BY SALINA POST
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Hello and happy Tuesday, everybody, it’s Tyler Henry, back with another KINA Sports Update presented by Salina Regional Orthopedic and Sports Medicine…
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On Monday, Kansas senior cornerback Cobee Bryant earned a spot on the watch list for the 30th Chuck Bednarik Award, which is presented annually to the most outstanding defensive player in college football.
This is the second consecutive year that Bryant has been honored by the Bednarik Award in the preseason and it becomes the third watch list for him this season. He has previously received watch list selections from the Bronko Nagurski Award and the Jim Thorpe Award.
Bryant is eighth in school history with nine career interceptions. He has scored four touchdowns in his career, adding a fumble return and blocked field goal return to two interception returns. He finished the 2023 season with 32 tackles, four interceptions and 9 pass breakups.
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Kansas Football was also ranked No. 22 in the Associated Press Preseason Poll, marking Kansas’ first preseason appearance in the poll since 2009.
The Jayhawks are now ranked in both major college football preseason polls for the first time since 2008.
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And finally good news for Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Hollywood Brown who suffered a sternoclavicular joint dislocation in a preseason game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. According to head coach Andy Reid doctors were able to reset the joint without surgery. Brown could still miss some time but not as much as he would have had he gone under the knife
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That’s your sports update for today, but for even more great area sports content like this, check out Salina Post and stay tuned to KINA.