This is not how it was supposed to be. Jayden Adams was set for greater things.
That he is now no longer alive beggars belief. The 25-year-old midfielder had just shown an incredible ability to defy the odds and reconfirm his standing as one of SAs brightest footballing talents.
He had been seen as some kind of a delinquent a few of years ago when he failed to report for a Bafana Bafana camp, something that raised the ire of coach Hugo Broos so much that he was banished from the squad for a while.