On Wednesday, when UCLA football coach DeShaun Foster claimed Croix Stewart was their fastest player during practice, and Kanye Clark during games, CB Rodrick Pleasant had a knowing smirk plastered on his face. “That comment, I’m not even going to get into it with that comment,” he said. “But we know who’s the fastest.” Pleasant wasn’t being boastful, but he holds the California high school record for the 100-meter dash with 10.14 seconds.
In fact, the Bruins’ football players don’t even attempt to race him in their spare time. Pleasant hilariously revealed, “They don’t want no smoke.” But under that friendly banter exists Pleasant’s ambition to excel in not just one sport, but two. Reporter Benjamin Royer took to X and revealed: “Rodrick Pleasant, who was a former track star at Ju