BOULDER — As one of the highest-ranked recruits in CU history , Jordan Seaton started his college career last year with Flatirons-sized expectations.

“The Franchise,” as head coach Deion Sanders is now calling the left tackle, lived up to every one of them.

“Jordan was a dawg when we got him out of high school — we just had to perfect him a little bit,” Sanders said. “… He’s been groomed (to be a face of the program). Him being around the guys we had last year (like Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter), and spending a lot of time with them, it taught him how to be a pro … and how to understand the ridicule when you don’t perform.”

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There was very little of the latter in 2024 as Seaton became CU's first true freshman

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