Aiden Chiles always had the talent

He was rated the #7 QB in 2023, coming out of high school, and has never been a one trick pony.

He never stunk up the field at Oregon State or Michigan State either.

At OSU, he was a true freshman, essentially a scout teamer behind DJ Uiagaleili and two others, but showed some real promise under Jonathan Smith.

At MSU he had a pretty bad supporting cast, and Jonathan Smith couldn't make the pieces of the new team fit. He still put up reasonably good numbers, despite that fiasco.

I firmly believe, that if Smith had stayed at Oregon State, Chiles would have had some very good numbers.