BOULDER — Colorado freshman running back Ashaad Clayton admits his first year with the Buffaloes didn't always go smoothly.
"It was a humbling experience," the four-star recruit from Louisiana told the media Monday. "The transition from being the top guy to basically starting from square one … I kind of got down a little but I just stayed the course and worked my tail off, learned the playbook and just developed."
Clayton's first season in Boulder — his "Covid freshman year" — no doubt presented a long list of obstacles. There were the normal transition issues faced by many college freshmen, including a dose of homesickness, as well as the postponed/canceled/delayed season that played havoc with the entire CU team.