2021 Football Roster
Roster

Trevor Kardell
- Position:
- Tight End
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 255
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Lee's Summit West HS
- Hometown:
- Lee's Summit, Mo.
Get to Know Trevor ...
Who is your biggest role model?- My father. He has taught me so many life lessons up to this point. I am the man I am today because of him.
- My favorite player was Tony Gonzales.Â
How would you describe your game to someone who hasn't seen you play?
- Constant mismatch. Â
2024: Played in all 12 games as a senior, starting five games ... Caught 12 passes for 148 yards, both of which were career highs... Lindenwood: Caught his only target for a four-yard reception... at Illinois: Was targeted once but did not record any statistics ... UNLV: Caught two passes on three targets for 28 yards ... at West Virginia: Pulled in one catch for a nine-yard gain ...TCU: Started at tight end for the Jayhawks... Iowa State: Caught two passes for 24 yards in the win over the Cyclones... Colorado: Caught two passes for 38 yards in the senior day win over No. 16 Colorado... at Baylor: Caught one pass for 6 yards in the loss to Baylor.
2023: Appeared in 10 games and hauled in six passes for 69 yards and a touchdown in the victory over BYU... Missouri State: Got 22 yards on two catches in the first game of 2023 … BYU: His only catch of the day was a 15-yard touchdown reception, his first of 2023 … UCF: Hauled in one catch for 12 yards, his fourth of the season… at Oklahoma State: Caught one pass for 20 yards in the contest.
2022: Saw action in all 13 games and caught five passes for 65 yards and a touchdown in the win over Duke... at Houston: Made season debut against the Cougars … Recorded a catch for 17 yards on one target … Duke: Saw action in win over the Blue Devils … Recorded three catches for 44 yards … Logged his first TD as a Jayhawk in the first quarter … Iowa State: Did not record any stats … TCU: Grabbed a catch on one attempt for four yards … Returned a kickoff for three yards … at Oklahoma: Did not record any stats … at Texas Tech: Did not record any stats.
2021: Saw action in 11 games at tight end for the Jayhawks…Had five catches for 86 yards, including a long reception of 44 yards … Made his first career start vs. Baylor … at Oklahoma St.: Posted two catches for 12 yards, with a long reception of seven… at Texas: Hauled in two catches for 30 yards, including an influential 16-yard catch…at TCU: Hauled in a 44-yard catch against the Horned Frogs.
2020: Saw his first playing time of the season in the team’s final game of the year. at Texas Tech: Made his Jayhawk debut in Lubbock to close out the Jayhawks’ regular season.
High School: Rated a three star recruit and the No. 21 tight end in the state of Missouri by 247 Sports … Earned a three-star rating by Rivals and ESPN … Played in 30 games at Lee’s Summit West HS under head coach Vincent Careswell … Recorded 501 receiving yards and three touchdowns in 2019 … Hauled in 1,944 career receiving yards and 23 touchdowns … Also lettered in baseball at Lee’s Summit West and was named to the 2019 Missouri High School Baseball Coaches Association All-State second-team as a catcher.
Personal: Son of Jill and Kevin Kardell … Has one brother, Reece … Plans to major in business … Chose Kansas over interest from Missouri and Iowa … Also played on the Kansas Baseball team.