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Colorado Football: 2017 Letter-of-Intent Day Notes & Bios / Information

Copyright ? 2017, University of Colorado (February 1, 2017)

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It's the 2017 edition of national letter-of-intent day, as high school seniors around the nation were allowed to sign on the dotted line starting at 7:00 a.m. local time on February 1 ... Signed letters are express mailed in, but can be confirmed by FAX or digitally ... The team total cannot exceed 85 scholarships, or a maximum 25 qualifiers any single year (more can sign if a school can count some early enrollees back) ... The NCAA maximum is 56 recruiting visits allowed, with six transferable to the next recruiting cycle; the Buffs "banked" six from 2016 and have utilized 42 of the 62 (27 players committed out of those 42) ... CU will pick up the maximum six unused visits to bank toward 2018) ... The list of signees is on the back page of this packet and biographies within.

NAMES & NUMBERS

Here's a look at the preliminary spring numbers when taking a look at the 2017 University of Colorado football roster:

Lettermen Returning: 53 (25 offense, 24 defense, 4 specialists)

Lettermen Lost: 32 (18 offense, 13 defense, 1 specialists)

Career/2016 starts in parenthesis; calculated by those with seven-plus starts in 2016 or by who played the majority of snaps at a position.]

Starters Returning (12)--Offense 9: WR Bryce Bobo (16/13), WR Shay Fields (34/14), WR Devin Ross (20/14), OT Jeromy Irwin (26/13), LG Gerrad

Kough (23/11), RG Tim Lynott, Jr. (14/14), RT Aaron Haigler (7/7), TB Phillip Lindsay (18/12), WR Jay MacIntyre (12/10). Defense 3: ILB Rick Gamboa

(25/14), DE Leo Jackson III (11/1), FS Ryan Moeller (19/10).

Others Returning With Significant Starting Experience (6; min. 4 career starts)-- TB Michael Adkins (4/0), TE/HB George Frazier (6/1), ILB Addison Gillam (24/2), WR Donovan Lee (5/1), SLB Derek McCartney (24/12), CB Isaiah Oliver (6/3).

Others Returning With Significant Position Game Experience (15; three or fewer career starts)-- OLB Tim Coleman, WR Kabion Ento, TB Kyle Evans, OLB N.J. Falo, DT Jase Franke, DB Nick Fisher, OLB Terran Hasselbach, OL Jonathan Huckins, CB Anthony Julmisse, TE Dylan Keeney, DT Eddy Lopez, DE Michael Mathewes, QB Steven Montez, WR Lee Walker.

Starters Lost (11)--Offense 3: C Alex Kelley (38/13), OT Sam Kronshage (13/7); QB Sefo Liufau (40/11). Defense 8: CB Chidobe Awuzie (42/14), DE Jordan Carrell (26/14), OLB Jimmie Gilbert (27/14), DE Samson Kafovalu (21/13), ILB Kenneth Olugbode (37/12), SS Tedric Thompson (38/14), DT Josh Tupou (45/14), CB Ahkello Witherspoon (21/12).

Others Lost With Significant Starting/Playing Experience (7)-- OG Shane Callahan (6/1), QB Jordan Gehrke (1/0), TE Sean Irwin (18/3), OG John Lisella (5/0), ILB Ryan Severson (1/0), OLB Christian Shaver (4/0), C Sully Wiefels (2/0).

Specialists Returning (4)-- SN J.T. Bale, PK Chris Graham, P Alex Kinney, PK Davis Price. Specialists Lost (1)-- PK Diego Gonzalez.

Spring Roster (94 players/69 scholarship)-- 23 seniors (20 fifth-year), 27 juniors, 21 sophomores, 23 freshmen (16 redshirt/7 true).

2017 HONOR CANDIDATES TO WATCH

Looking ahead to 2017, CU will have a few candidates for honors. Topping the list are seniors-to-be WR Bryce Bobo, WR Shay Fields, OT Jeromy Irwin, TB Phillip Lindsay, S Ryan Moeller and WR Devin Ross, all of whom earned some kind of All-Pac-12 recognition in 2016 (Lindsay is headed to Columbus this weekend with three dozen players for the city's annual Touchdown Club reception for the top players in 2017). Others such as seniors ILB Addison Gillam, OG Gerrad Kough and S Afolabi Laguda, juniors ILB Rick Gamboa, OLB Derek McCartney and WR Juwann Winfree and sophomore OG Tim Lynott Jr. (a freshman All-American) are worthy of a look along with other underclassmen that could emerge as honors-type players as the program continues to evolve under national Coach of the Year Mike MacIntyre.

2017 COLORADO Schedule

series

S 1 (Fri.) Colorado State (Denver)

64-22- 2

S 9 TEXAS STATE

0- 0- 0

S 16 NORTHERN COLORADO

9- 2- 0

S 23 *WASHINGTON

5-10- 1

S 30 *at UCLA

3- 9- 0

O 7 *ARIZONA (Family Weekend)

14- 5- 0

O 14 *at Oregon State

4- 5- 0

O 21 *at Washington State

6- 4- 0

O 28 *CALIFORNIA

3- 5- 0

N 4 *at Arizona (Homecoming)

3- 5- 0

N 11 *SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

0-11- 0

N 25 *at Utah

32-28- 3

D 1 or 2 Pac-12 Championship (at Santa Clara, Calif.)

*--Pac-12 Conference game; OPEN WEEK: Nov. 18.

2016 Results

(Won 10, Lost 4; 8-1 Pac-12)

S 2 S 10 S 17 S 24 O 1 O 8 O 15 O 22 N 3 N 12 N 19 N 26 D 2 D 29

(Fri.) Colorado State (Denver) IDAHO STATE at Michigan at Oregon *OREGON STATE (Family Weekend) *at Southern California *ARIZONA STATE (Homecoming) *at Stanford (Thurs.) *UCLA *at Arizona *WASHINGTON STATE *UTAH Washington (Pac-12 Championship) Oklahoma State (Alamo Bowl)

W 44- 7 69,850 W 56- 7 39,505 L 28-45 110.042 W 41-38 53,974 W 47- 6 46,839 L 17-21 68,302 W 40-16 48,588 W 10- 5 44,535 W 20-10 43,761 W 49-24 41,068 W 38-24 48,658 W 27-22 52,301 L 10-41 47,118 L 8-38 59,815

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RECRUITING REVIEW

Over the past 45 years, the bulk of CU's recruits have come primarily from three states: California (266), Colorado (254) and Texas (133). The below is a look at CU's high school only recruiting numbers since 1973, the first class where students knew they would be able to participate as freshmen. It includes signed recruits who might not have reported to campus for whatever reason, unless that player signed again and counted toward a subsequent class; this prevents double counting. (NDP*-- how many members of the class were future NFL draft picks; 1 in every 6.4 CU recruits from 1973-2011 were drafted into the pros, 129 of 834; some seniors from '16 were in '12 class, so number will be updated later this spring):

Year Coach On Signing Day Total Colo. Calif. Texas

2017 Mike MacIntyre 2016 Mike MacIntyre

24 (5) 5 9 7 14 (2) 2 4 1

2015 Mike MacIntyre

15 (2) 4 5 2

2014 Mike MacIntyre

20 (1) 5 10 2

2013 Mike MacIntyre

22 (1) 3 13 3

2012 Jon Embree

28 (1) 3 10 7

2011 Jon Embree 2010 Dan Hawkins

23 (1) 2 8 4

21

2 9 2

2009 Dan Hawkins

19

5 5 3

2008 Dan Hawkins

20

5 6 2

2007 Dan Hawkins

23 (1) 4 7 0

2006 Dan Hawkins

20

4 6 2

2005 Gary Barnett 2004 Gary Barnett

21 (1) 9 6 1 17 (1) 2 4 2

2003 Gary Barnett

23 (1) 5 4 8

2002 Gary Barnett

28 (2) 7 6 10

2001 Gary Barnett

13

7 1 3

2000 Gary Barnett 1999 Gary Barnett

19

8 3 2

16

6 3 1

1998 Rick Neuheisel

20

1 9 5

1997 Rick Neuheisel

22

5 9 3

1996 Rick Neuheisel

21

3 9 3

1995 Rick Neuheisel

22

5 10 5

1994 Bill McCartney 1993 Bill McCartney

18

3 6 2

20

7 2 2

1992 Bill McCartney

25

5 4 4

1991 Bill McCartney

20

4 3 5

1990 Bill McCartney

20

6 5 4

1989 Bill McCartney 1988 Bill McCartney

20 (1) 8 7 1

22

3 8 2

1987 Bill McCartney

12

1 5 3

1986 Bill McCartney

23

7 12 2

1985 Bill McCartney

23

9 6 2

1984 Bill McCartney

22

12 6 2

1983 Bill McCartney

24

11 3 0

1982 Chuck Fairbanks

13

10 1 0

1981 Chuck Fairbanks

24

3 8 8

1980 Chuck Fairbanks

25

6 7 0

1979 *Bob Cortese

24

9 4 2

1978 Bill Mallory

28

5 3 1

1977 Bill Mallory 1976 Bill Mallory

21

10 5 0

23

2 4 4

1975 Bill Mallory

21

10 5 2

1974 Bill Mallory

23

9 1 6

1973 Eddie Crowder

35

Totals............................ 956

12 5 3

254 266 133

Other States

JC NDP*

1--Arizona; 1--Florida (1--Australia) 2--Florida, Georgia; 1--Louisiana, Oregon, Utah

5 -- 4 --

3--Arizona; 1--Hawai'i

4 --

2--Utah; 1--Hawai'i

4 --

1--New York, Washington (1--Mexico)

1 --

3--Washington D.C.; 1--Arizona; Hawai'i, Louisiana, Missouri, New York

0 --

3--Hawai'i; 2--Arizona; 1--New Mexico, North Carolina, Virginia, Washington D.C. 2--N.J.; 1--Alabama, Florida, Hawai'i, Louisiana, Maryland, Ohio, North Carolina (1--Canada)

1 0 2 1

1--Connecticut, Illinois, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee

1 2

2--Ohio; 1--Arizona, Idaho, Kentucky, New Jersey, Utah

1 1

2--Florida, Hawai'i, Pennsylvania, Tennessee; 1--Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana

4 4

2--Hawaii; 1--Florida, Idaho, Kentucky, New Jersey, Washington (1--Samoa)

2 3

2--Florida; 1--Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska 3--Michigan; 2--Hawaii; 1--Alabama, Iowa, Louisiana, Oklahoma

4 1 1 4

2--Tennessee; 1--Alabama, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma

2 2

3--Louisiana; 1--Illinois, Wisconsin

2 2

1--Hawai'i (1--Canada)

4 2

1--Arizona, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana (2--Canada) 1--Arkansas, Hawai'i, Idaho, Illinois, Washington, Wisconsin

5 2 2 0

1--Alaska, Florida, Hawai'i, Oregon, Washington

1 5

2--Arizona, Washington; 1--Missouri

1 5

1--Arizona, Hawai'i, Maryland, Ohio, South Dakota, Washington

0 3

1--Arizona, Tennessee

0 2

3--Michigan; 1--Florida, Illinois, Oklahoma, Tennessee 2--Louisiana; 1--Washington D.C., Georgia, Hawai'i, Maryland, Missouri, Nevada (1--Samoa)

0 1 0 5

3--Louisiana; 1--Arizona, Hawai'i, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Wyo. (1--Samoa) 1 10

2--Louisiana; 1--Arizona, Florida, Kansas, Montana, New Mexico, Utah

2 9

3--Louisiana; 1--Michigan (1--Canada)

3 7

2--Michigan; 1--Mississippi, Ohio 2--Idaho; 1--Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Nebraska, New Jersey, Washington

1 4 4 5

2--Nevada; 1--Missouri

0 6

2--Missouri

0 6

3--Missouri; 2--Nevada; 1--Kansas

0 0

1--Illinois, Nebraska

7 1

3--Missouri; 2--Florida, 1--Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio 1--Arizona, Nevada

3 4 15 1

2--North Carolina, Pennsylvania; 1--Oklahoma

3 2

2--Illinois, Pennsylvania; 1--Florida, Idaho, Michigan, Missouri, N.C., New Mexico, Oregon, Wash. 3 5

2--New York; 1--Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oregon, Washington

5 0

7--Florida; 3--Illinois; 2--Oklahoma, Washington; 1--Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, N.M., Ohio

2 0

2--Illinois; 1--Arizona, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio 5--Illinois, 4--Washington, 1--Kansas, Oklahoma, Oregon, Wyoming

1 3 2 9

2--Illinois; 1--Oregon, 1--Washington

3 5

2--Ohio, Washington; 1--Hawai'i, Kansas, New Mexico

2 3

2--Arizona, Florida, Louisiana, N.J.; 1--Hawai'i, Nebraska, N.M., Ohio, Oklahoma, Wash. (1-Canada) 3 4

Florida 26, Illinois 23, Louisiana 22, Hawai'i 21, Arizona 20, Washington 20,

111 129

Missouri 17, Michigan 13, Ohio 13, Nevada 8, Kansas 7, Tennessee 7, Nebraska 6, New Jersey 6,

Oklahoma 6, Oregon 6, New Mexico 5, Utah 5, Washington D.C. 5.

*--Fairbanks did not become head coach until April 4, 1979; Cortese coordinated recruiting in the interim. In this time frame, 28 percent of all Buffalo high school recruits have come from California, 27 percent from Colorado and 14 percent from Texas. (#)--denotes high school players that counted toward previous class (grayshirts; not included in that year's class).

UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL

The CU coaches saw many of the high school players in this year's recruiting class in the Buffs' summer camps (12 of the 22 prep signees): Bell, Callier, Lewis, Miller, Newman, Olver, Paige, Polley, Roddick, Sparaco, Van Diest and Wells (in addition to seeing Lytle throw in person).

FIRST & LAST

The first commitments for Colorado's 2017 recruiting class came on the same day, last February 28, when Cherry Creek High School (Englewood, Colo.) teammates DE Dante Sparaco and OLB Jon Van Diest pledged their intents to the Buffaloes (Sparaco would finish his prep career at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. The last commit came from DE Terrance Lang, who signed with the Buffs two days later.

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RECRUITING POSITION BREAKDOWNS

Listed below are the position breakdowns of Colorado's recruiting classes since 1982. Counts include high school and junior college signees but not four-year transfers; fullbacks counted in running back totals; outside linebackers count either under defensive ends or linebackers, depending on where they eventually played (players listed with offensive and defensive positions, and snappers, if recruited, are in athlete column):

Offense------------------------ Defense---------------Year Total OL QB RB TE WR DE DT LB DB PK/P ATH

2017 29

5 1 1 1 4 4 2 5 4 1 1

2016 18

3 1 1 0 5 0 0 3 4 0 1

2015 19

3 1 3 0 1 3 2 1 2 1 2

2014 24

4 1 0 2 2 5 2 2 3 0 3

2013 23

4 2 2 1 3 2 0 5 2 1 1

2012 28

2 1 4 4 3 3 6 0 5 0 0

2011 24

5 2 2 0 3 2 0 3 4 1 2

2010 23

3 1 4 4 3 1 2 1 2 1 1

2009 20

4 1 0 1 4 2 1 2 3 1 1

2008 21

3 1 3 3 1 0 1 4 3 1 1

2007 28

8 2 2 1 3 2 3 2 5 0 0

2006 22

5 1 3 3 1 1 2 3 3 0 0

2005 25

3 2 3 1 3 3 4 1 3 1 1

2004 19

2 1 2 0 2 3 2 3 2 0 2

2003 25

4 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 6 2 0

2002 30

6 1 2 1 3 3 2 5 7 0 0

2001 17

3 1 2 0 2 1 5 1 1 0 1

2000 24

5 2 2 2 0 3 2 2 4 1 1

Offense------------------------ Defense---------------Year Total OL QB RB TE WR DE DT LB DB PK/P ATH

1999 18

4 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 3 0 0

1998 21

2 3 1 0 2 2 3 3 4 1 0

1997 23

5 0 4 2 2 2 1 3 4 0 0

1996 23

3 1 1 1 4 2 1 3 7 0 0

1995 22

6 0 4 3 1 1 2 2 2 1 0

1994 17

2 0 5 1 2 0 2 3 2 0 0

1993 19

3 2 0 1 2 1 5 4 0 1 0

1992 25

6 1 2 1 4 1 1 4 4 0 1

1991 23

5 1 4 1 1 2 3 3 2 1 0

1990 23

6 1 4 2 2 0 2 3 2 1 0

1989 21

1 2 5 1 0 1 6 3 2 0 0

1988 26

5 2 3 3 1 0 4 2 5 1 0

1987 12

3 0 3 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0

1986 23

3 3 5 1 0 1 3 5 2 0 0

1985 23

6 0 4 2 1 1 4 4 1 0 0

1984 29

6 4 3 1 3 1 1 5 4 1 0

1983 27

6 2 3 2 3 0 5 1 4 1 0

1982 28 13 0 4 1 1 0 2 5 2 0 0

CLASS NOTES

The seven high school signees from Texas tie for third most in school history, topped only by 10 in 2002 and eight in 1981 (seven also signed in 2012). The five offensive linemen are the most since 2011 (5), and the five linebackers tie for the most-ever, last in 2013. The 24 high school signees are the most since Jon Embree signed 28 in his 2012 class. Colorado signed an offensive lineman for the 45th straight year (since 1973, when freshmen became eligible again); that's the only position in which the

Buffaloes have signed at least one player every year. The next longest streak is 24 years running with at least one defensive back. Colorado Connection I (middle school). Jake Moretti, Dante Sparaco and Jonathan Van Diest played on Team Colorado at the 2013 FBU National Championship

(a 64-team single elimination national football tournament with brackets for 6th, 7th and 8th-graders); the championship weekend was in Naples, Fla. Colorado Connection II. Three signees were coached in high school by CU alum. Jonathan Van Diest and Dante Sparaco (his junior season only) were coached

by Dave Logan ('75) at Cherry Creek High School. Chase Newman played for Mike Moschetti ('99), at La Mirada High School.

Here are some quick tidbits about some of the members of this year's recruiting class:

RB Alex Fontenot has a fondness for this Sunday's Super Bowl (LI) site, Houston's NRG Stadium. He rushed for three touchdowns there in the 2015 Texas Class 5A state championship game.

DE Shamar Hamilton has moved around a lot; Colorado is the fifth different state he has lived in, plus he has also lived in Jamaica (he spent a couple of his elementary schools years there). He's also creative; he would like to become a scientist and inventor one day and looks forward to the day when he gets to patent his own ideas.

LB Nate Landman was born in Zimbabwe, Africa. He is the third member of his family to go to a Pac-12 school to be a student athlete; his brother played as a true freshman at Arizona State in 2014 and sister swam at Oregon State. His father played international rugby for Zimbabwe.

CB Isaiah Lewis listed "maple donuts" as one of his favorite foods. DE Chris Mulumba served one year in the Finnish military and is fluent in three languages: Finnish, English and French. He is also a four-time Finnish national

judo champion. LB Chase Newman has a fairly famous father ( David); he played football at Missouri and in the Canadian Football League where in 1980 he was a CFL All-Star

and won the Frank M. Bibson Trophy as league's top rookie. OT Heston Paige has done volunteer work for "Best Buddies," a nonprofit organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates

opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). OL Grant Polley has some baseball roots; an uncle, Greg Breaux, was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 47th round of the 1988 MLB June Amateur Draft

from Waltrip High School in Houston, Texas. OL Casey Roddick is the son of a one-time master chef, and from him he learned to master the art of cooking barbecue, and thus is one of his favorite hobbies; DT Jalen Sami has some musical ability, as he can play both the ukulele and the piano. OL William Sherman lists one of his hobbies as traveling; he has been to 20 different states and to Liberia. DE Dante Sparaco's grandfather, Mike Sparaco, won the 1967 NJCAA 191-pound weight class national wrestling championship at Trinidad State Junior College. PK James Stefanou is CU's first-ever recruit from Australia. LB Jonathan Van Diest has performed hundreds of hours of community service, highlighted by volunteering at Mile High Workshop, which helps employ addicts

and ex-felons. OLB Carson Wells is the son of a rancher, and helps with the family's 1200 head of cattle; a member of his high school's FFA Chapter (Future Farmers of

America), he has his own personal steer that he named "Ralphie" and will sell it prior to leaving for Boulder later this spring.

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DOUBLE DIPPING

Since 1983, Colorado has plucked two recruits (and in three instances, three) from the same high school in the same class 40 times, including this year's signing of duo from three different schools. A closer look (position listed is what they were recruited as):

2017

Cherry Creek (Englewood, Colo.) *DE Dante Sparaco, LB Jonathan Van Diest (*--committed while at CC; finished at IMG) Denton (Denton, Texas) CB Chris Miller, OL Grant Polley DeSoto (DeSoto, Texas) WR K.D. Nixon, WR Laviska Shenault, Jr.

2016

South Planation (Plantation, Fla.) WR Johnny Huntley, ATH Tony Julmisse

2014

Chaminade College Prep (Los Angeles, Calif.) ILB Rick Gamboa, ATH Donovan Lee Christian Brothers (Sacramento, Calif.) TE Hayden Jones, CB Ahkello Witherspoon Mission Viejo (Mission Viejo, Calif.) OL Josh Kaiser, DE Michael Mathewes

2013

The Woodlands (The Woodlands, Texas) OL Jonathan Huckins, OL Sam Kronshage

2012

Cypress Fairbanks (Cypress, Texas) OL Jeromy Irwin, TE Sean Irwin H.D. Woodson (Washington, D.C.) DB Kenneth Crawley, DB John Walker,

DL De'Jon Wilson Upland (Calif.) RB Donta Abron, DB Marques Mosley, FB Christian Powell Westlake (Westlake Village, Calif.) DT Justin Solis, DL Johnny Stuart

2011

Oak Ridge Military Academy (Greensboro, N.C.) ATH Jermane Clark, RB Rashad Hall St. Louis (Honolulu, Hawai'i) OL Paulay Asiata, DE Juda Parker Somerset (Somerset, Texas) DB Will Harlos, QB Stevie Joe Dorman

2009

Denver East (Denver, Colo.) P Zach Grossnickle, TE DaVaughn Thornton

2007

Mission Viejo (Calif.) OL Matthew Bahr, TB Brian Lockridge

2006

Douglas County (Castle Rock, Colo.) TE Steve Fendry, DL Eric Lawson

2005

Mullen (Denver, Colo.) CB Benjamin Burney, TB Maurice Greer

2003

Hillsboro (Nashville, Tenn.) CB Chris Russell, TE Joe Sanders Mullen (Denver, Colo.) OG Brian Daniels, WR Stephone Robinson

2002

Fairview (Boulder, Colo.) ILB Jason Ackermann, DE Mike Groover Flower Mound (Texas) OL Del Scales, OL Frederick Staugh

2001

Overland (Aurora, Colo.) DL Jahi Green, OT Gary Moore

2000

Mont de La Salle/ Vanier Prep (Montreal, Quebec) OL Marwan Hage, DE Rudy Hage

1997

Fairview (Boulder, Colo.) LB Kyle Cabral, DE Robert Haas North Shore (Houston, Texas) WR Cedric Cormier, OL Andre Gurode

1996

Berkeley (Calif.) S Rashidi Barnes, WR Marcus Williams Jr. Cherry Creek (Englewood, Colo.) OL Tom Ashworth, WR Eric McCready

1995

Berkeley (Calif.) DB J'Juan Cherry, LB Hannibal Navies

1993

Archbishop Carroll (Washington, D.C.) TE Desmond Dennis, WR Phil Savoy

1992

Boulder (Colo.) OL Heath Irwin, WR Deren Tadlock

1988

Locke (Los Angeles, Calif.) QB Darian Hagan, OT Vincent Smith Serra (Gardena, Calif.) QB Eric Hamilton, CB Deon Figures

1986

Pomona (Calif.) TB J.J. Flannigan, LB Lamarr Gray

1985

Esperanza (Anaheim, Calif.) TB Jim Farrell, WR Keith Pontiflet Smoky Hill (Aurora, Colo.) DE Terry Jones, RB Jeff Knabenshue,

DT Brad Robinson

1984

Fairview (Boulder, Colo.) DB Derek Fullmer, QB Tom Stone

1983

Cherry Creek (Englewood, Colo.) TE Jon Embree, QB Rick Wheeler Mullen (Denver, Colo.) PK Dave DeLine, WR David Tate

ROSTER ATTRITION

Colorado had 27 seniors on its final 2016 roster, 12 of whom have already graduated with most of the rest in position to this May. Since the end of the season, there has been some additional attrition: OT Sam Kronshage and C Colin Sutton have opted to end their collegiate careers and graduate this May (Sutton in fact has already been offered a job). OG John Lisella has ended his career for medical reasons. TB Dino Gordon, WR Justin Jan and OLB Christian Shaver along with walk-on SN Austin Shaw have left the program.

ANNUAL HISTORY LESSON

The most players a Division I school can have on scholarship is 85; when the two-platoon system returned in 1965, there were no scholarship limits; in 1973, a maximum of 105 could be awarded, which was reduced to 95 in 1978. A four-year reduction started in 1988 for Title IX purposes by the NCAA scaled it down to the current 85 over a four-year period (ending in 1992). Though with attrition, the average number of players on scholarship in the FBS has hovered around 80, according to AFCA figures. Colorado has 69 players on scholarship returning from the 2016 squad, and NCAA rules dictate no school can over-sign the maximum of 25 players (down from 28 in past years). Colorado had one short of the full complement of 84 players on scholarship at the end of the 2016 season, and graduated 21 on scholarship; three more schollies were picked up in offseason attrition. With nine early enrollees on scholarship, the Buffs will have 69 scholarship players on the roster for spring practice (though a handful will miss the sessions because of injuries).

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A LOOK BACK AT MAC'S FIRST FOUR CLASSES

This is the fifth recruiting class at Colorado under coach Mike MacIntyre and his staff, so let's look back at his first four and see how many have contributed. Like the recruiting services (with the exception of not playing to those schools who have large subscriber bases and thus often overrate players to keep a large paying customer base happy), we'll use a star system to gauge their contributions to the program at this point in time. Here's the scale:

All-conference performer (honorable mention) or better Starter/rotated into game regularly with first unit Has seen limited game action or mostly on special teams Reserve performer/squad member; did not/has not played RS Redshirted, has not yet had chance to play

GS

MED

MM NIP NIP

Gray-shirted, reported for first-time in spring No longer on team due to medical/injury reasons Serving Mormon Mission No longer in program but at one time played No longer in OR never joined program (never played)

Five stars for honorable mention All-Pac 12 or better? With 12 schools, very few will have more than a handful of players make first-team in any one season. Of the 85 recruits Mac & Company have welcomed to Boulder, 47 have significantly contributed (5/4/3?), with another 13 seeing limited action (3); 11 redshirted and 2 are grayshirts. Just 12 are no longer in the program (two of which due to medical reasons; one never enrolled). A closer look by class (*--denotes junior college transfer; #--transferred to complete eligibility elsewhere; MM--served Mormon Mission; list includes any walk-ons that have seen significant playing time):

2013 (23)

Chidobe Awuzie, CB

Bryce Bobo, WR

Jimmie Gilbert, OLB

Addison Gillam, ILB Phillip Lindsay, TB Kenneth Olugbode, ILB

Devin Ross, WR

Tedric Thompson, S

Michael Adkins, TB

Tim Coleman, DE George Frazier, FB/DE

*Jordan Gehrke, QB

Diego Gonzalez, PK

Jonathan Huckins, OL

Sam Kronshage, OL John Lisella, OL (GS)

Sefo Liufau, QB

Ryan Severson, OLB

Colin Sutton, OL

MED

Elijah Dunston, WR

MED

Markeis Reid, DE

NIP

Connor Center, TE

NIP

Gunnar Graham, OL

WALK-ONS: Ryan Moeller, DB *Wes Christensen, WR Chris Graham, PK ? Robert Orban, WR/H Chris Hill, TE

2014 (25)

Shay Fields, WR

*Ahkello Witherspoon, CB

#Cade Apsay, QB

Jase Franke, DL Rick Gamboa, LB Terran Hasselbach, DL

Dylan Keeney, TE

*Leo Jackson, DL (GS)

Donovan Lee, WR

Jay MacIntyre, WR Michael Mathewes, DL

Christian Shaver, DE

*Wyatt Tucker Smith, SN

Evan White, S

*Sully Wiefels, OL Eddy Lopez, DT

Josh Kaiser, OL

Jaisen Sanchez, DB

*Travis Talianko, ILB

Lee Walker, WR RS/INJ Isaac Miller, OL (GS)

RS/MM Sam Bennion, DL

NIP Grant Watanabe, LB (GS)

NIP NIP

Hayden Jones, TE Isaiah Holland, OL

WALK-ONS: Kyle Evans, TB Aaron Howard, DL

2015 (19)

*Jordan Carrell, DT

Tim Lynott, OL

#Patrick Carr, TB

N.J. Falo, LB Nick Fisher, CB Aaron Haigler, OL

Alex Kinney, P

*Afolabi Laguda, DB

Steven Montez, QB

Isaiah Oliver, CB Chris Bounds, TE

Dillon Middlemiss, OL

Brett Tonz, DL

Lyle Tuiloma, DL

NIP

Frank Umu, DL #Justin Jan, WR

NIP *Blake Robbins, DT

NIP

Aaron Baltazar, RB

NIP

Donald Gordon, TB

WALK-ONS: J.T. Bale, SN Andrew Bergner, DB Lucas Cooper, DB

? ? ? ?

RS RS RS RS RS RS RS RS RS NIP -------

2016 (18)

Beau Bisharat, TB *Kabion Ento, WR Anthony Julmisse, CB *Drew Lewis, ILB Johnny Huntley, WR *Kyle Trego, DB Ronnie Blackmon, CB Akil Jones, LB Pookie Maka, LB Sam Noyer, QB Derrion Rakestraw, WR Terriek Roberts, DL Trey Udoffia, DB Hunter Vaughn, OL *Juwann Winfree, WR Ca'Ron Baham, RB Chance Lytle, OL (GS) Colby Pursell, OL (GS)

WALK-ONS: Davis Price, PK

SALAAM MEMORIAL

The memorial service for the late Rashaan Salaam (CU's 1994 Heisman winner) who passed away on Dec. 5, will be held on Friday, March 17 (6-8 p.m.). Further details to be announced.

LINDSAY OFF TO COLUMBUS FOR HONOR

The Touchdown Club of Columbus has named Colorado's Phillip Lindsay as one of only eight running backs to receive its coveted "2017 Player To Watch Award." Unlike most "watch lists," the TDC has annually presented a crystal trophy to each honoree for accomplishments during the 2016 season and recognition for the upcoming year. In all, nearly 40 of the nation's top college football players will be in Columbus this weekend, including Sam Darnold (USC), Quinton Flowers (South Florida), Nick Fitzgerald (Mississippi State), Mason Rudolph (Oklahoma State), Logan Woodside (Toledo), Mike Weber (Ohio State), Josh Allen (Wyoming) and Deondre Francois (Florida State), among others. The event is this Saturday (Feb. 4) at Express Live in downtown Columbus.

NEWEST TRACK BUFF

Sophomore-to-be Aaron Haigler, who started seven games at offensive right tackle last fall, will become the latest Buff to try his hand in a second sport. He has joined the track team and will participate in throws, which are no stranger to him. In high school (Notre Dame near Northridge, Calif.), he lettered four times in track and field with personal bests of 59-11? in the shot put, the school record, and 157-0 in the discus. The shot put mark was the fourth best in the state for 2014.

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STATE-BY-STAT AT-A-GLANCE

The below chart indicates the last time a player from each state was on the CU season roster (includes transfers and walk-ons; had to suit for at least one game). Rosters were available back to 1928; going into 2017, only two states, Rhode Island and Vermont, have never produced a CU player, with eight not having a prep recruit. A state-by-state look (a--last year a prep or junior college recruit signed from that state, including 2017; b--last year a player from that state, recruit, walk-on or transfer, was on the roster):

State

a-Year b-Year

Alabama

2010 2011

Alaska

1998 2002

Arizona

2017 2016

Arkansas

2016 2016

AUSTRALIA

2017 ......

California

2017 2016

COLORADO

2017 2016

Connecticut

2009 2010

Delaware

...... 2001

Dist. of Columbia 2012 2014

Florida

2017 2016

Georgia

2017 2016

State Hawai'i Idaho

Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan

a-Year b-Year 2015 2016 2014 2016

2009 2013 1972 2009 2004 2012 2005 2013 2008 2008 2017 2013 ...... 1988 1996 1998 1983 2008 2004 2014

State

a-Year b-Year

Minnesota

2005 2006

Mississippi

2014 2015

Missouri

2012 2013

Montana

1991 1994

Nebraska

2005 2009

Nevada

2009 2011

New Hampshire ...... 2002

New Jersey

2016 2016

New Mexico

2011 2014

New York

2013 2015

North Carolina 2011 2011

North Dakota 1968 1978

State

a-Year b-Year

Ohio

2010 2012

Oklahoma

2009 2016

Oregon

2016 2016

Pennsylvania 2007 2016

Rhode Island

...... ......

South Carolina ...... 2015

South Dakota 1996 2000

Tennessee

2009 2013

Texas

2017 2016

Utah

2016 2016

Vermont

...... ......

Virginia

2011 1969

State Washington West Virginia

Wisconsin Wyoming AMER. SAMOA CANADA ENGLAND FINLAND MEXICO

a-Year b-Year 2016 2016 ...... 1970

2002 2016 1992 1996 2006 1996 2001 2010 ...... 1964 2017 ...... 2013 2016

CU signed players from seven states in this class (high schoolers from Colorado, Arizona, California, Florida and Texas and JC players with roots from Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas and ... Finland).

EARLY ENROLLEES

Colorado has a record nine early enrollees, which includes a record five high school players that graduated early so they could enroll in school for the spring semester. The Buffs never have had more than five, and most of those were JC transfers.

SUPER BOWL RINGS

Nice: 50 Super Bowls, 51 rings. That's the number of Super Bowl championship rings won by former Colorado Buffaloes heading into Super Bowl 51 this weekend. That count can escalate if New England defeats Atlanta, as OT Nate Solder ('10), who is looking to win his second with the club (also won SB XLIX, 28-24 over Seattle). Several have won multiple rings; 35 different CU alums have hoisted the Lombardi Trophy overall. There are others with Buff ties who could also receive a ring: if New England wins, earning rings would be Moses Cabrera (strength & conditioning coach, similar assistant position at CU in 2010) and James Hardy (assistant strength coach; he was CU's basketball strength & conditioning coach for seven years, 2010-16 and worked nine years overall for the Buffs). If Atlanta wins, Chris Morgan would get one (Falcons' O-Line coach; he played guard at CU from 1995-99), as would Steve Scarnecchia (assistant to the head coach; he worked a little over a year in CU's football video office). SUPER BOWL PRODUCERS: Colorado has had 92 players overall appear on the rosters for all 50 previous Super Bowls, which is the ninth-most all-time.

COMBINE

The National Football League combine is this month at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis (February 28-March 6); the NFL website will post the official list when final, but over 300 players will be attending. CU seniors will be showcased in the Buffs' own pro timing day on March 8; Colorado was one of the first to host their own, starting in the late 1980s, but now most schools have one.

PRO TIMING DAY

Colorado's annual pro-timing day has been set for Wednesday, March 8, when around 40-plus scouts from most, if not all, of the 32 National Football League teams visit Boulder to test CU's 2016 seniors in an assortment of drills. The schedule for the day is not finalized, but will again be in the afternoon (most likely after 1 p.m.) . The event will feature the traditional bench press and speed and agility tests (40-yard dash, shuttles, vertical jumps, etc.); testing will be done in the weight room and in the practice bubble. All scouts must register with the football office; media can attend but must wear their 2016-17 CU Athletics credential in addition to signing up in advance with the SID office; otherwise, the event is not open to the public.

SPRING PRACTICE SCHEDULE

Spring practice will begin on Wednesday, February 22, with the spring game on Saturday, March 18 (1:00 p.m., to be televised live by the Pac-12 Networks, with KOA-Radio in Denver likely to once again air a pregame show and then a live broadcast of the game. The tentative practice dates are as follows: February 22-24-25-27 and March 1-3-4-6-8-10-11-13-15-17-18 (all practices are prior to spring break). Pro-Timing Day has been set for the afternoon of Wednesday, March 8. The team is allowed 15 practices over 29 days; how the practice sessions will break down, per NCAA rules: three in shorts (no contact), four in pads (no tackling), four in pads (tackling allowed 50 percent or less of the time), four in pads (tackling allowed throughout). Spring break (March 2731) does not count against the 29 days should the schedule be dramatically revised for some reason. AUGUST REPORTING DATE: Players will report August 4 for assorted orientations, an evening meal and the first (non-football) meeting, with the first practice the next day (August 5) and the first full practice in pads on August 9. The first day of classes is Monday, August 28, with CU's first game set for September 1 (Colorado State in Denver). Looking way ahead, Fall/Thanksgiving Break is November 20-24, ahead of CU's final regular season game at Utah (November 25); classes end December 14 and finals are over December 20. The first day of classes for the Spring 2018 semester will be January 16.

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HEAD COACH MIKE MACINTYRE

Mike MacIntyre has completed four seasons as head coach at the University of Colorado. He was named the 25th head football coach in the school's history on December 10, 2012, after leading San Jose State to its first 10-win season in 25 years. In his fourth year at CU, he led the Buffaloes to their first 10-win season in 15 years.

MacIntyre, 51, is 36-52 in seven seasons as a collegiate head coach, 20-31 in four at Colorado. Each of his four teams made gigantic strides, but his 2016 team (10-4) earned him eight National Coach of the Year honors from the Associated Press, Walter Camp, Bobby Dodd, ESPN/Home Depot, FWAA/Eddie Robinson, American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), SB Nation and , as well as a finalist for the Bear Bryant and Maxwell Club awards. He also earned the AFCA Region 5 Coach of the Year honor and the group's inaugural Comeback Coach of the Year Award. The Colorado Sports Hall of Fame presented him with its "King of the Hill" honor for all sports within the state for 2016.

The 2016 Buffaloes tied with five others for the most improved in the nation overall (+5?) and the most improved all-time in Pac-12 Conference league games (+7). He also earned Pac-12 Coach of the Year honors as Colorado won the league's South Division with an 8-1 mark and earned its first appearance in the conference's championship game. The Buffaloes returned to the nation's Top 25 for the first time in 11 years, climbing as high as No. 9 in both the Associated Press and USA Today/Coaches polls (and No. 8 in the College Football Playoff Standings). The Buffs were ranked No. 10 in the CFP's final standings, and finished No. 15 in the coaches and No. 17 in the AP polls, the first time CU made the final rankings since 2002.

The team had been making significant improvement from one year to the next, most notably closing games stronger in 2016 than it had been after losing eight league games by one score over the 2014-15 seasons. In its sixth year in the Pac12, the Buffs finally picked up their first wins over Arizona State, Oregon, Stanford and UCLA.

His second Buffalo team set over 100 offensive records and started to close the gap in talent and performance with their Pac-12 brethren despite a 2-10 record in 2014, and in 2015, it was the defense's turn, showing improvement by as many as 50 spots nationally in many major defensive areas as the team would finish 4-9. The biggest jump came in points allowed per game, slicing off 11.5 per from the previous year, the fifth-best improvement in all of Division I/FBS.

But that team, like the 2014 squad, had some struggles closing out many games, a typical sign of youth needing to develop. Those late game woes may have cost the Buffs four wins in each of the last two seasons, so signs that CU is pulling closer to even with their Pac-12 counterparts is evidenced at every turn.

In his first year in Boulder (2013), he guided the Buffaloes to a 4-8 record, matching the number of wins in the program for the previous two seasons. There was measured improvement across the board, as evidenced by the team improving in over two dozen statistical categories despite playing the nation's seventh toughest schedule, which included five 10-win teams.

With a 41-27 win over Colorado State in the '13 season opener, he became just the second head coach since 1932 at Colorado to win his first game, joining Rick Neuheisel in 1995 as the only pair to do so among the 15 different men to lead the program in that time frame. He also had to face the daunting task of rallying his team after a devastating flood hit Boulder, forcing the cancellation of a game, which led to two consecutive bye weeks after the Buffs started out 2-0.

The team improved in 29 major statistical categories, in most cases rather dramatically, and set a record for the fewest fumbles in a season with just 14 while reducing penalties dramatically (ending the season with just 10 over the final four games, a 50-year program low). His second CU team broke that fumbles mark with just 12.

He coached San Jose State to a 10-2 record in 2012, with a final regular season ranking of No. 24 in the Associated Press and USA Today/ESPN Coaches polls as well as in the final BCS Standings. The Spartans earned a berth in the Military Bowl where it defeated Bowling Green, 29-20, and finished No. 21 in the national polls

(the win, per NCAA policy, is not credited to him since he did not coach SJSU in the bowl).

For his accomplishments at San Jose, he was the recipient of the 2012 Fellowship of Christian Athletes National Coach of the Year. The award is presented to a coach who exemplifies Christian principles and who is involved in the FCA, in addition to success and performance of that coach's team.

He assumed the SJSU position in December 2009, compiling a 16-21 record with the Spartans; he took over a team that had gone 2-10 in 2009, but began instilling a different culture despite a 1-12 record his first season in San Jose. His second Spartan team went 5-7, but closed the year with thrilling wins over Navy and Fresno State. His SJSU teams thus won 12 of his last 14 games there.

San Jose State's most impressive wins in his final year there came over San Diego State, Navy, BYU and Louisiana Tech, teams that otherwise combined to go 30-12 in 2012. Tech in particular was an offensive powerhouse (led the nation in scoring, second in total offense and fourth in passing), but their coaches felt MacIntyre and his staff put together the best plan to disrupt its high-octane offense of any of its opponents, including Texas A&M. The only losses were to Stanford (20-17 in the season opener, as the Cardinal won on a fourth quarter field goal) and to Utah State.

The 2012 season under MacIntyre is one of the best in San Jose State's nearly 120-year football history. In recording their first 10-win season since 1987, the Spartans did it with a highly-productive offense that scored 423 points, a defense that ranked among the national leaders in many statistical categories and reliable special teams.

His third Spartan team saw a school-record 16 SJSU players earn All-Western Athletic Conference honors, which came in a year that 36 school and conference records either were tied or broken.

MacIntyre's San Jose State teams performed in the classroom as well. In 2011, the school had a record number of Academic All-WAC team members ? 13 ? while defensive end Travis Johnson became the Spartans' first player in 30 years to get Academic All-America recognition. In addition, San Jose State's Academic Progress Rate score was 981, second best in the WAC.

Before his 2010 head coaching debut, MacIntyre instituted a comprehensive recruiting plan and initiated a "Summer Bridge" program for his first recruiting class to provide his newcomers a smooth transition into life as a college football player (he installed the same program at Colorado). Facing five nationally-ranked teams early in the season, the Spartans rebuilt themselves repeatedly, and were positioned late for victory in four of their final five games before finishing with a 112 record.

Under MacIntyre, the 2011 Spartans produced the fourth-best turnaround in their football history with a 4?-game improvement, exhibiting resiliency and resourcefulness to find a winning way: four of the team's five wins came in the game's final minute. The opportunistic Spartans were the co-national leaders with 20 fumble recoveries, tied for fourth in turnovers gained (33), were disciplined as the second least penalized team in the Football Bowl Subdivision and ranked in the top 25 in passing offense (23rd) for the first time in eight years.

A veteran coach of 24 seasons, MacIntyre arrived at San Jose State after two years as the defensive coordinator at Duke University, where he was reunited with head coach David Cutcliffe from earlier in his coaching days. Those Blue Devil defenses were among Duke's best statistically over a 20-year span, and in 2009, Duke's five wins were the most in a season by the Blue Devils since 1994. The American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) named him its 2009 FBS Assistant Coach of the Year.

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MACINTYRE, continued

Prior to returning to college ball, MacIntyre spent five seasons in the National Football League with the New York Jets (2007) and Dallas Cowboys (2003-06) coaching defensive backs. Working for legendary coach Bill Parcells, the Cowboys returned to the NFL playoffs in 2003 and again in 2006 after missing out on postseason competition during the 2000 through 2002 seasons.

MacIntyre has coached on both sides of the ball, spending four years at Ole Miss (1999-2002) where he started as the wide receivers coach for two seasons and the defensive secondary coach in his final two years. The Rebels posted a 29-19 record in that time with bowl appearances in the 1999 and 2002 Independence Bowls and the 2000 Music City Bowl. The 2001 Rebels ranked fifth nationally in pass defense, allowing just 161.3 yards per game.

At Mississippi, among his recruits were two high profile student-athletes that one could sign to letters-of-intent, quarterback Eli Manning and linebacker Patrick Willis. And along his coaching trail, he has mentored many current and former NFL players including recently retired former Dallas and Cincinnati safety Roy Williams, a fivetime Pro Bowl player. At Dallas, he also tutored Terrence Newman, the former Kansas State cornerback who longtime CU fans certainly remember.

He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at the University of Georgia, working two years (1990-91) in that capacity. He then coached one year as the defensive coordinator at Davidson (1992), four years at Tennessee Martin (1993-96) and two seasons at Temple (1997-98); while with the Owls, he coached under former CU assistant coach Ron Dickerson and then Bobby Wallace, and in '98 helped coach

Temple to a 28-24 upset of No. 14 Virginia Tech. He then joined Cutcliffe's staff at Ole Miss the following season.

A 1989 graduate of Georgia Tech, he lettered twice (1987-88) at free safety and punt returner for legendary head coach Bobby Ross. Prior to becoming a Yellow Jacket, MacIntyre played two seasons (1984-85) at Vanderbilt for his father, George, the head coach of the Commodores from 1979-85. The elder MacIntyre, who passed away in January 2016 at the age of 76, was the national coach of the year in 1982.

MacIntyre earned a bachelor's degree in Business Management from Georgia Tech and his master's in Education with an emphasis on Sports Management from Georgia in 1991.

He originally agreed to a five-year deal with an annual salary of $2 million plus incentives (January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2017); in February 2014, he received a one-year extension through the end of 2018, and last month, he was extended three more seasons through 2021, with his total package over the five years increased to $16.25 million.

He was born George Michael MacIntyre on March 14, 1965, in Miami, Fla., and is married to the former Trisha Rowan; the couple has three children, Jennifer, Jay and Jonston; Jay is a junior receiver on the CU football team. As previously stated, he is very active with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes as well as being an AFCA/Jason Foundation Ambassador, assisting the organization in spreading awareness of the problem of youth suicide.

Head Coach Co-Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks Co-Offensive Coordinator / Receivers Offensive Line Running Backs Tight Ends / H-Backs Defensive Coordinator / Linebackers Defensive Line Secondary Inside Linebackers Offensive Graduate Assistant Offensive Graduate Assistant Defensive Graduate Assistant Defensive Graduate Assistant Director of Football Operations

THE 2017 COLORADO COACHING STAFF

Mike MacIntyre (Georgia Tech `89) Brian Lindgren (Idaho `04) Darrin Chiaverini (Colorado '99) Klayton Adams (Boise State '05) Darian Hagan (Colorado '96) Gary Bernardi (Cal State-Northridge `76) D.J. Eliot (Wyoming `99) Jim Jeffcoat (Arizona State `82) ShaDon Brown (Campbellsville '02) Ross Els (Nebraska-Omaha '88) Peter Tuitupou (San Jose State '13) John Hughes (Humboldt State '12)

TBA Chidera Uzo-Diribe (Colorado '14) Bryan McGinnis (San Jose State '07)

Director of Recruiting Director of Player Personnel Director of Quality Control/Offense Director of Quality Control/Defense Director of Quality Control/Special Teams Director of Football Academics Assistant Director of Recruiting Operations & Recruiting Assistant Intern Intern Intern Director of Strength & Conditioning Asst. Strength & Conditioning Coach Asst. Strength & Conditioning Coach Asst. Strength & Conditioning Coach

Adam Toyama (Hawai'i '04) Brad Forsyth (Illinois Wesleyan '90) Daniel Da Prato (UL-Monroe '03) Nate Taye (San Jose State '13) Matt Thompson (Fort Lewis `05) Katie Bason (Wake Forest `05) A. J. Baer (Washington State '11) Scott Unrein (Colorado `11) Erik Aunese (Colorado Mesa `16) Matt Bryson (Oklahoma State '10) Cory Hall (Colorado '16) Drew Wilson (King's College `00)

TBA Justin Geyer (Mt. St. Joseph '10) Jeremy Layport (Cal Lutheran `02)

IN THE FINAL ASSOCIATED PRESS POLLS

Colorado finished No. 17 in the Associated Press poll, the first time that the Buffs made the final poll since a No. 20 ranking in 2002; the Buffs were 15th in the USA Today/Coaches poll. It marked the 20th time that Colorado finished ranked by the AP, the ninth time the Buffaloes accomplished the feat after not being ranked to start the season. (Note: the AP started counting bowl games in 1968):

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Season Preseason Record

Finish

Season Preseason Record Finish

Season Preseason Record Finish

1937

NR 8-1-0 No. 17

1975

NR 9-3-0 No. 16

1994

No. 8 11-1-0 No. 3

1956

NR 7-2-1 No. 20

1976

NR 8-4-0 No. 16

1995

No. 13 10-2-0 No. 5

1961 1967

NR No. 10

9-1-0 No. 7 9-2-0 No. 14

1989 1990

No. 14 11-1-0 No. 4 No. 5 11-1-1 No. 1

1996 2001

No. 5 10-2-0 No. 8 NR 10-3-0 No. 9

1969

NR 8-3-0 No. 16

1991

No. 13 8-3-1 No. 20

2002

No. 7 9-5-0 No. 20

1971

NR 10-2-0 No. 3

1992

No. 12 9-2-1 No. 13

2016

NR 10-4-0 No. 17

1972

No. 2 8-4-0 No. 16

1993

No. 11 8-3-1 No. 16

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