Jordan Seaton doesn’t lack confidence in his ability as a player, but there’s no question there’s a greater deal of comfort after being in Colorado for a year.

The top-rated offensive lineman coming out of high school in 2024, Seaton lived up to the hype last season, but he’s feeling even better during his second spring with the Colorado Buffaloes.

“I feel a lot more confident in a lot of things that I do now,” the 6-foot-5, 330-pound rising sophomore said. “Coming in as a freshman with a lot of expectation, you kind of walk on egg shells because you don’t want to screw nothing up. So now getting a year in and really getting my feet underneath me, it’s really like, just be confident and know who I am. Know that I’m the best player on that field, and when I walk in any room, just carry myself a certain way to just translate on the field also.”

As a true freshman last year, Seaton was CU’s starting left tackle for all 13 games. He wasn’t perfect but was CU’s best lineman and one of the best freshmen in the country.

Beginning his second year at CU, Seaton is aiming to improve while also taking on a leadership role after so many seniors graduated. He’s becoming a leader despite the offensive line room being filled with seven seniors this year.

“I’m still learning from those seniors,” he said. “I don’t know it all, but I take importance of just like, I value this offensive line, I value this school, I value this program. So for me, it may mean a little bit more to me. So I gotta do more, do extra.

“I just want to be that guy where they can turn to and be like, ‘Yeah, he’s a young guy, but he’s consistent every day.’ So my goal, I’m just trying to chase consistency.”

With Shedeur and Shilo Sanders, Travis Hunter and others off to the NFL, Seaton is one of the top young stars for the Buffs. And head coach Deion Sanders said Seaton is displaying leadership qualities.

“He’s one of my favorites,” Sanders said. “He’s such a good young man, and not just the talent, but the character. That’s what we’re looking for here at CU: smart, tough, fast, disciplined young men with character, and he epitomizes that.”

Like the stars that were here last year, Seaton is also one of the hardest workers on the team. He came in as a five-star prospect but has never stopped trying to get better.

“I just never want to feel like I arrived,” he said. “This year I’m kind of taking that role on as being a leader and really putting extra time into my craft and really just grinding straight up, just grinding because I want it to be a good season this year.”

Seaton had a good year in 2024, but he said he knows he can be better.

“It was just more so sometimes when I got tired, my lack of technique (increased),” he said. “So just trying to eliminate that: when I’m tired, I don’t really lose technique. It’s more so I’m just thinking back to my training, like playing when tired. That’s why now we do sprints before we play team ball. So it’s just like trying to build fatigue in within the game.”

Stepping up as a leader and striving to improve individually has already made an impression on new CU offensive line assistant Andre Gurode, who was once a Buffs star.

“What I can tell you is that age does not necessarily determine maturity,” Gurode said of Seaton. “He’s a very mature young man. He’s always asking questions. He wants to improve. And so what is very interesting to me is that he’s created this atmosphere of wanting feedback for every single thing he does. Most people think of it as attention. But, no, he’s looking to make sure it’s correct, and I have to appreciate that about and I enjoy it about him every single day.”