As Kansas was assembling its 2007 football team, the Jayhawks knew what they had in Aqib Talib, a good sized, athletic cornerback coming off an All-Big 12 season.
After that questions remained in the secondary.
What evolved was amazing. By season’s end, Kansas would field arguably its greatest team, capture a major bowl victory and set a school record for victories.
A catalyst for that success will greet the Chiefs over each of the next two weeks, a secondary that morphed into team’s greatest defensive strength and in hindsight perhaps one of the best units assembled on the college level in recent years with three NFL Pro Bowlers.