coming into Saturday's Cal Oran match up at Jordan hair Stadium the jury was out on whether Cal starting running back Jade or not would play against the Tigers after injuring his ankle in Cal's game versus UC Davis last weekend on Tuesday afternoon Cal head coach Justin Wilcox said was probable to participate in Saturday's game at Auburn when the golden airs finally made their way onto Pat die field at Jordan hair stadium for pregame warm-ups on Saturday afternoon OT was dressed and a full participant indicating that the starback will be good to go against the Tigers he's concerning he is one of the better tailbacks in the country without a doubt Auburn head coach Hugh F said a OT during his time on orban's tiger talk radio show on Monday we anticipate he's playing and he is one of the best backs in the country we'll have to tackle really well when Orban traveled to Cal last fall a rushed for 70 8 yards and scored the Golden Bears loone touchdown as the Tigers pulled away late to secure a 14-10 win on the road heading into his 2024 campaign OT ranked second among all FBS players in with an average of more than 92 rushing yards per game OT was also named an all ACC first teamer by ethon Sports in the preseason and rushed for a pair of touchdowns in Cal's season opener versus UC Davis last Saturday