Spending a day with Jordan Seaton might be rather entertaining, but there’s no question it wouldn’t be easy.
“It would be a day,” the Colorado left tackle said with a laugh.
There are a lot of expectations on Seaton heading into his sophomore year, but he’s not resting on that praise. If anything, it’s made him work harder this offseason and he’s not taking many days off.
“This offseason has been the most locked in I’ve ever been in my life,” Seaton told BuffZone at Big 12 media day in Frisco, Texas, last week. “I’m actually excited to showcase what I’m able to do with my team.”
Coming out of IMG Academy in Florida in 2024, Seaton was the No. 1-rated prep offensive lineman in the country and signed with the Buffaloes. He backed up that rating when he was the only CU lineman to start all 13 games in 2024, leading the offense in total snaps played (860).
Seaton was CU’s best and most consistent lineman, earning freshman All-American accolades in helping the Buffs go 9-4 and earn a trip to the Alamo Bowl.
This year, many of CU’s top stars from a year ago – including quarterback Shedeur Sanders and Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter – are gone, and Seaton might be the face of the team. He’s earned numerous preseason All-Big 12 honors, as well as some preseason All-American recognition.
“I love to be recognized,” the 6-foot-5, 308-pounder said. “I’m blessed that they chose me, and I’m just grateful for all that.”
A big reason Seaton likes the recognition is that it adds fuel to his already burning fire.
“It just means that I actually have to go and win it,” he said. “They could choose me, but now I have to give them a reason to choose me. (It’s) not a target on my back, but, like, just making sure that I do what I need to do to get the things that I want.
“I expect more for myself than anybody could expect from me. I know what limits I could push myself to. Every day, I really go into work trying to reach those limits. I really be grinding. I can’t even express it. It’s on YouTube, but I wish everybody could actually just come to Colorado, come to a practice and, like, really see how much pain and work we really put in. We shine, we get on YouTube, we do all that stuff, but we really grind.”
In Frisco last week, Seaton had an easy excuse for a day off. It was a quick 24-hour trip for media day, but he woke up Wednesday morning and found a place to work out.
Throughout the offseason, Seaton has been doing the same thing, reshaping his body to make sure he’s better than he was a year ago.
“We had a month break (from the team in May), and for a month straight, three times a day, I trained and I ate the right food,” he said.
Seaton is now an athletic 308 pounds and said he plans to build some muscle to play at 315 this season. The work he’s put in, he said, can be felt every day.
“I wake up energized,” he said. “I don’t wake up sluggish or tired. My recovery time is way better now.”
Seaton was very good in 2024, but this year, he said, “The tone I want to set is basically just dominate the line of scrimmage. Every down, every rep for every quarter we’ve got.”
The motivation isn’t just personal. Seaton wants to do his part to help the team succeed. Between his last three years of high school and his first at CU, Seaton’s teams are 39-10.
“I know I want the consensus All-American, the Big 12 first team (honors),” he said. “I want all of that, but … once you do more as a team all the individual stuff comes.
“The more games we win, the more individual success we will see.”
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