| Year: | 2024 |
| Team: | Kansas Jayhawks |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Big 12 Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big 12 |
| Coachrank: | 24 |
| Aprank: | 22 |
| Record: | 0–0 |
| Conf Record: | 0–0 |
| Head Coach: | Lance Leipold |
| Hc Year: | 4th |
| Off Coach: | Jeff Grimes |
| Oc Year: | 1st |
| Cooff Coach1: | Jim Zebrowski |
| Cooc1 Year: | 2nd |
| Def Coach: | Brian Borland |
| Dc Year: | 4th |
| Codef Coach1: | D.K. McDonald |
| Codc1 Year: | 1st |
| Stadium: | Children's Mercy Park (2 games) Arrowhead Stadium (4 games) |
The 2024 Kansas Jayhawks football team will represent the University of Kansas in the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It will be the Jayhawks' 135th season. Due to construction on David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium, the Jayhawks will play 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 will be led by fourth-year head coach Lance Leipold. The Jayhawks will look to win a bowl game in back–to–back 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.
| Offensive coordinator | Accepted job at Penn State | Jeff Grimes | ||
| Offensive analyst | Accepted Offensive coordinator job at Nevada | N/A | ||
| N/A | Co-Defensive coordinator/Cornerbacks coach | Positions created | D.K. McDonald | |
| Scott Fuchs | Offensive line coach | Daryl Agpalsa |
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.
| QB | ||
| OL | ||
| OL | ||
| TE | ||
| S | ||
| S | ||
| Rich Miller | LB | |
| Hayden Hatcher | DE |
Below are players who had remaining eligibility but instead of returning or transferring, chose to enter the 2024 NFL draft.
| DE | ||
| Kwinton Lassiter | CB |
| 247 Sports | 3 | 13 | 16 | 46 | 6 | |
| Rivals | 3 | 12 | 15 | 49 | 6* |
The Jayhawks received a commitment from their highest rated recruit ever, who was ranked 67th nationally among all recruits.[2]
The preseason poll was released in July.
| Big 12 media poll | |||
| Rank | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Utah (20) | 906 | |
| 2 | Kansas State (19) | 889 | |
| 3 | Oklahoma State (14) | 829 | |
| 4 | Kansas (5) | 772 | |
| 5 | Arizona (3) | 762 | |
| 6 | Iowa State | 661 | |
| 7 | West Virginia | 581 | |
| 8 | UCF | 551 | |
| 9 | Texas Tech | 532 | |
| 10 | TCU | 436 | |
| 11 | Colorado | 400 | |
| 12 | Baylor | 268 | |
| 13 | BYU | 215 | |
| 14 | Cincinnati | 196 | |
| 15 | Houston | 157 | |
| 16 | Arizona State | 141 | |
See also: 2024 Lindenwood Lions football team.
| TBD | TBD |
See also: 2024 Illinois Fighting Illini football team.
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See also: 2024 UNLV Rebels football team.
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See also: 2024 West Virginia Mountaineers football team.
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See also: 2024 TCU Horned Frogs football team.
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See also: 2024 Arizona State Sun Devils football team.
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See also: 2024 Houston Cougars football team.
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See also: 2024 Kansas State Wildcats football team and Sunflower Showdown.
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See also: 2024 Iowa State Cyclones football team.
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See also: 2024 BYU Cougars football team.
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See also: 2024 Colorado Buffaloes football team.
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See also: 2024 Baylor Bears football team.
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