Jordon Vaden's switch for Colorado State no joking matter

Colorado State cornerback Jordon Vaden (11) works against Xavier Williams during a special teams drill under the watchful eye of head coach Mike Bobo. (Mike Brohard / Loveland Reporter-Herald)

FORT COLLINS — The topic was an on-going joke during the 2015 season. Now it has become Jordon Vaden's reality at Colorado State.

It started simply enough with a special teams drill, where Vaden — then a wide receiver — was doing pretty good at stuffing gunners on kick coverage. Then defensive coordinator Tyson Summers joked to Vaden he may want to consider a position change. And on and on it went.

It was funny to Vaden, who continued to ask during the offseason — jokingly — when the Rams were going to…