Kansas sophomore combo guard Joseph Yesufu answers to various versions of his first name.
“I hear everything. My teammates call me Joe. My mom calls me Joey. (At) my high school it was Jo Jo,” Yesufu, a 6-foot, 180-pound native of Bolingbrook, Illinois said with a smile in a recent interview.
Yesufu, who submitted the name “Joseph” for KU’s official 2021-22 KU men’s basketball roster, is comfortable being called any of the above-mentioned monikers.