![]() “No ligament damage, MRI was pretty clean, X-rays pretty clean. “There is a chance Devon Cajuste will play this week,” detailed head coach David Shaw. Junior wideout Devon Cajuste, who caught seven passes for 109 yards-the second-highest total of his career-injured his right leg and left the game on Saturday early in the fourth quarter, but the knee appears to not be as seriously injured as originally feared. ![]() He’s a little separated socially from us as well but he loves the game just as much as we do.”ĭespite the increasing number of injuries building up among Cardinal players, the injury outlook is relatively bright moving forward. “An affectionate nickname we have for him is ‘Pratt Daddy’ because he’s a lot older than all of us he’s one of the guys on the team who’s married as well. “He has some valuable experience as far as life goes outside of football,” said Whitfield about Pratt. Pratt caught his first pass of the year and took it for 13 yards on Saturday. ![]() Pratt, the oldest member of the Cardinal at age 28, played minor league baseball for eight years as a pitcher before choosing to come to Stanford and pursue a degree. It’s mostly about how my blocking can improve.”Īnother wide receiver that stepped up and earned more playing time against UCLA was junior Jordan Pratt. “At first, he asked me how I missed that block on 97-Power,” said Kodi about his dad’s first words to him after the game. “I was a little a disappointed,” remarked Whitfield jokingly about not earning the SportsCenter top play distinction.Ĭatch or no catch, by virtue of being the son of former Stanford All-American offensive lineman Bob Whitfield ’93, Kodi is always pushed to be his best at blocking by his father, who acts as a mentor from a lineman’s point of view as Kodi plays the game. Whitfield’s catch will surely wind up as one of college football’s top plays of the season, but unfortunately for him, Shane Victorino’s grand slam to clinch the Boston Red Sox a berth in the World Series stole the number one spot on SportsCenter’s Top 10 plays over the weekend. Once I looked back for the ball, it was in the air and I have to catch it at this point.” It was more so how could I recover and get in a position for Hogan to throw me the ball. “It didn’t start too well,” Whitfield admitted. Junior wide receiver Jordan Pratt (87) made his first catch of the season against UCLA as Stanford’s previously inexperienced receivers have made a huge impact this season.(AVI BAGLA/The Stanford Daily) Even fewer, if any at all, will have as amazing of a catch for their first career touchdown as Whitfield did. Few college football players will ever have a touchdown catch as spectacular as sophomore Kodi Whitfield’s grab this past Saturday.
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