LAWRENCE
In the middle of the Memorial Stadium turf, Michael Cummings grabbed at his left knee and rolled onto his side, writhing in pain. A collection of Kansas teammates surrounded the senior quarterback. From his spot on the sideline, David Beaty craned his neck and tried to see what was going on.
It was Saturday afternoon, the first half of the KU football spring game, and a quarterback in a red jersey was laid out in a sea of green turf. Moments earlier, Cummings, the Jayhawks’ returning starter, had scrambled up the middle and absorbed a blow from walk-on safety Michael Glatczak.