2021 NFL Draft Profile: Texas S Caden Sterns
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Perhaps the most criticized defensive player in some time for the Texas Longhorns, safety Caden Sterns leaves the Forty Acres with hopes of a more successful career at the professional level than in college.
A highly-touted, five-star recruit from Cibolo Steele, Sterns made an immediate impact on the field for Texas as a freshman. Starting in all 13 games as a true freshman for the first time in Texas history since Blake Gideon, Sterns earned first-team All-Big 12 honors along with being named the Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year.
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