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Bengals WR Kwamie Lassiter has special moment in Arizona homecoming

A special moment for a Bengals WR.

Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Kwamie Lassiter II was elevated off the practice squad for the Week 5 game in Arizona, where he’s from. He had his first career catch in the game, taking home a game ball given to him by head coach Zac Taylor.

Son of the late former Cardinal Kwamie Lassiter, who once had four interceptions in a game, Lassiter was named a captain before the game by Taylor for his homecoming.

“It was special. I appreciate what Zac and the staff did,” Lassiter said per Geoff Hobson of Bengals.com. “It was an RPO. If the ball was going to come to me, I was going to be ready for it.”

The catch was for two yards and was Burrow’s last completion of the day late in the game. Lassiter replaced Tee Higgins on the roster for the game since he’s out with a rib injury.

Lassiter went undrafted out of Kansas in 2022 and has been on the Bengals practice squad since then. Taylor spoke highly of what he has brought to the team even in that role.

“Kwamie has been everything that we want to be around, he’s done a great job on our practice squad and did a great job when his number was called last year when he came in against Tennessee when we elevated him,” he said. “He’s a guy that’s very dependable, we have a lot of trust in him.”

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Tale of the Tape: How do the Sooners and Jayhawks stack up statistically?

As the Oklahoma Sooners get ready for their road game with the Kansas Jayhawks, how do the two teams match up statistically?

Coming off an impressive win over the TCU Horned Frogs, the Oklahoma Sooners will go on the road to face a team that hasn’t put up much of a challenge in the last 25 years. The Oklahoma Sooners have won 16 straight over the Kansas Jayhawks, most recently a 62-9 blowout win last year in Norman.

Overall, the Sooners hold a 78-27-6 edge in the series. However, the Jayhawks have only 10 wins in the matchup since 1938. Kansas’ last win in the series was in 1997, which was the last win in a three-game win streak over the Oklahoma Sooners.

Those 1990s Sooners teams were certainly some dark days.

Kansas has looked slightly improved since making the switch from Les Miles to Lance Leipold. They haven’t won since Week 1, when they beat Football Championship Subdivision South Dakota 14-7, but they’ve hung in some games, providing a glimpse of optimism for the future.

Early in the third quarter, Kansas pulled within six of Coastal Carolina before the Chanticleers ran away with the game. They held Baylor to 14 in the first half before the Bears went on a rampage, outscoring the Jayhawks 31-0 in the second half. Against Duke, Kansas had a 27-21 lead early in the third quarter before the Blue Devils went on a 31-6 run to close the game.

Their games of late against Iowa State and Texas Tech have been complete blowouts, with the Jayhawks unable to find the end zone until the second half.

It’s still not great football, and Lance Leipold has a lot of work to do to pull the Kansas Jayhawks out of the doldrums of the Big 12. However, they’re showing signs of life, and that should be taken as a positive sign.

For the Oklahoma Sooners, they’re coming off two impressive wins. The comeback win over Texas and a 21-point romp over TCU, which was close in the first half before the Sooners ran away.

Heading into this week’s matchup in Lawrence, Kansas, how do the Oklahoma Sooners and Kansas Jayhawks matchup statistically?

Let’s find out.