It started as 1-on-1 and 2-on-2, then 3-on-3 for Jayden Quaintance. Now, the prized portal addition is playing full-contact 5-on-5 for the Wildcats ahead of his debut in the blue and white — just not quite the 5-on-5 we’re hoping for quite yet.
The future lottery pick is scrimmaging and beating up on some poor souls after passing his final strength test to end the rehab process and begin the ramp-up return-to-play push. For now, they’re graduate assistants and random kids they picked up at the Johnson Student Recreation Center.