The Arizona State football team was just a week removed from the end of the shortened 2020 football season when the first good news came.
Senior corner Jack Jones sent word on social media he was coming back, taking advantage of the NCAA's ruling that the 2020 season not count against eligibility because of the circumstances surrounding the global health pandemic.
Two days later it was safety Evan Fields, who was fifth in the nation in solo tackles per game.
Two days after that it was the other corner, Chase Lucas, already with five years at ASU under his belt, four of those as a starter.