Ra-Sun Kazadi most likely imagined he would be spending his spring mornings and summer nights somewhere on a practice field.
In the shadow of Ford Stadium, tucked in between the buttresses of the old Methodist Church and the outskirts of Downtown Dallas, SMU’s double-fielded practice facility was going to be the backdrop of Kazadi’s first offseason with a real chance to compete for time.
The SMU sophomore safety, who spent 2018 as a redshirt and 2019 sidelined after ankle reconstruction surgery, had everything in front of him.