The 2014 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas as a member of the Big 12 Conference during the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Jayhawks were led by third-year head coach Charlie Weis for the first four games of the season and interim head coach Clint Bowen for final eight games. The team played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They finished the season with an overall record of 3–9 and mark of 1–8 in conference play, placing ninth place in the Big 12.
On September 28, after starting the year 2–2 and going only 6–22 in two-plus seasons, head coach Charlie Weis was fired. Linebackers coach Clint Bowen was named interim head coach for the remainder of the season.
Schedule
Coaching staff Name Position Charlie Weis Head coach (games 1–4) Clint Bowen Interim head coach (games 5–12), linebackers coach Dave Campo Assistant head coach-defense, defensive backs coach John Reagan Offensive coordinator, offensive line coach Reggie Mitchell Running backs coach, recruiting coordinator Ron Powlus Quarterbacks coach Jeff Blasko Tight ends coach Buddy Wyatt Defensive line coach Scott Vestal Assistant defensive backs coach Eric Kiesau Wide receivers coach
Roster 2014 Kansas Jayhawks football roster (Starters in bold)Quarterbacks 2 Montell Cozart – So. 10 T.J. Millweard – So. 14 Michael Cummings – Jr. 16 Jordan Darling – Fr.
Running backs 6 Corey Avery – Fr. 23 De'Andre Mann – Jr. 25 Brandon Bourbon – Sr. 29 Joe Dineen – Fr. 34 Aaron Plump – Jr. 36 Taylor Cox - Sr. 40 Preston Randall – So.
Fullbacks 43 Ed Fink – Sr.
Wide receivers 1 Rodriguez Coleman – Jr. 3 Tony Pierson – Sr. 4 Tyler Patrick – Fr. 5 Bobby Hartzog – Fr. 7 Derrick Neal – Fr. 8 Nick Harwell – Sr. 9 Nigel King – Jr. 11 Tre' Parmalee – Jr. 12 Darious Crawley – Fr. 15 Seth Conway – Jr. 19 Justin McCay – Sr. 80 Matt Hentges – So. 82 Shakiem Barbiel – Jr.
Tight ends 41 Jimmay Mundine – Sr. 44 Scott Baron – Jr. 81 Kent Taylor – (TR) 84 Ben Johnson – Fr. 85 Trent Smiley – Sr. 86 Andrew Zimmer – Fr. Offensive line 55 Jacob Bragg – Fr. 61 Pat Lewandowski – Sr. 63 Ngalu Fusimalohi – Sr. 65 Mike Smithburg – Sr. 67 Joey Bloomfield – Fr. 70 Keyon Haughton – Jr. 71 Devon Williams – Jr. 73 Damon Martin – Jr. 74 Brian Beckmann – So. 75 Apa Visinia – Fr. 76 Bryan Peters – Jr. 77 Joe Gibson – Fr. 78 Larry Mazcyk – Jr. 79 Jordan Shelley-Smith – So.
Defensive line 13 Damani Mosby – Jr. 35 T.J. Semke – Jr. 56 Anthony Olobia - Jr. 64 Kyle Pullia – So. 90 Kapil Fletcher – Jr. 91 D.J. Williams – Fr. 92 Lay'Trion Jones – Fr. 93 Ben Goodman – Jr. 94 Tyler Holmes – So. 95 Andrew Bolton – Jr. 96 Daniel Wise – Fr. 98 Keon Stowers – Sr. 99 Tedarian Johnson – Sr. Linebackers 6 Kyron Watson – Fr. 17 Josh Ehambe – Fr. 27 Victor Simmons – Sr. 28 Courtney Arnick – So. 31 Ben Heeney – Sr. 32 Schyler Miles – Jr. 37 Beau Bell – Jr. 44 Mike Zunica – So. 46 Kellen Ash – Fr. 53 Colton Goeas – Fr. 55 Michael Reynolds – Sr. 57 Jake Love – Jr. 59 Cameron Rosser – So.
Cornerbacks 1 Matthew Boateng – Fr. 7 Kevin Short – Jr. 12 Dexter McDonald – Sr. 22 Greg Allen – So. 23 Ronnie Davis – Jr. 24 JaCorey Shepherd – Sr. 26 Colin Spencer – Fr. 36 Chevy Graham – So. 39 Michael Glatczak – Jr.
Safeties 5 Isaiah Johnson – Jr. 9 Anthony Smithson – So. 30 Tevin Shaw – So. 33 Cassius Sendish – Sr. 38 Jaccare Givens – Sr. 43 Alex Matlock – Jr.
Special teams 13 John Duvic – Fr. (K) 14 Andrew Yoxall – So. (P) 16 Trevor Pardula – Sr. (P/K) 17 Matthew Wyman – Jr. (K) 18 Eric Kahn – Jr. (K) 19 Austin Barone – So. (K) 52 Reese Randall – Fr. (LS) 60 Reilly Jeffers – Jr. (LS) 64 Jordan Goldenberg – So. (LS) 68 John Wirtel – So. (LS)
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