Off-topic here, but Leipold really flipped that KU squad. It's almost as if the first position group Leipold went after was the OL.
The year before Leipold was the KU coach, they carried 19 kids in the OL.
The first year LL was there they had 21 kids, but 3 of them were Super Seniors and there were 9 (NINE) underclassmen as OL from the previous year that were no longer on the squad. 4 Freshmen OL and 5 Soph OL all were gone.
May have been injuries, academic issues, homesickness, etc., but the bottom line is that OL was beginning to transform from the first year LL got there.