It was crazy because of the pandemic. Jaden graduated high school early in December but had been fully virtual. Then when he enrolled at Stanford early he moved from Georgia all the way to Cali, just to still be going to school virtually and with very few people on campus.

On top of that, because Stanford had never brought in early enrollees their cadence during spring ball is different from other teams. Instead of being the start to a new season they typically build on what the last season was - it’s assumed that the players already know the playbook and such. AND they moved him from free safety to corner, which he never played in high school. He’s used to playing center field, sitting back and reacting to what the offense does which is totally different from playing man to man coverage on an an island with a WR. But he’s tall - 6’2” and really fast so corner is where he has the most upside.

Given all that I didn’t think he’d be getting playing time as a true freshman, but they’ve had a couple injuries to DBs so he made his way into the rotation.