining eligibility but instead of returning or transferring, chose to enter the 2024 NFL draft.
The Jayhawks received a commitment from their highest rated recruit ever, who was ranked 67th nationally among all recruits.
The preseason poll was released on July 2, 2024.