'My mindset is switched': How WSU DT Kaden Beatty is guiding the Cougars through a situation he knows well
If you could make a leader in a lab like you were creating a player in "Madden," you would probably end up with someone like Beatty, who has used his compelling combination of leadership and physicality and likability to do his part in keeping this WSU team together.
Key points
- He always kinda stays at that same energetic level." What's interesting is this: Over the last two years, how has Beatty evolved in his approach to losing seasons?
- Back then, Beatty remembers, "it was kinda clashing amongst the team, amongst the coaches." Not the case here in Pullman, he says, explaining that these Cougs have a stronger sense of resolve and resiliency.
- I think he's playing at a high level, and so we gotta do that throughout these last three weeks." "He's a great leader," WSU running back Maxwell Woods said in September.
Back in 2024, Beatty played nearly 400 snaps in six starts for the Golden Flashes, who slogged through loss after loss, blowout after blowout, making things interesting in only two of those setbacks.
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- Those honors went to the Cougars' offense, which failed to beat a single FBS team under quarterback Caden Pinnick, whose struggles made things exponentially….
- 10—PULLMAN — Kaden Beatty remembers the dark days like they just vanished over the horizon.
- Since mid-September, the Cougars have lost six straight games, struggling to find anything resembling consistency in coach Kirby Moore's debut season.
- According to defensive end Matyus McLain, the most motivation came from Beatty, whose Kent State team lost to FCS Saint Francis in that 2024 season.
- No matter what he did, no matter how well he played, his team just kept losing.
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