LAWRENCE
On late Friday night, the eve of his first Kansas football game, Ke’aun Kinner couldn’t sleep. This was not unusual, Kinner says. He never has been a particularly sound sleeper. But the problem compounds itself on the night before games. From his days at Little Elm High School in Little Elm, Texas, to his days at Navarro Junior College, Kinner has tossed and turned while thinking of football. Thus, the problem surfaced again on Friday as Kinner, a junior running back, prepared for his first game at KU.
“That always happens,” Kinner says. “I just can’t wait to play.