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Stanford secondary primed to be one of country's best

STANFORD, Calif. -- Two brothers, both safeties, play football for teams based just 13 miles apart. But their current situations are very different.

Justin Reid is entering his redshirt junior season at Stanford. He's worked all three of his years on campus under defensive backs coach Duane Akina, evolving into a fixture of the Cardinal's secondary and a Pac-12 all-conference honorable mention in 2016.

Meanwhile, his older brother Eric Reid is spending the offseason down Freeway 101 adapting to the San Francisco 49ers' fourth coaching staff in four years.

"Every year, it's been a coaching change [for Eric] -- I've talked to him about it," Justin Reid said.