Kansas depth chart has one enormous absence

Even though the change was expected, Daniel Hishaw's name being absent from the Jayhawks depth chart still feels pretty big.

Ahead of the important matchup between the Kansas Jayhawks and TCU Horned Frogs, Kansas released their depth chart. There were some additional changes as certain players became unavailable.

Here is the 2-deep as released by Kansas Athletics. It is still subject to change based on practices and during the week gameplanning.

Quarterback

Jalon Daniels
Jason Bean

Running Back

Devin Neal OR
Ky Thomas OR
Sevion Morrison

Wide Receivers

Slot Receiver

Luke Grimm
Douglas Emilien

X Receiver

Lawrence Arnold
Kevin Terry OR
Tanaka Scott

Z Receiver

Quentin Skinner
Steven McBride

Tight End

Mason Fairchild
Trevor Kardell OR
Jared Casey

Offensive Line

Left Tackle

Earl Bostick Jr.
Jackson Satterwhite

Left Guard

Dominick Puni
Armaj Reed-Adams

Center

Mike Novitsky
Deondre Doiron

Right Guard

Michael Ford Jr
Nolan Gorczycka

Right Tackle

Bryce Cabeldue
James Livingston

Defensive Line

Defensive End

Lonnie Phelps
Hayden Hatcher

Defensive Tackle

Sam Burt
Eddie Wilson

Defensive Tackle

Caleb Sampson
Caleb Taylor OR
D.J. Withers

Defensive End

Malcolm Lee
Jereme Robinson

Linebackers

Craig Young OR
Rich Miller

Rich Miller
Eriq Gilyard

Taiwan Berryhill
Lorenzo McCaskill

Defensive Secondary

Cornerback

Cobee Bryant
Kalon Gervin

Safety

O.J. Burroughs OR
Marvin Grant

Safety

Kenny Logan Jr.
Edwin White-Schultz

Cornerback

Mello Dotson
Monte' McGary OR
Shaad Dabney

Kickoffs

Tabor Allen
Jacob Borcila

Placekicker

Jacob Borcila
Tabor Allen

Punter

Reis Vernon
Grayden Addison

Long Snapper

Luke Hosford
Emory Duggar

Punt Returner

Luke Grimm
Devin Neal

Kick Returner

Kenny Logan
Luke Grimm

Holder

Reis Vernon

Takeaways

The only real changes are ones that I fully expected to see given personnel changes.

• Gavin Potter is no longer with the team, and his backup position is being filled by Rich Miller.
• Daniel Hishaw is out indefinitely with an injury. He has been removed from the depth chart.

It's pretty clear that players are settling into their roles, and the higher performers are earning a bigger share of the playing time. There is the potential concern of depth issues for the Jayhawks at the linebacker position, but they are still very far ahead of where they were all of last year.

As for the running backs, the loss of Daniel Hishaw will be a big one for this team, but Ky Thomas is working his way back to taking snaps again, and Sevion Morrison is another solid option to step in and take some of that workload.

And finally, it appears that the depth chart for the kick and punt returners doesn't really matter much, as it has remained unchanged even though the Jayhawks have mixed and matched returners all season long.

Overall though, there are no surprises in the depth chart for this week.

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