Each morning Longhorns Wire will share the top stories from around the Big 12 Conference. For this edition of the Big 12 morning rush 247Sports, Iowa State Daily and the AP provide the headlines.
Top247 WR Keon Coleman commits to Kansas
The Kansas Jayhawks secured a two-sport commit to the program. Keon Coleman plans on playing both football and basketball for Les Miles and Bill Self.
The Top247 receiver from Opelousas (La.) Catholic announced his intentions to play for the Jayhawks early Saturday evening on the Fourth of July, choosing to play for Miles and company over his other two finalists in Oklahoma and South Carolina.
The 6-foot-4, 185-pound Coleman is planning on playing basketball in Lawrence too.
Tabbed by the Top247 as the nation’s No. 14 receiver and No. 116 prospect overall, Coleman had a monster junior season turning 35 receptions into 1,143 yards and 22 touchdowns. He also picked off seven passes on defense.
Former All-American and 1965 Male Athlete of the Year Tom Vaughn passed away Sunday at the age of 77
According to the Iowa State Daily, former All-American safety passed away at the age of 77.
Vaughn was a two-way player for the Cyclones in the early ’60s, as he played both fullback and defensive back.
In the 1963 season for Iowa State, Vaughn rushed 795 yards, which was the second most behind Kansas running back and future Chicago Bears running back Gale Sayers (who is in the college and pro football hall of fame).
Vaughn was also a punt returner for the Cyclones and led the Big Eight in yards per punt return in both his junior and senior seasons (15.7 yards his junior year and 12 his senior).
in 1963 and 1964, Vaughn earned a spot on the All-Big Eight conference team.
He won Iowa State’s Male Athlete of the Year award in 1965 and began his NFL career with the Detroit Lions in that year as well.
West Virginia men’s basketball workouts postponed after players test positive for coronavirus
The West Virginia Mountaineers basketball team has postponed workouts after a third of the team test positive for COVID-19 according to the Associated Press.
West Virginia has postponed the start of men’s basketball workouts for two weeks after five players and one staff member tested positive for the coronavirus, the school announced Sunday.
The workouts were scheduled to start on Monday. The decision was made in consultation with university medical officials.
“The recent positive numbers tell me the safest thing to do is put a pause on the start of our men’s basketball workouts,” West Virginia athletic director Shane Lyons said in a statement. “The well-being of our student-athletes is the top priority, and we will continually monitor our men’s basketball situation in hopes of starting on July 20.”