Asked what has been the most rewarding aspect of moving up from the junior college ranks and receiving a long-sought scholarship from a Football Bowl Subdivision program, Utah State running back Jaylen Warren’s surprisingly literal response is endearing in its honest simplicity.
“In JUCO, you have to supply for yourself. … Around May, June, and again in August [the past few years], that’s the time I went shopping, when I started looking online for what kind of cleats and gloves I was gonna get,” Warren said. “It’s crazy, ’cause they just give that to you over here.