Buffalo Bits

Location: Boulder, Colo. Games Played (121 seasons): 1,149 Associate AD/SID: David Plati Elevation: 5,334 ft. (Folsom Field) All-Time Record: 671-442-36 (.600) Office Telephone: 303/492-5626 Elevation: 5,345 ft. (Coors Events Center) 2010 Record: 5-7 FAX: 303/492-3811 Population: 97,385 Conference: Pac-12 (0 titles) Home: 303/494-0445 Enrollment: 30,196 Year Joined: 2011 E-mail: david.plati@.edu Founded: 1876 All-Time Record: 0-0 (first season) Associate SID (Football Asst.): Curtis Snyder Nickname: Buffaloes 2010 Record (Big 12): 2-6 (5th/North) Home: 720/218-4796 Colors: Silver, Gold & Black E-mail: [email protected] : Jon Embree (Colorado ‘88) Official CU Athletics Website: www.CUBuffs.com Mascot: Ralphie V (live buffalo) Record at CU: 0-0 (first season) CU Athletics on Twitter: @cubuffs President: Bruce Benson (Colorado ’64) Career Record: 0-0 (first season) Jon Embree on Twitter: @jebuffs Chancellor: Dr. Phil DiStefano (Ohio State ’68) Press Luncheon: Tuesdays (11:30) University Telephone Numbers (303-): Provost: Russell L. Moore (UC-Davis ’76) Interview Schedule (arrange through SID) Switchboard: 492-1411 Faculty Representative: Dr. David Clough Athletic Department: 492-7931 (Case Institute ’68) Football Office: 492-5331 Athletic Director: ( ’83) Sports Medicine: 492-3801 Ticket Office: 492-8337 table of contents

2011 Information Section ...... 1 Firsts/Debuts...... 149 Road Headquarters, Select Circles...... 154 Future Schedules...... 2 Longest Plays...... 160 Pronunciation Guide ...... 2 Career Leaders...... 163 University of Colorado ...... 3 Year-By-Year Leaders ...... 171 Administration...... 4 Individual Records ...... 191 Folsom Field...... 10 Team Records ...... 203 Mascot/Nickname...... 12 Folsom Field Records ...... 219 Coaching Staff ...... 14 Season-By-Season Results & Stats .. 222 Outlook ...... 38 All-Time Comebacks ...... 301 2011 Pac 12 Composite Schedule.... 42 All-Time Lettermen...... 327 Rosters...... 44 Honor Roll ...... 348 Depth Chart...... 46 Past Buffalo Greats...... 370 Player Biographies ...... 48 CU & Professional Football ...... 410 2010-In-Review ...... 104 Bowl History ...... 425 History & Records ...... 125 CU Athletic Personnel History ...... 446 Record-By-Season...... 126 Colorado Football History/ All-Time Record ...... 128 Milestones...... 448 All-Time Series Results ...... 130 Logo/Uniform Evolution ...... 484 Coaching Records ...... 137 Index...... 488 Conference History & Standings ..... 140

2011 Schedule

2010 2011 Date Opponent TV Time (MT) Record Meeting (Last) Series (Last 10) Sept. 3 at Hawai’i ESPN2 8:15 p.m. 10-4 3rd (2010) 1- 1-0 (...…) SEPT. 10 CALIFORNIA FCS-Atlantic 1:30 p.m. 5-7 6th (2010) 2- 3-0 (...…) Sept. 17 Colorado State () FSN 11:30 a.m. 3-9 83rd (2010) 60-20-2 (7-3) Sept. 24 at Ohio State ABC or ESPN TBA 12-1 5th (1986) 1- 3-0 (...... ) OCT. 1  STATE (FW) tba TBA 2-10 7th (2004) 4- 2-0 (...... ) Oct. 8  at Stanford tba TBA 12-1 7th (1993) 3- 3-0 (...... ) Oct. 15  at Washington tba TBA 7-6 12th (2000) 5- 5-1 (5-4-1) OCT. 22  (H) tba TBA 12-1 16th (2001) 8- 7-0 (5-5) Oct. 29  at Arizona State tba TBA 6-6 3rd (2007) 0- 2-0 (...... ) NOV. 4  SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ESPN2/3D 7:00 p.m. 8-5 6th (2002) 0- 5-0 (...... ) NOV. 12  ARIZONA tba TBA 7-6 14th (1986) 12- 1-0 (9-1) Nov. 19  at UCLA tba TBA 4-8 7th (2003) 2- 4-0 (...... ) Nov. 25  at Utah FSN 1:30 p.m. 10-3 58th (1962) 30-24-3 (8-2) Dec. 2 Pac-12 Championship Game FOX 6:00 p.m.at campus site (division champion with best record) OPENWEEKEND: none. —Pac-12 Conference game; (H)—Homecoming; (FW)—Family Weekend. tba—to be announced (games on the selection menu of ESPN-ABC and/or FOX Sports Net; those networks have contracts with the Pac-12 Conference which allow them to announce their plans up to 12 days in advance (and two times a year, six days in advance). Those games not selected could be televised locally outside the exclusive network windows). RADIO: All games broadcast locally on the Colorado Football Network. National radio games to be determined.

1 2011 ROAD HEADQUARTERS Game Dates Hotel Address Telephone *Min. Hawai’i Sept. 1- 3 Marriott Ihilani 92-1001 Olani Street, Honolulu, HI 96707 808/679-0079 25-45 Ohio State Sept. 23-24 Columbus Marriott NW 5605 Blazer Pkwy., Dublin, OH 43017 614/791-1000 15-20 Stanford Oct. 7- 8 Sofitel San Francisco Bay 223 Twin Dolphin Drive, Redwood City, CA 94065 650/598-9000 15-20 Washington Oct. 14-15 Sheraton Seattle Hotel 1400 6th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101 206/621-9000 5-10 Arizona State Oct. 28-29 Hilton Phoenix East/Mesa 1011 W. Holmes Ave., Mesa, AZ 85210 480/833-5555 15-20 UCLA Nov. 18-19 Hilton North 100 West Glenoaks Blvd., Glendale, CA 91202 818/956-5466 10-15 Utah Nov. 24-25 Marriott City Center 220 South State St., Salt Lake City, UT 84111 801/961-8700 10-15 (*—minutes from hotel to depending on normal traffic.) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Coaches/Staff FUTURESCHEDULES Eric BIENIEMY (be-enemy) Brian CABRAL (cuh-browl) Colorado became a member of the Pac-12 Conference on July 1, 2011; future schedules remain KANAVIS McGHEE mostly to be determined at this time as conference officials are working with our television (kuh-nay-viss McGee) partners (ABC/ESPN, FOX/FSN/FX, Versus) on potential dates. Opponents, however, are known: Rip SCHERER (share-er) 2012 2014 Mike TUIASOSOPO S 1 Colorado State (Denver) A 30 Colorado State (Denver) (two-E-ah-suh-so-poe) S 8 HOME TBA S 6 Road TBA S 15 at Fresno State S 20 HAWAI’I Players PAC-12 HOME: ARIZONA STATE-STANFORD-UCLA-UTAH- PAC-12 HOME: ARIZONA STATE-OREGON STATE-UCLA- WASHINGTON UTAH-WASHINGTON Tyler AHLES (alice) PAC-12 ROAD: ARIZONA-OREGON-USC-WASHINGTON STATE PAC-12 ROAD: ARIZONA-CALIFORNIA-OREGON-USC CORDARY Allen (core-dairy) 2013 2015 PAULAY ASIATA (paul-lay ah-see-ah-ta) A 31 Colorado State (Denver) S5at Hawai’i S7HOME TBA S 12 HOME TBA Matthew BAHR (bar) S 14 FRESNO STATE S 19 Colorado State (Denver) David BAKHTIARI (bock-T-are-E) PAC-12 HOME: ARIZONA-CALIFORNIA-OREGON-USC PAC-12 HOME: ARIZONA-STANFORD-OREGON-USC PAC-12 ROAD: ARIZONA STATE-OREGON STATE-UCLA- PAC-12 ROAD: ARIZONA STATE-OREGON STATE-UCLA- Blake BEHRENS (bear-ens) UTAH-WASHINGTON UTAH-WASH. ST. JERED Bell (jair-red) Nate BONSU (bonn-sue) Mark BRUNDAGE (brun-didge) 2010 RESULTS (5-7, 2-6 BIG 12) Kyle CEFALO (seff-el-low) KAIWA Crabb (kuh-E-vee) 2010 Brady DAIGH (day) Date CU* Opponent Opp* TV Result Record Sept. 4 NR Colorado State (Denver) NR The Mtn. W 24- 3 3-9 Ryan DANNEWITZ (dan-uh-wits) Sept. 11 NR at California NR FSN L 7-52 5-7 JARROD Darden (Jared) SEPT. 18 NR HAWAI’I NR FCS (C) W 31-13 10-4 AERYUS Holloway (air-E-us) OCT. 2 NR GEORGIA (N) NR FSN W 29-27 6-7 Nick KASA (cah-suh; casa) Oct. 9 NR at Missouri (N) 24 FSN L 0-26 10-3  Patrick MAHNKE (main-key) OCT. 16 NR  BAYLOR (N, FW) NR FCS (C) L 25-31 7-6 Josh MOTEN (moat-in) OCT. 23 NR  TEXAS TECH (HC) NR none L 24-27 8-5 Oct. 30 NR  at (N) 11 ESPN2 L 10-43 12-2 STEPHANE NEMBOT (steff-on Nov. 6 NR  at Kansas NR none L 45-52 3-9 name-bot) NOV. 13 NR  STATE NR FCS (C) W 34-14 5-7 LILOA NOBRIGA (lee-low-ah, NOV. 20 NR  KANSAS STATE NR none W 44-36 7-6 no-brigg-uh) Nov. 26 NR  at Nebraska 16 ABC L 17-45 10-4 Conrad OBI (oh-bee) KEY: *—AP rank at time of game; — game; N—Night game; HC—Homecoming;  DEJI OLATOYE (day-ghee FW—Family Weekend.) O-la-toy-ye) Will PERICAK (pre-check) CREDITS MAKIRI Pugh (muh-keer-E) Copyright 2011©, University of Colorado Athletics. The 2011 Colorado Football Information Guide & Record Book was produced through the combined efforts of the Sports Information Office Kyle SLAVIN (slay-vinn) and Whirlwind Graphics. The guide was written, designed and edited by David Plati, CU associate TERREL Smith (terr-L) athletic director; this also contains information developed through the years by past sports infor- SIONE TAU (see-own-E mation directors Fred Casotti, Mike Moran, Tim Simmons and John Clagett, as well as numerous towe, as in now) assistant SIDs and student assistants. Photographers include Tim Benko, Bill Brittain, Mark Brodie, Chip Bromfield, Casey A. Cass, Cliff Grassmick, Brian Lewis, Ryan McKee/Clarkson & Assoc., Dan K.T. TU’UMALO (two-ooh-ma-low) Madden, Gail Pederson, Hal Stoelze, Zemi Photography and several courtesy of NFL teams. CHIDERA UZO-DIRIBE Formatting, scanning and layout provided by Linda Hall of Whirlwind Graphics. The University of (chee-derra u-zoh da-ree-bay) Colorado at Boulder is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution. Paul VIGO (vee-go)

2 UNIVERSITYOFCOLORADO

Founded in 1876 at the foot of the Flatirons, 135 years has transformed the University of Colorado from a lone building on a bleak, windswept hill to one of the nation's leading public research institutions. Established in 1861, the University was formally founded in 1876, the year Colorado became a state.

The Boulder campus encompasses 786 acres on the main campus, east campus (which includes a research park), Williams Village and the Mountain Research Station north of nearby Nederland (which supports ecology, chemistry and geology). In 1996 the Board of Regents purchased 308 acres of land in unincorporated Boulder County, now informally known as the south campus, in an effort to insure the growth of the University well into the 21st century.

While over 30,000 students are educated on the main campus, another 13,000 study at the University of Colorado at Denver, the University of Colorado Anschutz Campus (Aurora) and the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Nine elected Regents and President Bruce Benson lead the four-campus recent recipient in 1992. Faculty member Thomas Cech, a system, while each campus has a Chancellor who serves as the chief distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry, won the 1989 academic and administrative officer. Dr. Phil DiStefano is in his second Nobel Prize in chemistry. Other notable alumni include former United year as the chancellor of the Boulder campus. States Supreme Court Justice Byron “Whizzer” White, former big band leader Glenn Miller and actors Robert Redford and Chris Meloni, the Students can enter any of 10 schools and colleges offering more latter starring for years on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and the than 2,500 courses in 150 fields, representing a full range of disciplines creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone. in the humanities, social sciences, physical and biological sciences, the fine and performing arts, and the professions. CU-Boulder is If the aphorism, “Somewhere between the Rockies and reality,” regularly ranked among the best of the ’ public seems too good to believe, then come for a visit. Start with a walk on universities by the Fiske Guide to Colleges, and a 2010 USA the historic Pearl Street Mall, a downtown pedestrian mall that is the Today/Princeton Review survey rated the University of Colorado as ceremonial heart of the city actually that works despite the efforts of the fifth-best value among American public colleges. its street theatre.

CU-Boulder has played a major role in NASA space programs, Visitors may be so taken in by the scenery, the mall, Tudors and designing and building many scientific instruments flown in outer Victorians they may forget the University that put it all together. From space, and graduated 18 men and women who became astronauts, Pearl, Broadway leads directly onto campus where the University of including the late Jack Swigert, one of the three astronauts in the Colorado Museum and the CU Heritage Center, in the original Old Main crippled Apollo 13 mission who made it dock to Earth safely from the building, which introduces the University’s past and present. The moon. When the Hubble Space Telescope was launched in 1990, it was recently completed ATLAS building is one of the most state-of-the-art carrying seven major instruments, including a high-resolution structures on any college campus. spectrograph to study the evolution of stars and designed and built by an international science team led by astronomer Jack Brandt of CU- Take in the fresh mountain air on any part of 100 miles of trails and Boulder. Since Hubble has been up, CU-Boulder faculty and students 30,000 acres of open space. Climb the Flatirons or in Eldorado Canyon have been among the top users of Hubble of any institution in the State Park. Swim or board sail at the Boulder Reservoir while elite world. CU- Boulder is the only university in the country where runners sprint around it. Take in a pro sporting event down the road undergraduate students have operated a NASA satellite. in Denver, just one of 13 cities with teams in all four pro leagues.

The University has produced 19 Rhodes Scholars, five of which Rest assured, like the prophesy of an Arapaho Indian Chief, “If you were former football student-athletes at CU, with Jim Hansen the most leave Boulder, you will return.”

3 administration

Bruce Benson Phil DiStefano President Chancellor

2011-12 University of Colorado Board of Regents Back Row: Joseph Neguse, Michael Carrigan (vice chair), James E. Geddes, Steve Bosley, Tilman “Tillie” Bishop. Front Row: Sue Sharkey, Stephen Ludwig, Kyle Hybl (chair), Monisha Merchant. Russell L. Moore David Clough Jeff Lipton Mike Bohn Provost Faculty Rep Director of Business Athletic Director Planning

Gail Pederson Ceal Barry Cory Hilliard Julie Manning David Plati Jim Senter John Krueger Kris Livingston Chief of Staff Associate AD/SWA Associate AD Associate AD Associate AD Associate AD Assistant AD Assistant AD

Scott McMichael Tom McGann J.T. Galloway Jamie Guy Megan Eisenhard Lindsay Lew Prema Khanna Dr. Eric McCarty Assistant AD Director of Director of Director of BSP General Director of Director of Director of Game Operations Equipment Sports Manager Strategic Sales Marketing Sports Medicine SID

Natalie Pigliacampo Sheila Ridley Matt Roeder Miguel Rueda Ron Scott Will Simpson Deric Swanson Jason DePaepe Director of Director of Student Director of Head Athletic C Club Director Director of Director of Athletic Turf Annual Giving Athlete Wellness Marching Band Trainer Ticket Operations BuffVision Manager Manager

Kristen DePaepe Adam Holliday Jeff Hoskin Ryan Kataoka Jo Marchi Curtis Snyder Brent Oja B.G. Brooks Director of Athletic IT Professional Academic Compliance/SAAC Associate Sports Football Equipment CUBuffs.com Special Events Trainer/Football Coordinator Info Director Manager

4 President bruce Benson

Before he became president of the the American West from 2006-08. Benson also served on the board University of Colorado in March 2008, of directors of the CU Foundation from 1990-96, and was a member Bruce D. Benson had already made of the CU Foundation Development Cabinet from 1992-95. CU his mark in business, politics, awarded him the University Medal in 1999 and the university’s Ira philanthropy, education and civic C. Rothgerber Award in 2003 (one of two ever awarded). The CU endeavors. Alumni Association honored him with its Recognition Award in He founded Benson Mineral Group 2001. He also has provided significant philanthropic support to CU. in 1965, a year after earning a degree Benson was also one of the leaders of the 2005 statewide in geology from CU. Over his career, he campaign that successfully passed Referendum C, which provided has been involved in a variety of additional funding for education and the state budget. He was business ventures, including real elected chairman of the Colorado Republican Party four times, and estate, restaurants and banking. was the Republican nominee for governor in 1994. Three different Colorado governors have named Benson to As CU president, Benson leads a system of four campuses: various education initiatives and governing boards, including the Boulder, Colorado Springs, Denver and the Anschutz Medical Colorado Commission on Higher Education and the Metro State Campus. CU serves some 56,000 students and has a $2.7 billion College Board of Trustees, both of which he chaired. In addition, he annual budget. co-chaired the P-20 Education Coordinating Council from 2007 until Benson has received many honors recognizing his leadership early 2008 and chaired the Governor’s Blue Ribbon Panel for in a variety of activities, but two are particularly notable: CU in Higher Education for the 21st Century from 2001 to 2003. 2004 granted him an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, and He has been active in support of his alma mater. He was national in February 2009, he was named to the Colorado Business Hall of chairman of CU’s four-campus, $1 Billion Comprehensive Fund- Fame. Raising Campaign from 1997-2003. He served as a director on the A native of , Benson has called Colorado home for Coleman Colorado Foundation – Institute for Cognitive Disabilities nearly five decades. He is married to Marcy Head Benson. He has from 2001-08. He was a board member for CU- Boulder’s Center for three adult children and 10 grandchildren.

Chancellor Phil DiStefano

Dr. Philip P. DiStefano is in his academic career flourished as he assumed a series of academic third year as the Chancellor at the and administrative positions, including Professor, Associate Dean, University of Colorado Boulder. Prior Dean and Vice Chancellor. He was appointed Provost and to his appointment on May 5, 2009, Dr. Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs in 2001. DiStefano was the top academic As Chancellor he works closely with students, faculty, staff, officer at CU-Boulder for eight years as alumni, donors, governing officials, and business and community the Provost and Executive Vice leaders in extending CU's legacy as a preeminent national Chancellor for Academic Affairs. He comprehensive research university. served as interim chancellor twice A first-generation college graduate, Dr. DiStefano earned a during pivotal times in the university's Bachelor of Science degree from Ohio State University and a history. Master of Arts degree in English Education from Dr. DiStefano co-chaired the University. He holds a Doctorate in Humanities Education from steering committee for CU-Boulder's visionary strategic plan, Ohio State University, where he served as a teaching and research Flagship 2030, conceived with campus, community and statewide associate. input, to guide the university for decades to come. Today, Dr. He began his educational career as a high school English DiStefano is shepherding its implementation as Flagship 2030 teacher in Ohio. He has authored and co-authored numerous moves from vision to reality. books and articles on literacy education. Dr. DiStefano has served CU-Boulder for 37 years. He joined the Dr. DiStefano and his wife, Yvonne, have been married for 42 University of Colorado in 1974 as an Assistant Professor of years and are the parents of three grown daughters and a Curriculum and Instruction at the School of Education. His granddaughter.

5 Provost Russell Moore

Dr. Russell L. Moore has had a assistant professor (1984-86), associate professor (1993-96) and full long and distinguished career at the professor (1996-present) in that department. University of Colorado Boulder, now He holds an adjunct professorship in medicine (cardiology) at the serving in the capacity of Provost and University of Colorado's Anschutz Medical Campus at the University of Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Colorado Denver. Affairs, having assumed the position July He was an assistant and associate professor (1986-91) in the 1, 2010. departments of medicine, cellular and molecular physiology at the Dr. Moore also previously served as Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine in Hershey, Pa. He interim vice chancellor for research from did postdoctoral work at the University of Texas Health Science Center May 2009 to July 2010, and prior to that in Dallas (1981-84). appointment, he was the associate vice Dr. Moore earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biochemistry chancellor for research since 2006.Dr. from the University of California at Davis in 1976, and a master's degree Moore served as chair of kinesiology and (1978) and doctorate (1982) in physiology from Washington State applied physiology (now integrative University in Pullman, Wash. physiology) from 1994 to 2001, and was FACULTY REP DAVID CLOUGH

Faculty Athletics Representative Dr. He served as the college’s associate dean for academic affairs from David Clough is a national leader in 1986 to 1992, playing a role in a number of important initiatives, college athletic reforms and represents including the Gemmill Engineering Library, the Herbst Humanities CU to the Pac-12 Conference and the Program, and the Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory. From NCAA. A professor of chemical and 1993 through 1999, he was associate chair of the Department of Chem- biological engineering, Dr. Clough enters ical Engineering and was responsible for significant improvements to his seventh year as the University of the department’s undergraduate advising program. Colorado Boulder’s Faculty Athletics Known for his willingness to experiment with new educational Representative (FAR) in March 2012. concepts and technology, Dr. Clough has worked to reform traditional Professor Clough reports to lecture classes into an interactive workshop format that greatly Chancellor DiStefano and works closely enhances the learning of students. Through these efforts, he has with the Director of Athletics, Mike helped to reshape the way engineering is taught. The student-run Bohn, and the coaches and staff of Engineering Excellence Fund chose Dr. Clough as the first recipient of Athletics to support student-athletes, the Sullivan-Carlson Inspiration in Teaching Award in 1998. He has especially in their academic pursuits. The FAR’s duties include received numerous teaching and advising awards from nominations oversight of the eligibility certification and compliance functions on by his students over the years. He also has been given the college’s the Boulder Campus. He strives to be well known to CU’s student- Hutchinson Teaching Award and Peters Service Award. He received athletes, and he and his wife Sydney are present at many home the first Boulder Faculty Assembly Teaching Award in 1980 and the competitions of CU’s sports teams. He also travels with many CU Boulder Campus Outstanding Advisor Award in 1996. His merit as an teams to away competitions. educator also has been recognized outside CU. In 1995 the American Dr. Clough replaced Chancellor Phil DiStefano, who served as FAR Society for Engineering Education (Rocky Mountain Section) presented from June 1, 2000 until just shortly after his appointment as interim him with its first Outstanding Educator Award. chancellor for the Boulder campus in 2005. Clough is only the sixth In April 2000, he received the college’s Distinguished Engineering FAR in CU history, joining a prestigious list: Walter Franklin (1947- Alumnus Award in the Education category. It recognized his significant 1948), Warren Thompson (1949-1966), William Baughn (1967-1989), impact on engineering education through pioneering the active James Corbridge (1989-2000) and DiStefano (2000-2005). learning concept for the Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory, Dr. Clough has had a significant impact on engineering education at and in leading the college in changing traditional lecture courses to an CU-Boulder and beyond through career-long efforts to enhance the active learning format. learning of engineering students. He has pioneered active- and In his role as Faculty Athletics Representative, Clough represents cooperative-learning techniques in the College of Engineering and CU to the Pac-12 Conference and the NCAA. He provides a liaison Applied Science, and in 1989 he originated the concept of the between Athletics and the faculty and works to enhance the Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory. Clough’s research has educational experience of 350 student-athletes. Clough has been active focused on the automated control of chemical and related processes. in the Faculty Athletics Representatives Association (FARA) and will He has been involved with student-athlete success for more than 30 become President of FARA in November. In his time as FAR, Dr. Clough years as his relationship with the CU athletic department dates to has established a reputation for his expertise in the NCAA’s Academic more than three decades. Throughout his career, Dr. Clough has taken Performance Program and the program’s statistics tracking the a special interest in engineering student-athletes, long appreciating academic progress of student-athletes, the Academic Progress Rate the combined academic and athletic challenges they face. He played (APR) and the Graduation Success Rate (GSR). He has developed an integral role in the Rhodes Scholarship candidacy of Buff football tracking and predictive tools that have been shared with over 100 star Jim Hansen, an Academic All-American who was awarded the NCAA Division I institutions. Rhodes in 1993. He and his wife, Sydney, have four grown children, Astrid, William, Dr. Clough received his bachelor’s degree from the Case Institute Rodney and Damon, and four grandchildren. Dr. Clough’s father, John of Technology (now Case Western Reserve University) in 1968 and his W. Clough, was a chemical engineer, and his two brothers are retired master’s from CU-Boulder in 1969, both in chemical engineering. He engineers. The Clough family established a scholarship endowment in worked as an engineer for E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc., from engineering at CU in honor of John Clough, who died in 1994. The 1969 to 1972 before returning to CU-Boulder to earn his doctorate in family holds a strong belief in giving back to the educational 1975. He joined the faculty of the Department of Chemical Engineering institutions that have benefited its members. at that time. 6 Athletic Director Mike Bohn

Mike Bohn was introduced as just He has overseen the hiring of eight head coaches, Jon Embree the fifth full-time athletic director in and Dan Hawkins (football), Tad Boyle and Jeff Bzdelik (men’s University of Colorado history on ), Linda Lappe and Kathy McConnell-Miller (women’s April 13, 2005, returning to the basketball), Roy Edwards (men’s golf) and Liz Kritza (). surroundings where he starred as a prep athlete before embarking on a Mile High Sports Magazine selected Bohn as its Sports Person of journey that would take him all over the Year for 2006, as the publication recognized his efforts in his the western half of the United States first year on the job. The same publication cited him as the top and finally back home. athletic director in the state in its 2011 “Best Of” edition. In his time at CU, he has quickly grown into one of the top speakers on Bohn, 50, came to Colorado from college athletics in the region, as he is a popular “get” for service San Diego State University, where he clubs, media groups and others. left an indelible imprint in just 18 months as the Aztecs’ director of Bohn’s brief tenure at San Diego State featured many athletics. He agreed to a 5-year contract with the Buffaloes and remarkable accomplishments, including the instilling of energy, was rewarded quickly for his initial efforts, as in November 2007 enthusiasm, accountability and determination into the Aztec staff. he received an extension through the 2011-12 academic year. Officially named SDSU athletic director on October 6, 2003, his Then in August 2011, the Board of Regents and the Chancellor immediate task was to unify the athletic department, the campus saw fit to extend him another five years into 2017. and the community of San Diego.

He replaced Jack Lengyel, who served as interim athletic Bohn strategically and steadily restructured the SDSU athletic director for five months after Dick Tharp stepped down in department with emphasis on fund raising, fiscal responsibility, November 2004 after holding the position since 1996. Tharp had compliance and academics. followed three legendary men in CU athletic history, Harry Carlson (1927-65), Eddie Crowder (1965-84) and Bill Marolt (1984-96). Under his watch, San Diego State set a new single-game attendance record in football when more than 57,000 fans watched Bohn is the first of the five to be named CU athletic director the Aztecs’ win over State in the 2004 season opener. The without having previously worked within the CU system. Carlson average football attendance of 35,995 in 2004 was the best at the and Crowder were coaches upon being named, Marolt returned to school since 1993, with the increase of 14,369 fans per game CU where he coached for 10 years before leaving for the U.S. marking the third largest attendance jump in the country. The Olympic ski team, and Tharp was a university attorney with strong SDSU team also set attendance records under his watch. CU-Boulder campus ties. But his ties to Boulder were extensive, growing up here with family and friends always in the area. He landed the San Diego State position after serving five years as athletic director at the University of Idaho (1999-2003), where He accomplished a lot in his first 100 days on the job, from he first made his mark as a lead administrator in the area of branching out into the community with Chancellor Phil DiStefano transformation. at town meetings, to implementing the YOUR TEAM campaign to raise significant funds for immediate scholarship and capital At Idaho, he developed projects for new facilities, increased project needs. Several other creative ideas, especially in marketing community and corporate support, and produced balanced including Ralphies’ Kids Roundup and the Pearl Street Stampede budgets for the department after inheriting an operation that had the night before home football games, were established to create accumulated a deficit of over $1 million. better ties with CU and area communities.

Those first 100 days were just the beginning, and six years into his service to CU, he has made major improvements in fundraising, improving CU’s facilities, most notably the addition of a practice facility for the basketball and volleyball teams, establishing the Buff Club Cabinet, making huge in- roads in community and campus relations, and has worked to balance a budget by making tough but necessary cuts, guaranteeing the future success of Colorado’s 16 intercollegiate sports.

Perhaps his top “one shining moment” to date took place in the spring of 2010, when he led the university’s charge for the Buffaloes to join the Pacific-10 Conference. A very tense period in college athletics, rumors swirling about concerning several schools, he had Colorado’s ship steadied throughout and landed CU in a conference that conforms to a perfect fit with its students, alumni and fans on many levels, including academics as well as athletics. Colorado, along with Utah, joined the league on July 1, 2011, making it the Pac-12 Conference.

7 From 1992 to 1995, Bohn served as Director of Marketing for the Association, where he worked for one of the most respected people in the history of college athletics, Chuck Neinas (the one-time Big Eight Conference commissioner). The CFA, the precursor to the current Bowl Championship Series, consisted of six major football conferences encompassing 67 universities. He created and developed the CFA “Good Works Team” which recognizes significant off-the-field accomplishments in the area of community relations of 11 football student-athletes nationally (a team that is still selected today by the Coaches Association).

Bohn was involved in many facets of the organization’s operations, including the administration of a $67 million television package involving ABC, ESPN and ESPN2. He also formulated a blueprint for the promotion and development of the image of college football as a whole. Bohn with CU’s 2010 College Football Hall of Fame inductee, Alfred Williams He then moved on to Colorado State University, where he spent the next three years (1996-98) as an associate athletic director for During his five years in Moscow, he oversaw the transition of the Rams. At CSU, he was responsible for all external revenue- the Vandals to the Division I-A ranks from the . producing operations, including ticket sales, fundraising through Under Bohn, Idaho began construction on the Vandal Athletics the Greater Ram Club, licensing, corporate sales, signage, capital Center, the first facilities improvement for UI athletics in two campaigns and broadcasting rights fees and special events. He decades. He was also the driving force behind a 20-percent also helped escalate student interest in CSU athletics. increase in the Vandal Scholarship Fund and a $350,000 surge in annual corporate support. He earned his bachelor’s of arts degree from the University of Kansas in 1983, where he was recruited as a and also Between Idaho and San Diego State, Bohn hired 12 head played baseball (pitcher-first basemen-outfielder). He then coaches in all as well as several administrators. graduated with a master’s degree in Sports Administration from Ohio University in 1984. While earning his master’s, he worked as Bohn prepared for his career goal of becoming a Division I a graduate assistant football coach for the Bobcats. athletic director entirely in the state of Colorado, his adopted “native” state despite being born in ; he moved to Colorado Bohn is a former member of the NCAA Championships with his family when he was 1-year old. Cabinet and the Division I-A Athletics Directors Association Executive Council. During his stay at Idaho, he was a member of His first job in athletic administration came at the Air Force the Big West Conference executive committee and served on the Academy, where he worked for the better part of nine years (1984- University of Idaho executive council. 92). During his tenure in Colorado Springs, Bohn advanced from an intern to assistant athletic director. He served as executive Born November 16, 1960 in Hinsdale, Ill., he graduated from director of the Blue and Silver Club, as well as other external Boulder High School where he lettered in football, basketball and operations throughout his stay at the academy. He played a major baseball. He is married to the former Kim Zeren, and the couple role in the increase of football season ticket sales from 6,000 to has two grown children, Michaelyn and Brandon. 20,000 and implemented a fundraising campaign that generated $16 million for stadium improvements.

DID YOU KNOW? ... Mike Bohn is the first athletic administrator to work at three of the state’s Division I-A colleges (CU, Air Force, Colorado State and Denver). Only one coach is thought to have spent time at three schools: Terry Dunn served as assistant bas- ketball coach at AFA (1991-94), CSU (1994-96) and CU (1996-2004). Several high profile people have logged time in at two of the schools; those who spent time at CU and one other include assis- tant football coaches Kay Dalton (CU/CSU), Chuck Heater (CU/CSU), Tom McMahon (CU/CSU) and Dan Stavely (CU/DU); track coaches Don Meyers (CU/CSU) and Jerry Quiller (CU/CSU); basketball coaches Jen Warden (CU/CSU) and Linda Lappe (CU/CSU); sports information directors Steve Hatchell (CU/CSU) and Tim Simmons (CU/CSU); gymnastics coach Dan Garcia (CU/DU), golf coaches Eric Hoos and Sammie Chergo (both assistants at CU and then head coaches at DU); assistant women’s basketball coach Tanya Haave (CU/DU); trainers Eric Fry (DU/CU), Ed Lochrie (CU/DU) and Nicole Makris (DU/CU); and fundraiser Chris Kiser (CU/CSU).

8 PAC-12 CONFERENCE

Conference History The roots of the Pac-12 Conference date back over 95 years to December 2, 1915, when the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) was founded at a meeting at the Oregon Hotel in Portland, Ore. The original membership consisted of four schools - the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Washington, the , and Oregon State College (now Oregon State University). All still are charter members of the Conference. Pacific Coast Conference play began in 1916 and, one year later, Washington State College (now Washington State University) was accepted into the league, with Stanford University following in 1918. In 1922, the PCC expanded to eight teams with the admission of the University of Southern California (USC) and the University of Idaho. In 1924, the University of joined the league roster, and in 1928, the PCC grew to 10 members with the addition of UCLA. The Pacific Coast Conference competed as a 10-member league until 1950, with the exception of 1943-45 when World War II curtailed intercollegiate athletic competition to a minimum. During that time, the league’s first commissioner was named. Edwin N. Atherton was commissioner in 1940 and was succeeded by Victor O. Schmidt in Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott 1944. In 1950, Montana resigned from the Conference and joined the Mountain States Conference, essentially replacing Colorado, which left Conference of Champions for the Big 7 two years earlier. The PCC continued as a nine-team Built on a firm foundation of academic excellence and superior conference through 1958. athletic performance, the Conference ushers in a new era with the In 1959, the PCC was dissolved and the Athletic Association of additions of the University of Colorado and University of Utah, Western Universities was formed and Thomas J. Hamilton was officially becoming the Pac-12 Conference on July 1, 2011. appointed commissioner of the new league. The original AAWU The Pac-12 rises above the rest, upholding its tradition as the membership included California, Stanford, Southern California, UCLA “Conference of Champions” ®, claiming an incredible 180 NCAA team and Washington. Washington State joined the membership in 1962, titles over the past two decades, including nine in 2010-11, averaging while Oregon and Oregon State joined in 1964. Under Hamilton’s nearly nine championships per academic year. Even more impressive watch, the name Pacific-8 Conference was adopted in 1968. In 1971, has been the breadth of the Pac-12’s success, with championships Wiles Hallock took over as commissioner of the Pac-8. coming in 27 different men’s and women’s sports. The Pac-12 has led On July 1, 1978, the University of Arizona and Arizona State the nation in NCAA Championships in 45 of the last 51 years and University were admitted to the league and the Pacific-10 Conference finished second five times. became a reality. In 1986-87, the league took on a new look, expanding Spanning nearly a century of outstanding athletics achievements, to include 10 women’s sports. Thomas C. Hansen was named the the Pac-12 was the first conference to reach 400 championships in commissioner of the Pac-10 in 1983, a role he would hold for 26 years 2010-11. With the inclusion of CU and UU, league teams have captured until 2009. Hansen was succeeded by current commissioner Larry 442 NCAA titles (302 men’s, 140 women’s), outdistancing the next Scott, who took on the new role in July 2009. closest conference by nearly 200. During the 2010-11 academic year, Scott helped deliver In 2010-11, the then-Pac-10 led the country with nine NCAA titles, monumental changes that transformed the conference into a modern with men's and women's programs sharing the wealth as the 12-team league by adding the University of Colorado and the Conference claimed five NCAA women's titles and four men's crowns. University of Utah. The addition of CU and Utah led to an agreement Including titles previously won by Colorado and Utah, Pac-12 to equal revenue sharing for the first time in conference history, members have won 302 NCAA team championships on the men’s side, created two divisions (North and South) for football only, established 89 more than the next closest conference. Men’s NCAA crowns have a football championship game for the first time ever, secured a come at a phenomenal rate for the Pac-12: 16 basketball titles by six landmark media rights deal that dramatically increased national schools (more than any other conference), 52 titles, 44 outdoor exposure and revenue for each school and established the Pac-12 track & field crowns, and 26 baseball titles. Pac-12 members have won Network and Pac-12 Digital Network that guaranteed enhanced 25 of 42 NCAA titles in volleyball, 37 of 42 in water , and 22 in exposure across all sports. swimming & diving national championships. Colorado accepted its invitation to join the Pac-12 on June 11, 2010, Individually, the conference has produced an impressive number of as the Buffaloes were the first domino to fall in a change of the national NCAA men’s individual champions, as well, boasting 2,019 individual landscape which, in just one week, saw Nebraska also leave the Big crowns. 12 and join the Big 10, Boise State depart the WAC for the Mountain On the women’s side, the story is much the same. Since the NCAA West, TCU jump from the MWC for the Big East, and then on June 17, began conducting women’s championships 30 years ago, Pac-12 Utah agreeing to join CU to make it an even dozen in the Pac-12. Big- members have claimed at least four national titles in a single season time rivals for the first half of the last century, the Buffaloes and Utes on 22 occasions, including 2010-11. Overall, the Pac-12 has captured officially became the 11th and 12th members of the Conference on 140 NCAA women’s titles, easily outdistancing the SEC (second with July 1, 2011, the first additions to the league since 1978. During the 33 77). Pac-10 members have dominated a number of sports, winning 23 years between expansions, Pac-10 teams claimed 258 NCAA titles (130 titles, 19 tennis crowns, 13 of the last 21 volleyball titles, 14 of women’s, 128 men’s). the last 22 trophies in golf, and 12 in swimming and diving. At present, the Pac-12 sponsors 11 men’s sports and 11 women’s Pac-12 women student-athletes shine nationally on an individual sports. Additionally, the conference schools are members of the basis, as well, having captured an unmatched 616 NCAA individual Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) in four other men’s sports and three women’s sports. CU will participate in the MPSF in men’s crowns, an average of nearly 21 championships per season. and women’s indoor track, and already competes in the Rocky Colorado and Utah have combined to win 15 coed skiing titles, one Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association (RMISA) in skiing, which is a of three NCAA sports to score championships based on men’s and coed sport. women’s results along with fencing and rifle. Combined, the newest The Pac-12 Conference offices are located 25 miles east of San Pac-12 entrants have 27 NCAA crowns and 148 individual champions Francisco in Walnut Creek, Calif. in the sport. 9 folsom field

Folsom Field, named after legendary University of Colorado Coach Frederick Folsom, opened for the 1924 season and has been the home of Buffs ever since. The Buffaloes have played 87 seasons on the “hilltop,” where the 400th game in the stadium’s history took place in 2002. Colorado owns one of the nation’s best all-time home records, and in the previous 86 seasons of play at Folsom, the Buffaloes are 296-146-10, a winning percentage of .666. The stadium was dedicated on October 11, 1924, as Colorado defeated Regis College, 39-0. It actually was the second home game of the season, as CU closed out playing at Gamble Field the week before with a 31-0 win over Western State. It originally was called Colorado Stadium, the name being changed to Folsom Field in 1944 following Folsom’s death. In addition, old 24th Street was also changed to Folsom Whitney Huntington, was not only a convenient location, but Street to honor the man who coached Colorado teams three different by using it a great expense could be avoided. After a financing times totaling 15 years between 1895 and 1915. His 76.5 winning plan was worked out, CU’s own construction department began percentage (77-23-2) is still tops among all coaches ever at CU. moving dirt with a steam shovel on January 14, 1924. CU had played its games at Gamble Field for two decades, where The new structure had an original capacity of 26,000, seating was limited to temporary bleachers. In the winter of 1923-24, featuring wooden bleacher seating over cement, and quarter- CU President George Norlin studied the possibility of a new stadium, mile running track. A California red wood, dipped in creosote, as the approaching completion of a sparkling new gymnasium was selected as the initial material, as estimates at the time put (Carlson Gym), the inadequate number of seats at Gamble Field a lifetime of around 13 years for the wood. There were 22 (roughly 9,000) and the growing interest in physical education and sections divided by radial aisles installed, the same set-up in intercollegiate athletics demanded that a remedy needed to take the lower bowl that still exists today. place soon. Accounts at the time put the cost of the stadium at around Investigation of a natural ravine just east of the site of the $2.60 per seat, instead of $10 had concrete been used; the total gymnasium as a site for the new stadium, suggested by professor cost was $65,000. By comparison, the cost to construct Carlson Gym was $350,000. With expansion in mind when originally built, it was by design rather easy to add an upper deck. In 1956, Folsom Field’s capacity was upped to 45,000 when a second deck was erected around two-thirds of the stadium. Some 6,000 more seats were added in 1967 when the running track was removed and the team dressing facilities were constructed at the north end of the field. Improvements continued, as the gigantic six-level press box facility was added on the west side for the start of the 1968 season. It also serves as the home for CU’s Flatirons Club, a group of donors who financially support the athletic program. In the summer of 1976, Folsom Field had another face-lift, as the wooden bleacher seats were removed and replaced with silver and gold aluminum bleachers, expanding the stadium to a capacity of 52,005. The renovation of CU’s team house in the summer of 1979 took away a few seats, changing the capacity to 51,463. The construction of the magnificent Dal Ward Center in 1991 added The beginning of work on the stadium in January, 1924. new bleacher seating in the north end zone and increased the

10 capacity to 51,748. In 1992, the addition of a yellow concourse wall on the southeast side took away a few hundred seats, and corporate boxes (in 1995) lowered the capacity to 51,655. The removal of a set of old rickety bleachers in 2001 and a few other changes placed the stadium capacity at 50,942, but that figure stood for just two seasons. The addition of suites and club seating on the east side (at a cost of $43 million) completed in August 2003 increased the capacity to 53,750, an all- time Folsom Field high. Prior to the 1971 season, the playing surface at Folsom Field was natural grass. Monsanto of St. Louis, Mo., replaced the natural grass with Astroturf for the 1971 campaign, with the first game being played on the artificial surface against the University of on September 18 (the Buffs won 56-13); it was a godsend, as that very morning, Boulder received a rare late summer snowstorm that blanketed the field with more than two feet of snow. The original Astroturf surface was replaced with a “new rug” for the start of the 1978 season, and in the summer of 1989, “Astroturf-8” was installed, the third artificial surfacing in the school’s history. Folsom was covered with artificial surfaces for 28 seasons (168 games), and it was fairly friendly for the Buffs, which posted a 110-56-2 record in those games. In the spring of 1999, Folsom Field returned to natural grass, as “SportGrass” was installed on the stadium floor. The project, which included bio-thermal heating, drainage and a sub-air system, cost $1.2 million. Video display boards, known as “BuffVision” were also added in the summer of 1999 at a cost of $3.6 million. In 2003, completion of a $42 million east side renovation added 1,903 club seats and 41 seats, increasing Folsom’s capacity to an all-time high of 53,750. The state-of-the art complex is one of the best in college football, is not nearly as high as many clubs and suites at most stadiums, and offers a great view of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains and when clear, the Continental Divide. The current capacity is 53,613, as the fourth rows from three different levels of the Flatirons Club were removed in 2007, seats that always had some kind of obstructed view.

11 mascot/nickname

The University of Colorado has one of the more unique mascots in all of intercollegiate athletics, a real buffalo named Ralphie. The live buffalo mascot leads the football team out on the field both at the start of the game and second half. It is truly one of the special sights that exist anywhere in college or professional sports, especially for opposing teams, who often stop in their tracks watching the massive buffalo round the end zone and head directly at their sideline. The buffalo first appeared in 1934, three weeks after a contest to select an official school nickname by the Silver & Gold newspaper had come to an end and “Buffaloes” was the winning entry. For the final game of the ‘34 season, a group of students paid $25 to rent a buffalo calf along with a real cowboy as his keeper. Today The calf was the son of Killer, a famed bison at Trails End Ranch in Fort Collins. It took the cowboy and four students to keep the calf under control on the sidelines, a 7-0 win at the on Thanksgiving Day. Prior to 1934, CU athletic teams usually were referred to as the “Silver and Gold,” but other nicknames teams were sometimes called included Silver Helmets, Yellow Jackets, Hornets, Arapahoes, Big Horns, Grizzlies and Frontiersmen. The student through the years, usually in a pen on the field or sometimes newspaper decided to sponsor a national contest in the summer of driven around in a cage; in the 1940s, the school kept a baby 1934, with a $5 prize to go to the author of the winning selection. buffalo in a special pen at the University Riding Academy. The first Entries, over 1,000 in all, arrived from almost every state in the named buffalo was “Mr. Chips,” who appeared for the first time at union. Athletic Director Harry Carlson, graduate manager Walter the 1957 CU Days kickoff rally, as supporter Mahlon White donated Franklin and Kenneth Bundy of the Silver and Gold were the him to the school, and it was cared for by a men’s honorary. judges. A few years passed between a live mascot on the sideline and Local articles first reported that Claude Bates of New Madrid, the tradition Colorado fans have come to know so well. In 1966, Mo., and James Proffitt of Cincinnati, Ohio, were co-winners for the John Lowery, the father of a CU freshman from Lubbock, prize as both submitted “Buffaloes” as their entry. But 10 days Texas, donated to the school a six-month old buffalo calf from later, the newspaper declared Boulder resident Andrew Dickson Sedgewick, Colo. the winner, after a follow-up revealed his submission of “Buffaloes” For a while, she was billed as “Rraalph,” but the origin of the had actually arrived several days before those of the original name is in some doubt. Some say it was given by the student body winners. Through the years, synonyms which quickly came into after sounds she allegedly made while running and snorting; use included “Bisons,” “Buffs,” “Thundering Herd,” “Stampeding others say it was named for Ralph Jay Wallace, the junior class Herd,” “Golden Avalanche,” and “Golden Buffaloes.” president at the time; and the original handlers will tell a third Live buffaloes made appearances at CU games on and off version. Regardless, an astute fan soon discovered that the buffalo was in fact a female, thus the name alteration to Ralphie. The initial tradition was for CU’s five sophomore class officers to run the buffalo around the stadium in a full loop. They would pick her up from caretaker C.D. “Buddy” Hays, who kept her at the Green Mountain Riding Stables during the season at Hidden Valley Ranch in the off season. The officers would run her for two hours in the morning to tire her a bit to keep her under control by the time the game started. At the conclusion of the run, the fans would break into the “Buffalo Stomp,” which would literally shake the stadium in deafening fashion as the team took the field. But CU officials soon had the tradition stopped because of the actual physical damage it was causing. Around that same time, head coach Eddie Crowder was approached with the idea the charging buffalo running out on the field before the game with the team behind right her. Crowder thought it was a great idea, and the debut of this great tradition took place on Oct. 28, 1967, CU’s homecoming game against Oklahoma State. Though OSU won the game, 10-7, the tradition was here to stay, though those who had some training in such an endeavor as working with a wild animal eventually replaced the sophomores. The five sophomores appointed themselves as the board of directors of a fundraising effort to bring Ralphie to the ’67 Bluebonnet Bowl in Houston, raising the necessary money through selling stock.

12 Ralphie attended every CU home football game for 13 years (including all bowls), and retired at the end of the 1978 season. CU’s first Ralphie achieved nationally celebrity status, and was even kidnapped in 1970 by some Air Force Academy students as well as being named the school’s 1971 Homecoming Queen at the height of the anti-establishment era. In 1976, The Bank of Boulder and its president Steve Bosley, proposed to Crowder they would do a fundraiser to send Ralphie I to the Orange Bowl Game with Ohio State. When a reporter asked Bosley how Ralphie would travel to Miami, he explained that the information was top secret since CU was concerned that Ohio State students would try to kidnap (or “buffalo-nap”) Ralphie. The story of the potential “buffalo-napping” made newspapers nationwide, featuring a picture of Ralphie in full charge with her handlers. The story stimulated over $25,000 in donations. Ralphie’s trip to the Orange Bowl cost $2,500, and the balance was put into a fund for Ralphie’s future care. Ralphies IV and V together in November 2007 In 1978, when Ralphie became ill, Bosley organized a search headed by Buddy Hays, who discovered a calf named Ralphie IV was donated to the university by media and sports Moon, short for Moonshine, which was owned by Boulder native entrepreneur Ted Turner in 1998. Born in April 1997 on the Flying Lyn Russell Holt. Holt grew up raising mainly domestic animals, D Ranch in Gallatin Gateway, Montana, which is a part of Turner but was an accomplished bull rider in area rodeos who loved Ranches, she was named “Rowdy” by ranch hands. She was buffalo. Bosley, The Bank of Boulder, and bank director Robert separated from her mother when she was about a month old and Confer bought Moonshine from Holt and donated her to CU. But was literally found in the jaws of a coyote with bite marks around the name Ralphie had become so popular that former athletic her neck. She survived the attack and was bottle-fed by the hands director Eddie Crowder made it permanent. for four months. She was released back to the herd but wouldn’t Ralphie II made her first appearance at CU’s final home game of bond with them, so the ranch hands took her back in and fed her the 1978 season. At age 12, after serving the Buffs for 10 years, she grasses and grain. It was then that she was donated to CU as a passed away on Sept. 19, 1987, following a 31-17 CU win over yearling early in the spring of 1998. Stanford. John Parker, who trained and housed both Ralphie II and III and Ralphie III, donated by the C-Club, was pressed into action supervised the early training of Ralphie IV, retired after 12 years of earlier than anticipated, as she had been in training for the 1988 service as caretaker in May 2000. His assistant, Ted Davis, assumed season. Originally named “Tequila,” she made her debut on Nov. 7, the program duties for the next year, while long-time CU 1987, when the Buffs beat Missouri, 27-10. After over 10 years of supporters Dale and Lynn Johnson housed Ralphie for the service, she passed away in January 1998, at the age of 13. following season. In the summer of 2001, two former Ralphie Handlers and CU graduates, Ben Frei and Kevin Priola, took over as volunteer directors of the program. Together they coordinate the selection and managing of up to 14 student handlers along with all aspects of training. The program has been managed since 1994 by Gail Pederson, CU Athletic Department Chief of Staff. Ralphie IV made her debut against Colorado State at Mile High Stadium in Denver on September 5, 1998. She has appeared in six bowl games and four Big 12 Championship games. In November 2007, “Ralphie’s Salute To A New Era” was held and Ralphie IV was semi-retired and Ralphie V was officially introduced to the public. Ralphie IV still makes occasional appearances but retired after leading CU on to the field one last time, at the 2008 season opener at Invesco Field in Denver. Ralphie V, also donated from a Ted Turner Ranch, the Vermejo Park Ranch in , was given to the university in January 2007 as a 325-pound, four-month old calf. She made her debut on April 19, 2008 at CU’s annual spring game (which drew a record 17,800 spectators) and her regular season debut five months later on Sept. 6 at Folsom Field. She now weighs in right around 1,200 pounds, and as with all buffalo, can reach speeds up to 25 miles per hour.

13 HEADCOACHJONEMBREE

Jon Embree was named the 24th full-time head football coach (and the 26th overall including two interim) in University of Colorado history on December 6, 2010, returning home to the state where he starred as a player in both high school and college as well as where he got his start in coaching.

Though this is his first head coaching position on any level, he brings 18 years of coaching experience to the CU program. That includes 10 seasons (1993-2002) as an assistant on the Colorado staff under three different head coaches, Bill McCartney (1993-94), Rick Neuheisel (1995-98) and Gary Barnett (1999-2002).

A stalwart tight end for the Buffaloes in the mid-1980s after an outstanding prep career at Cherry Creek High School, Embree returned to his alma mater from the ’s Washington Redskins, where he was in the process of completing his first season as tight ends coach under former Denver Bronco coach Mike Shanahan.

Embree, 45, is the first African-American ever named to the position at Colorado. He signed a five-year contract through the 2015 season upon being offered the position one month after previous head coach, Dan Hawkins, was relieved of his duties. Embree concluded his tenure as tight ends coach with the Redskins the day before he was introduced by athletic director Mike Bohn as CU’s new head coach.

“This is a dream come true,” Embree said. “When I stepped on the field for my first spring practice here as a volunteer coach (in 1991), I started to envision what it would be like to come back one day and be the head coach of this great university. It’s truly a privilege when you have the opportunity to become head coach at your alma mater. Colorado has a great tradition and with the staff I’ve assembled, our aim is to restore the program to national prominence.”

Embree, in fact, is just Colorado’s third head football coach and the first in nearly 50 years who also graduated from the school, earning his degree in Communication in 1988. The last was Bud Davis (’51), who coached for one season (1962) to steady the waters after the Sonny Grandelius era, with the only other, Harry Heller, also coaching just one year, leading Colorado to an 8-1 record in 1894; Heller was an 1885 CU graduate.

“There is no question Jon is a great Buffalo, and we’re all excited he’s coming home,” Bohn said. “He’s a man of great character and vision who loves the University of Colorado. As a high school student-athlete, he could have went anywhere in the country and he chose CU at a time the program had been struggling for a number of years. He was a pivotal contributor in helping to turn the fortunes around some 25 years ago, and we are excited he’s agreed to come back and lead us into the Pac-12 Conference.”

“Jon Embree is a great hire for the University of Colorado at a great time in our history,” said CU-Boulder Chancellor Phil DiStefano. “Jon was a legendary Buff who embodied the best of CU’s values on and off the field. I believe his achievements as a student- athlete, a coach and a person will combine to lead our program into a new era of success. We are excited to welcome him home, and are looking forward to next season.”

Embree became just the fourth African-American head coach in Pac-12 Conference football history when he was named to the CU position (with Stanford’s David Shaw the fifth when he was promoted a month later): Dennis Green was the first when he coached Stanford (1989-91), followed by Ty Willingham, also at

14 Stanford (1995-2001), and then former Colorado assistant at UCLA (2003-07); Willingham also was the head coach at Washington (2004- 08). Nationally, Embree is one of seven African-American head coaches among the 66 BCS schools and among the 17 at the 120 Football Bowl Subdivision programs.

After a stellar prep career at Cherry Creek High School in Englewood, he was a key member of the 1983 recruiting class, the first by McCartney, who had taken over as head coach just two months before the start of the ’82 season. McCartney made a pitch to the top in-state recruits to pledge their allegiance to CU and to help turn around a program that had won just nine games over the previous four years. Embree and several others listened, and McCartney was on the money with what the group would accomplish.

Embree would become a four-year letterman for the Buffaloes, playing immediately as a true freshman in ‘83 when he earned the school’s Lee Willard Award as the school’s most outstanding freshman. The following year, he earned first-team All-Big 8 honors in setting school single-season records for receptions (51) and receiving yards (680). When CU moved to the wishbone on offense for his junior year, his receiving numbers naturally went down but he established himself as one of the premier blocking tight ends in the game. He ended his career in the top five in both catches (80) and yards (1,116), numbers which still have him in the school’s top 20 today. After 4-7 and 1-10 records his first two years, the move to the wishbone helped the Buffs to 7-5 and 6-6 records Embree’s last two seasons, including appearances in the Freedom and Bluebonnet bowls. The 13 wins over the ’85 and ’86 seasons were one fewer than Colorado had from 1979-84, the 14 being the fewest in college football; McCartney’s plan to win with home grown talent had worked, and no one played a bigger role in that than Embree.

In 1989, fans selected CU’s All-Century Team, with the 53-man team commemorating the school’s first 100 years of intercollegiate football; no modern day tight ends made the first team, but Embree joined such Buffalo stalwarts as J.V. Cain, Don Hasselbeck and Jerry Hillebrand on the honorable mention squad, placing him among the best tight ends in school history.

A sixth round selection by the in the 1987 NFL Draft, Embree played two seasons with the Rams before suffering a career-ending elbow injury in 1989 while a member of the Seattle Seahawks. He underwent “Tommy John” surgery, which requires at least a year of rehab, and he opted to turn his attention to a career outside of football. Having interned at two Denver television stations while a student at CU, he worked with his former colleagues at KCNC-TV in Denver to try and place him in a smaller market with the plan that he even- tually could return to Denver.

In the midst of pursuing a television career, McCartney recruited him again, this time as a volun- teer coach for the tight ends for the 1991 season. Embree had never really thought of coaching before that call, but after just one day on the field that spring, he knew it was his calling. He told Mac he loved it, but left out that he “wanted his job.” From that moment on, it was his goal to become the head coach at his alma mater.

15 So he began his coaching career in March 1991 as a volunteer coach under McCartney, and then worked as an assistant coach at Douglas County (Colo.) High School the following year before returning CU for his first full-time posi- tion in the profession, coaching the tight ends for the last two years of McCartney’s tenure. Under Neuheisel, he swapped sides of the football and tutored the defensive ends for those four seasons, before mentoring the tight ends once again in Barnett’s first two years. He then switched to coaching the receivers and placekickers the next two years (2001-02), helping CU win its only Big 12 Conference title in ‘01, while both those squads claimed North Division titles in going 14-2 in league play over two seasons, one of the best two-year marks in the now-defunct 12-team conference’s history.

As an assistant at Colorado, the Buffaloes posted an 81- 39-1 record, 89-42-2 including his volunteer season; includ- ing that campaign, he coached in nine bowl games in the 11 seasons, including three New Year’s Day games (all Fiesta bowls).

Embree left Colorado to join Dorrell when he was named head coach at UCLA ahead of the 2003 season. Embree coached the receivers there his first season, and then was promoted to assistant head coach and passing game coor- dinator in addition to tight ends coach for the 2004 and 2005 seasons. He then made his move into the NFL, where he coached the tight ends for three seasons (2006-08) under Herm Edwards with the .

In his career, Embree coached four of the best tight ends

Embree greets Ed Reinhardt, his teammate who survived a serious brain injury suffered at Oregon in 1984.

16 to ever play the game, including John Mackey Award winners at Colorado and Marcedes Lewis at UCLA as well as CU’s Christian Fauria, a 12-year professional, and peren- nial All-Pro Tony Gonzalez while with the Chiefs.

He was born October 15, 1965 in Los Angeles, and graduated in 1983 from Cherry Creek High School in Englewood (Colo.), where he lettered three times in football for legendary Colorado prep coach Fred Tesone. He also lettered three times in basketball (hitting a winning shot over Poudre in a state playoff game as a senior) and four times in track. He selected Colorado as his college of choice in the end over Ohio State, UCLA and Southern Cal.

Embree is married to the former Natalyn Grubb, and the couple still has one child at home, daughter Hannah (15). They have raised two football-playing sons, who, in keeping with the CU family theme, selected colleges under the tutelage of two former Buff coaches. The eldest, Taylor, is a senior wide receiver at UCLA, where Neuheisel is head coach (he has 117 career receptions for 1,548 yards and two touchdowns). Connor, also a receiver, redshirted as a freshman at UNLV under head coach Bobby Hauck, who was an assistant at Colorado under Neuheisel; he has since transferred to Kansas. Jon Embree was on coaching staffs with both Neuheisel (five seasons) and Hauck (four).

And of course, as many older Coloradoans will remember that his father John played two seasons (1968-69) with the . He had several big plays at receiver in catch- ing 33 passes for 519 yards and five touchdowns, including a Embree posed with his former coach, Bill McCartney, for the cover of Avid Golfer in June 2011. 79-yard score.

17 the assistant coaches

RIP SCHERER Assistant Head Coach/

Rip Scherer is in his first year as 1982-84. He was also an assistant athletic director at Georgia Tech in the assistant head coach and 1985 before returning to the field the next season. quarterbacks coach, joining CU on He started his coaching career at Penn State under legendary coach January 24, 2011 as the final hire by Joe Paterno as a graduate assistant in 1974-75 and then moved to Jon Embree to complete his first North Carolina State, where he was the quarterbacks coach in 1976 staff. Scherer returned to the college before moving on to Hawai’i as the running backs coach in 1977-78. He ranks after spending six seasons in coached the quarterbacks at Virginia in 1979 before going to Georgia the National Football League with Tech. the and Scherer earned his bachelor’s degree in Physical Education from Browns and in all has 32 years of William & Mary in 1974, where he lettered three times at quarterback full-time coaching experience, 26 at under coach from 1971-73. the college level. He was born August 3, 1952 in Pittsburgh, Pa., and graduated from Scherer, 59, worked the past two Toms River (N.J.) South High School, where he lettered in football. He seasons (2009-10) for the Carolina is married to the former Michele Ragone, and the couple has three Panthers, where he was the children, Scott, Melanie and Ryan (who is a junior wide receiver at quarterbacks coach after spending the previous four seasons (2005- Penn State). His father, Rip Sr., was a long time high school football 08) with the . Prior to that, he had logged time at 11 coach in Pittsburgh. different schools from coast to coast in just over three decades in the TOPPLAYERSCOACHED(COLLEGE): Numerous; most notable: collegiate ranks. All-American TB Bobby Humphrey (1987, while offensive coordinator At Carolina, Scherer was integral in the development of Matt Moore, at Alabama). who led the Panthers to a 4-1 record starting the last five games of the RECORD: He has coached in 296 college football games as a full- 2009 season and generating a 104.9 quarterback rating after veteran time coach, 248 on the Division I-A/FBS level and 48 in Division I-AA. At Jake Delhomme sustained an injury. With injuries taking their toll on nine previous FBS schools, he coached the most games, 66, at both the 2010 stable of quarterbacks, Scherer and the Panthers used four Georgia Tech and Memphis. He has coached in five bowl games (all in different quarterbacks under center throughout the season. different time zones: Hall of Fame, Copper, Aloha, Liberty, New In Cleveland, he served as the quarterbacks coach all four seasons Orleans), including one New Year’s Day. from 2005-08, the final two adding assistant head coaching duties to his responsibilities. In his time there, he helped develop Derek Anderson, who was selected to the 2007 after throwing for 3,787 yards and 29 touchdowns as the Browns boasted the eighth-best offense in the NFL in terms of scoring and passing yards per game. He entered the professional ranks after he had coaching stints in the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-10 and SEC, including two stops as a head coach at James Madison and Memphis. Prior to joining the Browns, he was an assistant coach at Southern in 2003-04 where he was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. He held the same title at Kansas for the 2001 season, when he coached a game in Boulder against several of his current colleagues including Embree, Eric Bieniemy, Brian Cabral and Steve Marshall during the Buffs’ Big 12 Championship run (CU won that game, 27-16, in the first contest for both following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks). He went to Kansas from Memphis, where he served as head coach from 1995-2000, compiling a 22-44 record. He coached the Tigers to the school’s first-ever (and still only) win over , 21-17, with the Volunteers ranked No. 6 at the time in 1996, a victory that was tabbed the “Upset of the Year” in college football by several news organizations (Memphis had been 0-15 against the Vols in its history). Prior to coaching at Memphis, he was the head coach at James Madison from 1991-94, during a time when the Dukes set or tied over 140 school records and helped them to a 10-3 record in 1994 and 29-19 record in four years. He was also the offensive coordinator at Arizona, Alabama and Georgia Tech. He was in Tucson from 1988-90, the first season as the director of football operations and then the offensive coordinator the final two years. Prior to that, he was the offensive coordinator at Alabama in 1987 and Georgia Tech in 1986, where he was on staff from 1980-86, first as the quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator in 1980-81 and running backs coach and run game coordinator from

18 ERIC BIENIEMY Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs

Eric Bieniemy is in his first year as 37 win over Texas in the Big 12 title game. offensive coordinator and running In 2002, the Buffs ranked sixth in the nation in rushing, and were first backs coach at Colorado, returning to again with yards out of the running back positions. Brown was in the the Buffalo program for the third time Heisman chase most of the year, finishing with 1,744 yards and 18 in his football career as he was the touchdowns before an ankle injury sidelined him for the final two regular first staff hire by new head coach Jon season games, but still earned first-team All-America honors. He coached Embree. His hiring was announced the Brian Calhoun to a pair of 100-yard rushing games in Brown’s place. Purify same day as Embree’s, on December 6, (3,016) and Brown (2,690) rank third and sixth, respectively, on CU’s career 2010. rushing chart. Bieniemy, 42, was an All-American Bieniemy’s footprints are still all over the CU record book, as he remains tailback for the Buffs from 1987-90, the school’s all-time leader in rushing yards (3,940), all-purpose yards finishing third in the voting for the (4,351) and touchdowns (42), and is still second in scoring (254 points). 1990 Heisman Trophy, and then He was the nation’s second leading rusher in 1990 with 1,628 yards and 17 returned to begin his collegiate touchdowns, when he finished third in the Heisman Trophy balloting coaching career in 2001, the first of behind BYU’s Ty Detmer (the winner) and Notre Dame’s Raghib Ismail. One two seasons as running backs coach of his most memorable games was at Nebraska his senior year, when he under then-head coach Gary Barnett. overcame five in the first three quarters to score four fourth In Bieniemy’s first six seasons as a player and coach in Boulder, the quarter touchdowns in leading the Buffs to a 27-12 victory that put CU in Buffaloes were the consensus 1990 national champions and won three the driver’s seat for a second straight Big 8 title as well as on the road to conference titles (1989 and 1990 Big 8 and 2001 Big 12). the school’s first national championship in football. He returned to his alma mater after coaching the running backs for five In 1990, he earned unanimous All-America honors along with guard Joe seasons with the (2006-10), overseeing one of the most Garten and linebacker Alfred Williams, the first three players to be named productive rushing units in the National Football League in that span, as unanimous selections in CU history. He was a two-time first-team All-Big helping the team win consecutive NFC North Division titles in 2008 and Eight performer, in 1988 and 1990, and earned the conference’s offensive 2009. In those five seasons, the Vikings produced a 1,000-yard rusher each player of the year honor as a senior. As a junior, he was named to CU’s year while his stable of running backs broke the 100-yard mark 31 times in prestigious 25-member “All-Century Football Team,” the only active player 80 regular season games. at the time to be selected to the group honoring the first 100 years of In 2006, he coached Chester Taylor, who rushed for 1,216 yards; the Buffalo football. next season, Taylor combined with four-time All-Pro selection Adrian He was a second-round draft pick of the San Diego Chargers in the 1991 Peterson to form one of the most dynamic duos in the NFL, as the two NFL Draft (the 39th player selected overall). He enjoyed a nine-year pro combined for 2,185 yards (1,341 by Peterson, who was All-Pro as a rookie). career with three teams: San Diego (1991-94), Cincinnati (1995-98) and That season the Vikings led the NFL in rushing with 2,634 yards and set (1999). In 142 career games, he rushed for 1,589 yards and 11 franchise marks of 5.3 yards per carry and 22 rushing touchdowns. touchdowns while catching 146 passes for 1,223 yards. He also returned Peterson set a Vikings record with 1,760 yards in 2008, earning the Bert kickoffs, including one for a touchdown against the Giants (at Bell Award as the Pro Football Player of the Year and was a runner-up in the ) when he was with the Bengals. His final year with the Associated Press Offensive Player of the Year voting. Peterson then led the Chargers, he played in XXIX as a member of San Diego’s AFC NFL with 18 rushing touchdowns in 2009, with 1,383 rushing yards and champion team. 1,819 yards from scrimmage. In 2010, Peterson galloped for 1,398 yards and Bieniemy was born August 15, 1969 in . He lettered in 12 touchdowns, bringing his totals to 5,782 yards and 52 touchdowns under football and track at Bishop Amat High School in La Puente, Calif., earning Bieniemy’s tutelage. second-team All-America honors in football as a senior when he rushed for Bieniemy made the move to the professional ranks after three seasons 2,002 yards and 30 touchdowns. He is married to the former Mia Maxie and as the running backs coach at UCLA (2003-05), where he was also the the couple has two sons, Eric III (15) and Elijah (11). Bruins’ recruiting coordinator his last year there. Bieniemy and Embree TOP PLAYERS COACHED—All-Americans (3): Chris Brown, Brian both left CU for UCLA in January 2003 to join former CU assistant and new Calhoun, Maurice Jones-Drew. All-Big 12/Pac-10 (9): Brown, Calhoun, UCLA head coach Karl Dorrell’s staff. Their best season came in 2005, when Brandon Drumm, Cortlen Johnson, Jones-Drew, Chris Markey, Michael the Bruins posted a 10-2 record and finished No. 16 in the final AP poll. Pitre, Bobby Purify, Lawrence Vickers. NFL Players/Draft Picks (5): Brown, While at UCLA, Bieniemy tutored Maurice Jones-Drew for three seasons, Calhoun, Jones-Drew, Drumm, Vickers. NFL All-Pro Performers (3): who selected the Bruins over CU after a long and hard recruiting battle. Jones-Drew, Peterson, Tony Jones-Drew earned Freshman All-America honors in 2003, rushed for 1,007 Richardson, Vickers (alter- yards in 2004 (just the 10th UCLA player to rush for 1,000 yards in a nate). season), and was a consensus All-America selection as a kick returner in RECORD—He has coached 2005, when he averaged 28.5 yards per punt return, a school record and in 64 Division I-A games as a one of the top figures ever recorded nationally. full-time coach, owning a Bieniemy returned to Colorado in 2000 after his nine-year NFL career record of 41-23 (19-8 at and got his first taste of coaching as an assistant at Thomas Jefferson High Colorado and 22-15 at UCLA); in Denver that fall while he began work to complete his degree at CU in he has coached in five bowl sociology. He was hired by Barnett as CU’s running backs coach on January games (one New Year’s Day) 22, 2001, contingent on his graduating later that spring, which he achieved and two conference champi- in May of 2001. Upon his return, he shined in the classroom, compiling a 3.5 onship games, both at grade point average in his remaining 11 courses he needed to graduate. Colorado. Professionally, he In 2001, his first season, CU ranked eighth in the nation in rushing, coached in 83 National Foot- averaging 228.5 yards per game while CU’s tailbacks and fullbacks rushed ball League games, including for 2,620 yards, the most yards out of all the running back positions in the three playoff games, with the country. Both Chris Brown (946 yards 16 touchdowns) and Bobby Purify Vikings, owning a 43-40 record. (916, 5) flirted with 1,000-yard seasons while Cortlen Johnson added The Vikings made two playoff another 567 yards and four scores. Brown capped the regular season with appearances in 2008 (10-6) and 198 yards and a CU record six touchdowns in CU’s 62-36 win over BCS No. 2009 (12-4) winning the NFC 1 Nebraska, and followed it up with 182 yards and three scores in the 39- North Division both years.

19 GREG BROWN / Secondary

Greg Brown is in his first year as He made his first move to the professional ranks the following spring, defensive coordinator, and his third joining the staff of the of the United States Football League stint at the University of Colorado (USFL). He coached the secondary for the Gold for two seasons (1983, under as many head coaches, as Jon 1984) before moving on to the National Football League for the first time in Embree brought him back as a the summer of 1984, joining the staff. For the Bucs, member of his inaugural coaching staff he coached three different positions: defensive quality control (1984), on December 17, 2010. He had barely offensive quality control (1985) and the U-backs/tight ends (1986). been gone from Boulder for a year Brown returned to the college game in 1987, coaching the defensive before the call came for him to return. backs for two seasons at the University of Wyoming before doing the same He spent the 2010 season as the co- at Purdue University for the 1989 and 1990 campaigns. He then returned defensive coordinator at the home to Colorado for a second time in joining McCartney’s staff in 1991. University of Arizona, helping return He graduated from the UTEP in 1980 with a bachelor’s degree in the Wildcats to the nation’s Top 25 for education (history/physical education). At UTEP, he lettered twice at the first time in over a decade. At CU, under Bill Michael, and received the Coca-Cola Hold Helmet he had most recently served as Award for his play against San Diego State in September 1979. He earned his secondary coach for four seasons A.A. degree from Glendale (Ariz.) Junior College in 1978. (2006-09), the last three as defensive He was born October 10, 1957 in Denver, and graduated from Arvada passing game coordinator, after returning in 2006 to the state of Colorado (Colo.) High School, where he lettered in both football and track. His father, for the fourth time in his professional career. Irv, is a long-time Denver radio personality and the former head baseball Brown, 53, resurfaced at CU in January 2006, named to the staff of new coach and one-time assistant football coach at the University of Colorado. Colorado head coach Dan Hawkins following the completion of the 2005 He is married to the former Stacie Bible, and the couple has two daughters, National Football League season. He wrapped up his fourth and final year Hannah (10) and Grace (8). as a defensive assistant with the NFL’s under coach Jim TOP PLAYERS COACHED—All-Americans (2): Deon Figures (Thorpe Haslett. In that 2005 season, the Saints’ pass defense ranked third in the Award winner), (Thorpe Award winner). All-Big Eight/12 entire NFL, allowing a paltry 178 yards per game. Performers (6): Ronnie Bradford, Figures, Eric Hamilton, Hudson, Jimmy A 15-year NFL coaching veteran, developing top notch defensive backs Smith, Terrence Wheatley. NFL Players/Draft Picks (8): Ronnie Bradford, became his specialty as he was often sought after for new coaching staffs Jalil Brown, Dennis Collier, Figures, Hudson, Steve Rosga, Smith, Wheatley. around the league, working with six different teams in his professional NFL All-Pro Performers (15): Ashley Ambrose, Blaine Bishop, Fahkir Brown, career. Ray Buchanan, , Scott Case, Rodney Harrison, Darrell Lewis, Tim In his four seasons during his second stint at Colorado, he helped tutor McDonald, Mike McKenzie, Marcus Robertson, Samari Rolle, Kevin Ross, Terrence Wheatley, coaching him to first-team All-Big 12 honors and a Lance Schulters, Fred Thomas. second round NFL draft pick by the . He also tutored RECORD—He has coached in 156 Division I-A games as a full-time a pair of young in Jimmy Smith and Jalil Brown, the former a coach, owning a record of 67-63-3 (44-50-3 at Colorado, 21-5 at Wyoming, 7- two-time All-Big 12 performer, as well as their coach for the 2010 season, 5 at Arizona and 5-17 with Purdue); he has coached in six bowl games, Ashley Ambrose, who Brown recommended to Hawkins as a graduate including one New Year’s Day. Professionally, he coached in 241 National assistant; he would replace Brown as secondary coach after his move to Football League games, including one playoff game, with six different teams Arizona. (Atlanta twice, New Orleans, San Diego, San Francisco, Tampa Bay, He coached the secondary for three years (1991-93) at Colorado under Tennessee), as well as in 36 United States Football League games with the coach Bill McCartney, tutoring a pair of Jim Thorpe Award winners during Denver Gold. his first days at CU: cornerbacks Deon Figures (the 1992 winner) and Chris Hudson (the ’94 winner). Colorado led the nation in pass completion defense and the Big Eight in pass defense in 1992; he also coached the kickoff coverage unit on special teams for the Buffs. He joined the CU staff days after the Buffs won their first national championship (January 7, 1991), and returned to the NFL in 1994, joining the Atlanta staff as defensive backs coach; the Falcons finished second that season in the league with 23 . He spent the 1995-96 seasons as the secondary coach for San Diego, with the Chargers finishing in the top five both years in fewest yards allowed per completion. He also coached Rodney Harrison, who eventually would become one of the league’s top safeties. He moved on to the Tennessee Oilers, coaching the secondary in both 1997 and 1998; he again coached three of the top defensive backs in the game, cornerback Samari Rolle and safeties Blaine Bishop and All-Pro Marcus Robertson. In 1999, he served as the defensive backs coach for the ; a twist with this was that had he not received an NFL offer, he was set to return to Colorado as a member of Gary Barnett’s staff when he replaced Rick Neuheisel in January of that year. He rejoined the as secondary coach for the 2000 and 2001 seasons before moving on to New Orleans, where he was a defensive assistant for quality control in 2002 before being promoted to defensive assistant/cornerbacks coach in 2003, a position he held for three seasons with the Saints. He began his coaching career in 1981 as a graduate assistant at the University of Texas-El Paso, his alma mater, where he worked with the secondary. The following year, 1982, he came back to Colorado, working that fall as a defensive coach at Green Mountain High School in Lakewood. 20 J.D. BROOKHART Passing Game Coordinator / Tight Ends/ Special Teams

J.D. Brookhart is in his first year Latef Grim (), Darcey Levy () and R.J. as the offensive passing game English (Atlanta Falcons) in his time with the Panthers. coordinator, tight ends coach and Prior to getting into coaching, he had spent his first half dozen special teams coordinator at years after college as a salesman for The International at Castle Pines Colorado, having joined Jon (PGA tournament) and Xerox in the Denver area before taking a job Embree’s original staff in the second selling ultrasound equipment in Salt Lake City, eventually realizing he wave of hires on December 14, 2010. wanted to get into coaching. Overall, he is in his 16th season He spent one year at BYU as a walk-on receiver before transferring of coaching, his 14th on the to Colorado State, where started for three seasons and finished his collegiate level which includes six career ranked sixth in both career receptions (111) and receiving yards years as a head coach. He and (1,873), numbers that still has him the Rams’ top 10. He graduated Embree have a relationship that from CSU in 1988, earning his degree in Business (Finance); he was a dates back to their high school first-team GTE Academic All-American as a senior in 1987. days, despite attending rival Brookhart was born October 16, 1964 in Pueblo, Colo., and colleges in the state. graduated from Englewood’s Cherry Creek High School where he Brookhart, 46, has an extensive played high school football with Embree (and were coached by his coaching resume which includes six years (2004-09) as head coach at father, Jack Brookhart). After college, he signed as a free agent with Akron University. The Mid-America Conference Coach of the Year for the Los Angeles Rams, where he was reunited in camp with Embree, 2004, he was 30-42 overall in those six seasons, highlighted by the who was drafted by the club the year before. Brookhart and his wife school’s first MAC championship in 2005, which also earned the Zips Jami have four sons, Joseph (12), Jamison (9), John (6) and Jake (3). their first-ever postseason bowl invitation. TOP PLAYERS COACHED: All-Americans (3): Jabari Arthur, With Akron having only gained Division I-A (FBS) status in 1987, Antonio Bryant (Biletnikoff Award Winner), Larry Fitzgerald Brookhart led the Zips to many firsts in program history, including the (Biletnikoff Award Winner/Heisman Runner-Up). All-Big East/MAC team’s first bowl trip in 2005 where they fell to Memphis in the Motor Performers (27): Arthur, Brett Biggs, Deryn Bowser, Jalil Carter, Reggie City Bowl. In 2006 and 2008, the Zips posted wins over a pair of BCS Corner, Bryant, Fitzgerald, Charlie Frye, Luke Getsy, Kiki Gonzalez, teams when they defeated North Carolina State and Syracuse, Miguel Graham, Kevin Grant, Latef Grim, David Harvey, Domenik respectively. In that ‘08 season, Brookhart’s squad was tied for the Hixon, Andre Jones, Chris Kemme, Dennis Kennedy, Greg Lee, John lead in the MAC East Division with Buffalo when the two squads Mackey, Dashan Miller, Jay Rohr, Almondo Sewell, Brion Stokes, Bryan battled into a four before the Bulls pulled out a 43-40 victory. Wagner, Bryan Williams, Corey Woods. Big East Offensive Players of At Akron, he oversaw staffs that assembled the best recruiting the Year (2): Bryant, Fitzgerald. NFL Players/Draft Picks (9): Andy classes in the MAC as determined by various publications in the Alleman, Bryant, Corner, Fitzgerald, Frye, Grim, Hixon, Darcey Levy, winters 2005, 2006 and 2007. He was known as an offensive innovator R.J. English. with offenses led by Charlie Frye and then Luke Gesty, who rank first RECORD: He has coached in 156 Division I-A games as a full-time and third on the Zips all-time passing lost, with nearly every offensive coach, owning a record of 74-82, including 30-42 as the head coach at record the Zips had fall during his tenure there. Domenik Hixon and Akron and 44-40 as an assistant coach at Pittsburgh. He has coached Jabari Arthur, both of whom he helped make strategic moves from in six bowl games, one as a head coach and five as an assistant. defense to wide receiver, rank first and third on the Zips career receptions chart as well Brookhart had one of his players drafted into the National Football League, all in the first four rounds, in his first four seasons as head coach with Frye, Hixon, Andy Alleman and Reggie Corner all being selected. That feat over four years was only matched by 23 other schools and the Zips were the only non-BCS automatic qualifier to do so. He began his coaching career with the Denver Broncos as an assistant in 1995 under then first-year head coach Mike Shanahan. In that role, he coordinated the defensive scout team and breaking down the opponent offenses while also working with special teams, all the time studying the . After two seasons with the Broncos, Brookhart entered the collegiate ranks, joining Walt Harris’ staff at the University of Pittsburgh as tight ends coach while assisting with special teams, serving in that capacity for the 1998 and 1999 seasons. He then took over the wide receivers in 1999, the position he would coach the next five seasons, including after he was named offensive coordinator the following year (2000). Among the players he coached were Antonio Bryant and Larry Fitzgerald, both Biletnikoff Award winners who went on to stardom in the NFL; Fitzgerald was also the runner-up to the 2003 Heisman Trophy. By the time he left Pitt after the 2003 season for Akron, the Panthers had appeared in the postseason four straight years, and twice produced top 20 passing offenses under his tutelage (18th in 2000 and 14th in 2003) with his wide receiver units mainly responsible for the potent offense. He also coached three other NFL wide receivers in

21 BRIAN CABRAL Defensive Run Game Coordinator / Linebackers

Brian Cabral is in his 23rd season the team being composed largely of non-starters, drawing comparison to at the University of Colorado, his 22nd his roots when he was special teams captain of the . as a full time assistant coach, as he He is a 1978 CU graduate, as he earned a B.S. degree in therapeutic joined the Buffalo staff as graduate recreation. He lettered three seasons for the Buffs at linebacker from 1975 assistant in 1989. When Jon Embree to 1977 under Coach Bill Mallory, as he was a captain and played a big role was hired as the program’s head on CU’s Big Eight champion team in 1976. He led CU with 13 tackles (12 coach on December 6, 2010, one of the solo) in the 1977 Orange Bowl against Ohio State. As a senior, he was first things he did was to keep Cabral honored as the Big Eight Conference’s player of the week for a monster 25 on staff, naming him defensive run tackles in a CU 27-21 win over Stanford and shared the team’s Sure Tackler game coordinator along with Award with Mark Haynes. That 25-tackle game included 13 solo stops and maintaining his coaching role with the is still tied for the fourth most in a single game in CU history. linebackers. Cabral had 297 tackles in his CU career (120 solo, 177 assisted), a In his tenure, Cabral has also held number that still has him tied for 16th on Colorado’s all-time list. A unique various other titles, including interim fact is that he has coached 10 of the other 19 players in CU’s all-time top head coach, associate head coach and 20, including eight players on the list ahead of him: Matt Russell, Greg assistant head coach. Biekert, Ted Johnson, Chad Brown, Michael Jones, Jashon Sykes, His 22 years as a full-time assistant Thaddaeus Washington and Jordon Dizon (seven rank in the top nine). His rank as the most in CU history, not only for football but for all sports, as in players through the years have registered over 6,000 tackles wearing the 2008 he passed two legendary “Franks,” Potts and Prentup, both of whom Black & Gold he once wore. assisted Buff head football coaches for 18 seasons. Since he joined the staff, He was a nine-year NFL veteran, as Atlanta drafted him in the fourth he has always coached the inside linebackers, and occasionally has had round in 1978. He played two seasons with Atlanta, one with Green Bay and the outside ‘backers under his direction as well. From 1999 through 2005, six with Chicago. As the captain of the Bears’ special teams, he was a he also coached the punt return unit on special teams, and served as the member of Chicago’s Super Bowl XX champion team in 1985. He was director of CU’s summer football camps from 1995 through 2005 and for a selected as the Frito-Lay Unsung Hero in the Bears’ win over New England, brief time as recruiting coordinator. as he had two solo and two assisted tackles on special teams. Cabral, 55, has now worked under five head coaches during his tenure: He was born June 23, 1956, in Fort Benning, Ga., but grew up in Kailua, Bill McCartney, Rick Neuheisel, Gary Barnett, Dan Hawkins and Embree. . He is married to the former Becky Lucas, and they have three For all seven seasons under Barnett, Cabral also was the assistant head grown children, son Kyle and daughters Maile and Mele. He is an active coach, which included a three-month period in 2004 as interim head coach member in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He has authored a book when Barnett was on paid administrative leave. In that role, he continued (“Second String Champion”), and his hobbies include surfing, to coach his position players but also took care of day-to-day operational skateboarding and snowboarding. details of the program. TOP PLAYERS COACHED—All-Americans (3): Jordon Dizon (Butkus Hawkins promoted him to associate head coach on February 7, 2008, Award runner-up), Roman Hollowell (punt returner), Matt Russell (Butkus citing his leadership in noting that “no one person has had more influence Award winner). All-Big Eight/12 Performers (7): Greg Biekert, Chad Brown, in the success of Colorado football than Brian Cabral.” When Hawkins was Dizon, Hollowell, Ted Johnson ( runner-up), Michael Jones, relieved of his duties as head coach on November 8, 2010, Cabral was once Russell. Big 12 Defensive Players of the Year (1): Dizon. Big 12 Defensive again named interim head coach, this time having to finish out the season Newcomers of the Year (1): Dizon. NFL Players/Draft Picks (10): Biekert, and pilot the Buffs in game situations. He led Colorado to a 2-1 record, with Brown, Dizon, Johnson, Ron Merkerson, Hannibal Navies, Russell, Jashon wins over Iowa State (34-14) and Kansas State (44-36) before a 45-17 loss at Sykes, Sean Tufts, Drew Wahlroos. Nebraska ended CU’s hopes for a bowl invitation as the Buffs finished the RECORD—He has coached in 279 Division I-A games as a full-time year with a 5-7 record. coach, owning a record of 150-103-4 at Colorado (161-104-4 including his You could also call him an ambassador for his native Hawai’i, as he has graduate assistant year); Purdue was 7-14-1 when he was on the worked youth camps in the state as well as all-Polynesian camps in the Boilermaker staff. He has coached in 14 bowl games (six New Year’s Day). states. He is a founding board member of the Polynesian Coaches Association, formed ahead of the 2007 season. In the summer of 2002, he was one of 500 nationwide recipients of the AFLAC National Assistant Coach-of-the-Year Award. Coaches on all levels were honored, from youth to professional, and he was one of 10 selected regionally to receive the award. In 2008, CBSSportsline.com selected him to its “All-Coach” team at the linebacker position. Cabral tutored the inside linebackers his first year in Boulder as a grad assistant, and assumed full-time duties in the same capacity in 1990 and has coached the position at CU to this day. He returned to Colorado, his alma mater, from Purdue, where he coached the inside linebackers for two seasons (1987-88). Known as one of the top linebacker coaches in the nation, his students have included Matt Russell, the 1996 Butkus Award winner, all-Big Eight performers Greg Biekert, Chad Brown and Ted Johnson, all of whom went on to stardom in the National Football League, and all-Big 12 linebacker Jordon Dizon, a consensus All-American who was also the league defensive player of the year for 2007. He also recruited tailback Rashaan Salaam, the 1994 Heisman trophy winner, and Chris Naeole, a 1996 All-American guard. His 2001 punt return team led the nation with a 17.4 average, and also boasted the nation’s top individual return man in Roman Hollowell, who averaged 18.0 per return and scored two touchdowns. In 2002, Jeremy Bloom averaged 15.0 yards per return and was 13th in the nation as a freshman (ranking 21st as a sophomore in ‘03). Cabral prided himself on

22 BOBBY KENNEDY Wide Receivers

Bobby Kennedy is in his first His first full time coaching job came at Wyoming, coaching the wide season as the wide receivers coach receivers in 1993-94. He coached two extremely talented receivers at Colorado, joining the staff of new while in Laramie in , who was second in the NCAA in coach Jon Embree on January 5, receptions in 1993, and Marcus Harris, who led the nation in receiving 2011. Overall, he is in his 21st yards in 1994. Both Harris and Yarborough earned All-America honors season of coaching on the collegiate for the Cowboys. level. Kennedy got his start in the college ranks in the Big 10 Conference Kennedy, 44, was born in Denver with two graduate assistant positions, first for two years (1990-91) at but raised in Boulder, thus this is a Illinois and then in 1992 at Penn State under Joe Paterno. While at true homecoming for him. He came Illinois, he was on the Illini staff that dealt Colorado its only loss, 23-22, to CU from the University of Texas, in CU’s national championship season. At Penn State, he worked with where he spent seven seasons the tight ends and helped coach two future All-Americans in Troy (2004-10) as wide receivers coach, Drayton and Kyle Brady. and the last six as the assistant He graduated from the University of with a recruiting coordinator. In his time at degree in Political Science in 1989 after lettering at quarterback for Texas, he coached in two BCS National Championship games, in the four seasons from 1985-88. He began his coaching career at Boulder 2005 Rose Bowl thriller over USC when the Longhorns won the national High School, his alma mater, where he graduated from in 1985 and championship, and in 2009 against Alabama. lettered in football and track. He is married to the former LaShonda His first season in Austin was immediately after the Longhorns had Lawrence. lost three wide receivers to the National Football League. He TOP PLAYERS COACHED: All-Americans (4): Marcus Harris, proceeded to build up a receiver corps that included three Biletnikoff , Reggie Williams, Ryan Yarborough. All-Big 12/Pac- Award candidates, including two semifinalists and one finalist. In 2008, 10/ACC/MWC (9): Desmond Clark, , Clarence Farmer, Jordan Shipley and Quan Crosby both surpassed 85 receptions and Marcus Harris, Morgan Kane, Billy Pittman, Shipley, Sweed, 1,000 yards becoming the 11th duo in NCAA history to both go over Yarborough. 1,000 yards. Then in 2009, Shipley was a consensus All-American RECORD: He has coached in 217 Division I-A games as a full-time setting UT records for catches (116), receiving yards (1,485) and coach with a record of 128-89, (75-15 at Texas, 13-12 at Washington, 5- matched the school record for receiving touchdowns with 13. 6 at Arizona, 21-46 at Wake Forest and 14-10 at Wyoming). Including His receivers amassed 142 catches in 2005, helping the Longhorns his time as a grad assistant at Illinois and Penn State, he has coached to the third-best single-season passing mark in school history. With in 12 bowl games, including four BCS bowl games (two BCS title games the emergence of Colt McCoy at quarterback in 2006, the receivers at the Rose Bowl, one Rose and a Fiesta). upped those marks to 158 receptions for 2,180 yards and 25 touchdowns as McCoy broke the UT record for touchdown passes that season and then in 2007, the receivers caught 187 passes for 2,275 yards and 18 touchdowns before the emergence of Cosby and Shipley. At Texas, Shipley earned All-America honors in two seasons and he also coached five receivers to seven All-Big 12 honors in seven years. Kennedy’s other coaching stops include six major college programs and a pair of Pac-12 schools. He went to Texas from Washington, where he tutored Huskies wide receiver Reggie Williams to two All-America campaigns before he became the No. 9 overall pick in the 2004 NFL Draft. Williams set UW’s single season mark for receptions (94) and receiving yards (1,454) in 2002 and then the next year was fourth in the NCAA in receptions (7.4 per game) and 16th in yardage (92.4). He finished his career as the Huskies all-time leading receiver with 238 receptions and 3,536 yards. He joined the UW staff after one season at Arizona (2001), where he coached the running backs and helped Wildcat sophomore Clarence Farmer to a first-team All-Pac 10 honor leading the league in rushing (111.7 yards per game), a mark that was good for 21st nationally. Prior to Arizona, he had a six-year tenure at Wake Forest, coaching the Demon Deacon running backs in 1999-2000 after four years (1995- 98) as receivers coach. He mentored Desmond Clark, the ACC’s leading receiver and Jammie Deese, who was second in the ACC in receiving in 1998. After moving to the running backs spot, he coached Morgan Kane, who would wind up the third leading rusher in school history and rushed for 1,161 yards and 10 touchdowns in 1999.

23 STEVE MARSHALL Offensive Line

Steve Marshall is in the first coach when he was named head coach at Virginia Tech in 1987. season of his second coaching stint He was promoted to offensive coordinator for the Hokies a year at Colorado, having joined new later and remained in Blacksburg through the 1992 season before coach Jon Embree’s staff as returning to Tennessee coach the offensive line. His second stint in offensive line coach in his second Knoxville was for three years (1993-95), the last also as the running wave of hires on December 14, 2010. game coordinator. He then spent the 1996 season as offensive line Overall, he is in his 32nd year of coach at UCLA and 1997 at Texas A&M, where he was both coordinator coaching in the collegiate and and line coach. The Aggies won the Big 12 South Division that season, professional ranks. He returned to but lost to Nebraska in the league’s second annual title game. Colorado from California, where he Marshall joined the North Carolina staff under Carl Torbush in 1998 was the offensive line coach for two as offensive coordinator and line coach. The Tar Heels were beset by seasons (2009-10). He coached three injuries, but still increased their scoring against six common Bears to All-Pac 10 recognition, and opponents from the year before. in his second year, Cal dramatically He is a 1979 graduate of the University of Louisville, earning a B.S. reduced its number of sacks degree in both history and physical education. He lettered twice at allowed, improving from ninth to Louisville in football, at both tight end and guard for coach Vince fourth in the conference. Gibson, and as a junior, played in the Independence Bowl. Marshall, 55, and Embree worked together on Gary Barnett’s CU He was born June 20, 1956, in Hartford, Conn., and graduated from staff in 2000-01. Marshall coached the offensive line those two seasons Rockville High School (Vernon, Conn.), where he lettered in football. when the Buffs had one of the most dominant rushing attacks in He is married to the former Karin Ross, and his hobbies include college football. CU won the 2001 Big 12 Conference title and earned a racquetball and traveling. trip to the Fiesta Bowl. He also coached the offensive field goal/PAT TOP PLAYERS COACHED: All-Americans (4): Kris Farris (won and kickoff return units on special teams. ), Andre Gurode, Jim Pyne, Victor Rogers. All-Big Over the course of those two seasons, Marshall helped groom five 12/Pac-10/South Independent/SEC (15): , Justin Bates, players who were drafted or played in the NFL, including five-time Pro Farris, Chris Guarnero, Gurode, Jason Layman, Wayne Lucier, Steve Bowl selection Andre Gurode, a mainstay at center for the Dallas McKinney, Bubba Miller, Chad Overhauser, Rogers, Chris Rutman, Cowboys. Gurode earned first-team All-America honors in 2001, and Mitchell Schwartz, Jeff Smith, Mike Tepper. NFL Players/Draft Picks another one of his players, Wayne Lucier, did the same a year after he (17): Armstrong, Tom Ashworth, Bates, Eugene Chung, Farris, Brian departed in 2002; Victor Rogers was a third-team All-American in 2001. Jones, Layman, Lucier, McKinney, Miller, Alan Mogridge, Overhauser, Gurode (twice), Rogers, Lucier and Justin Bates were all first-team All- Pyne, Rogers, Smith, Tepper, Rex Tucker. NFL All-Pro/Pro Bowl (1): Big 12 performers, with Lucier and Rogers going on to have four-year Gurode. careers in the NFL. A fifth player he tutored, Tom Ashworth, signed as RECORD: He has coached in 372 games in his career, 208 at the a free agent in the NFL with New England and went on to play seven Division I level as a full-time assistant coach (24 at Colorado), 231 years for the Patriots (earning three Super Bowl rings) and Seattle. counting his time at Tennessee as a part time coach, 45 in Division II Marshall has been a member of coaching staffs at 11 Division I or the FCS level and 96 in the NFL. He has coached in one collegiate schools and two NFL teams in his 31 years as an offensive line coach. playoff game and eight bowl games at the Division I level, including He has coached in every BCS automatic qualifying conference except four traditional New Year’s Day games. the Big Ten and CU is now the third Pac-12 school he has coached at along with Cal and UCLA. In-between his first stint at Colorado and resurfacing in the college ranks at Cal, Marshall coached in the NFL for six years, four with the (2002-05) and after one year out of coaching, returned to the pros for two seasons with the Cleveland Browns (2007-08). In Houston, he was on the Texans’ inaugural coaching staff for the expansion franchise’s first four years of its existence, first as the assistant offensive line coach for two seasons and then the offensive line coach the next two, the same position he would hold in Cleveland. In 2007, the Browns had the third-fewest sacks allowed in the NFL (only 19 in 16 games), while in 2008, Marshall’s work helped pave the way for Jamal Lewis to have a 1,000 yard rushing season. He came to Colorado the first time around from North Carolina, where he was both the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach for two seasons in 1998-99. The ’98 Tar Heels made an appearance in the Bowl. Marshall began his coaching career as offensive line coach at Plymouth State (N.H.) in 1979, and then moved on to Tennessee for two years (1980-81) as a part-time assistant coach, also working with the offensive line. He spent the 1982 and 1983 seasons at Marshall University, coaching both the O-line and the kicking game, and accepted his first full time job on the Division I-A level at Louisville, his alma mater, coaching the line as well as the tight ends for the 1984 season. He was the offensive coordinator and line coach for head coach Frank Beamer at Murray State in 1985-86, and then went with Beamer as the line

24 KANAVIS McGHEE Defensive Line / Special Teams Assistant

Kanavis McGhee is in his first accomplished it). He also was an All-American three different seasons, season as defensive line coach and highlighted by first-team recognition as a junior; he garnered second- assistant special teams coach at team honors as a sophomore in 1988 and honorable mention Colorado, as he was hired in the accolades as a senior in 1990, when he helped lead Colorado to the second wave of assistants on consensus national championship. The Buffs also won two Big 8 December 14, 2010 on new CU head Conference championships in his tenure (1989, 1990). coach Jon Embree’s first staff. As a senior, he was a candidate for the Butkus and Lombardi awards This is McGhee’s first major after being one of four finalists for the Lombardi as a junior in 1989. In college coaching position. He did 41 career games, he was in on 297 tackles (179 solo) and recorded 15 not coach in 2010, his first season quarterback sacks, sixth on CU’s all-time lists for both at the time, not on the sidelines in 13 years, but along with 38 tackles for loss, the third-most at that juncture in school instead taught college courses in history. A broken right ankle kept him out of the better part of the last business at Houston’s Challenge two games of his sophomore season, when he had a career-best 102 Early College High School. tackles, 11 for losses. He had 94 tackles, 14 for losses, with 17 McGhee, 42, brings great recruiting and life-long connections to the quarterback pressures as a senior. talent-rich Houston area. He played five seasons in the National Football League with three While McGhee’s college coaching resume is limited to one year at teams, the first three with the , who drafted him in the Gannon (Pa.) University, where he coached the linebackers in 2008, he second round of the 1991 NFL Draft (55th player selected overall). spent two seasons in NFL Europe as a defensive assistant with the After sustaining an injury in his third season with the Giants, he went Amsterdam Admirals (2006-07), participating in a program that was a on to play with Cincinnati (1994) and Houston (1995) before retiring collaboration between the NFL Players Association and NFL Player from the league after playing in 50 games over those five seasons. Development. That followed 10 seasons coaching in the Houston-area Following his time in pro football, he returned to Boulder, earning high school ranks. his degree in Business Administration from CU in 1995. He began his career at Wheatley High School, his alma mater, where He was born October 4, 1968 in Houston. He graduated from he spent three years (1997-99) coaching the defensive line, including Houston’s Wheatley High School in 1987, where he earned first-team the last two as defensive coordinator. He then moved on to Madison all-district honors his senior year when he had 102 tackles, 16 High, where he coached for five seasons (2000-04), the first as quarterback sacks and six recoveries. He had 88 tackles and defensive line coach and the last four as defensive coordinator. In 2005, 12 sacks as a junior and also played tight end, catching 23 passes for he was the head coach at Ross Shaw Sterling High, and after being over 200 yards and eight touchdowns. He also played basketball and away for three years in Europe and at Gannon, he returned to the area participated in track and field. He is single. in 2009 and was an assistant at Bellaire High. He lettered four seasons at outside linebacker for the Buffaloes (1987-90), becoming just the fourth player at the time to earn first-team all-league honors three different years (only seven have now

25 MIKE TUIASOSOPO Defensive Line

Mike Tuiasosopo is in his first Draft, and Jonathan Fanene, who was drafted that same year (7th year as defensive line coach at round) by the Cincinnati Bengals. After one year in Salt Lake City, he Colorado, as he joined Jon Embree’s headed south and joined Stoops’ staff at Arizona. new staff in his second wave of hires He also served two of the prestigious NFL Minority Intern on December 14, 2010. He is in his Fellowships, with the San Francisco 49ers (1997) and the Green Bay 22nd year of coaching, including his Packers (2002). 16th at the Division I level as a full- Tuiasosopo comes from a football rich family tradition. His uncle, time assistant coach. Bob Apisa, was a two-time All-America fullback at Michigan State and Tuiasosopo, 47, came to was drafted by Green Bay in 1968. A cousin, Manu Tuiasosopo, was a Colorado after having spent seven two-time All-America defensive lineman at UCLA and was the No. 18 seasons (2004-10) as the defensive overall pick by Seattle in the 1979 NFL Draft and started for the Super line coach at the University of Bowl XIX champion (1984 season) San Francisco 49ers. Arizona. An original member of Mike A younger brother, Navy, lettered at Utah State from 1983-86 and Stoops’ staff for the Wildcats, he played for both the Los Angeles Rams and St. Louis Cardinals, with a coached the defensive tackles his younger sibling, Titus, playing for Southern California from 1988-91. four seasons in Tucson and the His nephew, Marques Tuiasosopo, was a quarterback at Washington entire line for the last three. and was drafted by the Oakland Raiders and also played for the New At Arizona, the Wildcats ranked among the top schools in total York Jets. A nephew, Conan Amituanai, just finished his career as an defense the last three seasons (24th in 2008, 25th in 2009, 33rd in 2010), offensive lineman at Arizona. leading the Pac-10 in quarterback sacks all three years, largely due to He was born on September 10, 1963, in American Samoa and grew the ‘Cats defensive front. up in Carson, Calif. He graduated from Phineas Banning High School in Ricky Elmore (All-Pac 10 in 2010), Brooks Reed and De’Aundre Wilmington, Calif., where he lettered in football. He is married to the Reed, all defensive ends, were selected in the 2011 NFL Draft (Brooks former Kathy Bowles, and the couple has four children, daughters Reed was a second round pick, the 42nd overall), and he also coached Lanea (14) and Maya (13), and sons Titus (9) and Luke (2). two others that earned all-conference honors who were drafted into TOP PLAYERS COACHED: Big West Defensive Player of the Year the league, Earl Mitchell (third rounder in 2010) and Lionel Dotson (1): Ben Crosland. All-WAC/Big West/Mountain West/Pac-10 (9): Jorge (2008). In 2010, he coached Justin Washington to several Freshman All- Cordova, Crosland, Lionel Dotson, Ricky Elmore, Jonathan Fanene, America honors. Walter Fiefia, Lindsay Hassell, Earl Mitchell, Sione Pouha. NFL He lettered four years as a defensive tackle at Pacific Lutheran Players/Draft Picks (8): Cordova, Dotson, Elmore, Mitchell, Hannibal University (1985-88), starting his sophomore through senior years. He Navies, Brooks Reed, De’Aundre Reed, Marcus Williams. was a two-time first-team All-Columbia Conference performer, and RECORD: He has coached in 176 Division I-A games as a full-time junior year, Pacific Lutheran won the NAIA Division II National coach, owning a record of 80-96, including 41-43 at Arizona in seven Championship. PLU was 36-7-2 during his career. years, 10-2 at Utah in one season, 10-25 in three years at and After he graduated from Pacific Lutheran with a degree in Physical 19-26 in four years at Utah State. He has coached in four bowl games, Education and Health in 1989, he soon entered coaching, working as two at Arizona and one each at Utah State and Utah. the defensive line and special teams coach at Montclair Academy (Van Nuys, Calif.) in 1990, before joining the University of Pacific staff as a graduate assistant for the 1991 season. While coaching at Pacific as well as at nearby St. Mary’s High School in Stockton in 1992, he earned his master’s degree from Pacific in Education Administration Credentials in 1991. He would serve as head coach the next three seasons (1993-95) at Berkeley High School. In his time there, he coached two future Buffs, Hannibal Navies and Rashidi Barnes, both of whom would also go on to play professional football. Embree was the primary recruiter of both Navies and Barnes to Colorado and thus the relationship between the two was formed. In 1997, he entered the Division I-A coaching ranks for the first time, joining the Utah State staff where he coached the defensive line for the next four seasons (1996-99). With the Aggies, he coached three all-Big West defensive linemen, including the 1997 Big West Defensive Player of the Year Ben Crosland. Utah State played Colorado in Boulder in 1998 and Tuiasosopo’s defensive line helped keep the Aggies in the game until the fourth quarter, registering eight sacks of CU quarterback Mike Moschetti (for 83 yards in losses) before CU eventually pulled away for a 25-6 win. He then moved on and coached the D-line at the University of Nevada the next three years (2000-02). At Nevada, he coached WAC sack leader Jorge Cordova, who was a third round draft pick of the in 2004. From Nevada, he joined Urban Meyer’s staff at the University of Utah where he coached the defensive tackles for the 2003 season. He was instrumental there in the recruitment and development of Sione Pouha, a third round selection by the in the 2005 NFL

26 MALCOLM BLACKEN Director of Speed-Strength & Conditioning

Malcolm Blacken is in his first year CU’s director of -strength and conditioning at Colorado, having joined the staff in January 2011. He works directly on a day- to-day basis with football, while overseeing the speed, strength and conditioning needs of all 16 CU varsity programs. Blacken, 45, came to Colorado from the National Football League’s Washington Redskins, where he was the assistant strength and conditioning coach for the 2010 season, his second stint with the club; it’s where he met Jon Embree, who lured him to Colorado after he was named CU’s head football coach. Embree was in his first year as an assistant with the Redskins as well. He worked 15 years as a strength coach in the NFL, serving as the head strength and conditioning coach for the Detroit Lions for nine years (2001-09) which followed his first run as an assistant with the Redskins that covered five seasons (1996-2000). Prior to joining the NFL ranks, he served as an assistant strength coach for the University of Virginia in 1995, which followed three years as the head strength coach at George Mason University from 1992-94. At both Virginia and George Mason, he was responsible for all of each university’s varsity sports. He began his coaching career at the University of South Carolina as an assistant strength and conditioning coach from 1990-91. He graduated from Virginia Tech in 1989 with a degree in Physical Education, while also earning a minor in Fine Arts. He lettered four times in the offensive backfield for the Hokies from 1985-88, the last two seasons as the starting fullback. He was a two-time winner of the Super Iron Hokie Award, given to the program’s strongest player at each position. A native of Mathews County, Va., he graduated from Mathews County High School, where he lettered in football, basketball and track. An All-State performer in football and track, he was the 1983 Student Assistants state champion in the 100-meter dash in a 10.71 time. He is married to the former Marcy Buskirk, and the couple has two children, daughter Maya (a nationally accomplished performer in the long jump as just a 12-year old), and son Bo. Blacken is an accomplished artist (painting), and is an avid Harley Davidson rider.

Matt Allen Cha’pelle Brown Maxwell Tuioti-Mariner

27 football support staff

JEFF SMART TRAVIS SMITH Graduate Assistant (Defense) Offensive Technical Intern

Jeff Smart is in his first year as the defensive Travis Smith is in his first year as the graduate assistant, as he joined the staff of his offensive technical intern, joining the Colorado alma mater just ahead of 2011 spring practice. staff just days before the start of fall camp in His primary role is assisting Brian Cabral with August 2011. the linebackers along with general overall duties Smith, 25, came to Colorado from Santa with the entire defense. Monica Junior College, where he was an For Smart, 24, this is his first foray into coaching. He graduated assistant football coach, tutoring the tight ends and also assisting from CU in December 2009 with a degree in Sociology. with the defensive linemen. Originally a walk-on at Colorado, he would finish his career ranked He graduated from Cal-Poly San Luis Obispo in 2009, earning his 18th all-time in overall tackles with 291, including the 13th most solo bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology. His playing career for Cal Poly was stops, 188, in school history. As a senior, he earned honorable limited as he underwent three shoulder surgeries while a player there. mention All-Big 12 honors from both the Associated Press and the He was born December 10, 1985 in Walnut Creek, Calif., and league coaches, along with first-team All-Colorado honors from the graduated from Foothill High School in Pleasanton, Calif., where he state’s NFF chapter. A team captain, he won the Dave Jones Award as was a four-year letterman playing both linebacker and fullback. His his teammates selected him as the most valuable defensive player for father, Richard, played collegiately at Fresno State and is the the season. linebacker coach for the National Football League’s Denver Broncos; As a junior, he was a second-team All-Big 12 performer (Associated he spent two years with the Carolina Panthers under coach John Fox Press), and was first-team All-Colorado; in racking up 118 tackles (80 and came to Denver with him when the Broncos hired him for the solo), he became just the third former walk-on in school history to 2011 season. lead the team in tackles. He was placed on scholarship during the 2007 season, when he initiated a streak of what would become 33 straight games in the starting lineup. He joined the Buffs as an invited walk-on in August 2005. BERT WATTS He was born November 22, 1986 in Boulder, graduating from Boulder High School where he was an honorable mention All-State Defensive Technical Intern performer in football. Bert Watts is in his second year as the defensive technical intern, joining the Colorado staff in June 2010. Watts, 32, came to Colorado from Bishop MATT THURIN Kenny High School in Jacksonville, Fla., where he Graduate Assistant (Offense) served as the defensive coordinator for the 2009 season. In 2008, he was the defensive backs coach for Jacksonville’s Matt Thurin is in his first year in the Bartram Trial High School. University of Colorado football program, as he He headed to Florida from Vienna, Austria, where he was the serves as the offensive graduate assistant defensive coordinator for the Raiffeisen Vikings for the 2007 season. working with most aspects of the offense. He He spent two seasons as the defensive graduate assistant as his joined the staff in March 2011, just in time for alma mater, California, in 2004-05, helping the team to a combined 18- spring practice. 6 mark in those two seasons, including a 10-2 season in 2004 that Thurin, 27, came to CU from the University of Akron, where he ended with a berth in the Holiday Bowl. Watts was on the same staff worked as a defensive graduate assistant, working primarily with the at Cal as assistant head coach Eric Kiesau, then the wide receivers linebackers, for the 2008 through 2010 seasons. The first two of those coach for the Bears; Watts was a senior in Kiesau’s first year at Cal in seasons were under then-head coach J.D. Brookhart, who is now CU’s 2002. As a safety, Watts led the Bears with 80 tackles that year, helping tight ends and special teams coach, with the ’10 campaign under lead the team to a 7-6 record, which was the program’s first winning coach Rob Ianello. season in nine years. He had a career-high 15 tackles against USC as He graduated from Baldwin-Wallace College (Berea, Ohio) in 2007, a senior and received the team’s Joe Roth Award, which is given for where he majored in Early Childhood Education and was on the courage, attitude and sportsmanship. He holds both undergraduate Dean’s List. At BWC, he played both football (defensive end) and and graduate degrees in Education from California. baseball (outfield/first base). He then earned his Master’s in Sports He was a multiple-position threat at Ridge High School (Basking Science and Coaching from Akron in 2009. Ridge, N.J.), where he played quarterback, tailback, wide receiver and He entered coaching at his alma mater, working as a student coach. safety. He scored 25 touchdowns as a senior, helping the team to a He worked with the defensive line and linebackers for the 2004 and league title with an 8-1 record, the best mark in school history. 2005 seasons, and then with the defensive backs in 2006. He then He was born August 31, 1979 in Piedmont, Calif., where he grew up moved on to Walsh University (North Canton, Ohio) for the 2007 prior to moving to the east coast. His grandfather played football at season, where he was the offensive grad assistant, coaching the tight Oregon State, while his dad (Rich) played football at San Jose State ends and working with the offensive line. and signed a free agent contract with the Atlanta Falcons. One He was born June 27, 1984 in Canton, Ohio, but considers brother, Rich, Jr., earned All-America honors in baseball at UC-Davis Louisville, Ohio his hometown; he graduated from Louisville High and played for two years in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization while School, where he lettered three times each in football and baseball, another brother, Tom, played football at UC-Davis. His brother-in-law, serving as a team captain for both teams. He was an All-County and Greg Tremble, played football at Georgia. He married Lyndsay All-Conference performer in football. His hobbies include music and Graubard this past July 9. watching most sports.

28 JASHON SYKES MARCELL GASH Director of Football Operations Director of Football Administration

Jashon Sykes is in his sixth year as a member Marcell Gash is in his first year as the director of the football staff, his first as the director of of football administration, joining the Colorado football operations, as he was promoted to the staff in March 2011. In his primary role, he position in January 2011. He is continuing his rise directs all football administrative operations and in administration, as he spent the previous two serves as the primary point of contact for the CU years (2009-10) as the assistant operations football program. director and coordinator of football relations after working two years as Gash, 30, came to Colorado from Cherry Creek High School in the assistant director of on-campus recruiting. He returned to his alma Englewood (Colo.), his alma mater, where he had served as the mater in August 2006 as an administrative assistant, working in assistant varsity wrestling coach, while also working in private recruiting and operations, after retiring from professional football. business. Sykes, 31, spent the four years prior to his return in the National He has previous experience in football administration, working as Football League, signing on as a free agent with the Denver Broncos after a youth sports assistant with the Orange Bowl Committee for the 2005 his CU career and was on the team’s practice squad for the 2002 season. season, and then as a football operations intern with the New England He was a member of the team the next two years, starting 11 games at Patriots in 2006-07. linebacker in 2003 (including a playoff game at Indianapolis), as he had 65 He graduated from Colorado State University in 2004, earning his tackles, two fumble recoveries and a blocked punt for the NFL’s fourth- Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics. ranked defense. He ended his career with the Washington Redskins. He was born June 8, 1981 in Denver, and graduated from Cherry He interned with the Broncos during the 2007 and ‘08 training camps. Creek, where he lettered in wrestling. He was a member of the state In 2007, he worked with the linebackers as an intern; a year later, he of Colorado’s national wrestling team in 1999 that earned a ninth place worked with the operations department, helping out primarily with the defensive line. finish in the country. His hobbies include listening to music and art. At Colorado, he finished his career 10th all-time in tackles (330), tied for 16th in quarterback sacks (12½), tied for 12th in tackles for loss (33) and tied for fifth in forced fumbles (7). Interestingly, he has had 14 tackles each time out in three games versus Nebraska for 42 of those DARIAN HAGAN 330. As a senior in 2001, he started the first four games of the season, Director of Player Personnel but a herniated disc and subsequent operation ended his season. He decided to forego pursuing a medical redshirt and declared for the NFL Darian Hagan, one of the names synonymous draft. He had been on the official watch lists for both the Butkus and with Colorado’s rise to in the late 1980s, is Lombardi awards. As a junior (2000), he earned honorable mention all-Big12 honors as in his seventh season overall on the CU staff, he had 111 tackles (78 solo), 13 third down stops, three-and-a-half sacks, shifting from coach into the role of director of four hurries, two pass deflections and . He had at least player personnel in January 2011. seven tackles in all 11 games, and hit double figures eight times. His Hagan, 41, spent the previous five seasons sophomore season, he blossomed into one of the nation’s top (2006-10) as running backs coach, as he was one of two assistant linebackers at CU’s new defensive position, “hawk” linebacker, one of coaches retained by new CU head coach Dan Hawkins when he was two inside positions in the CU scheme. He earned defensive MVP named to the position in December 2005. honors in the Insight.com Bowl, when he had nine tackled and returned He was named an offensive assistant coach on Gary Barnett’s staff an interception for a touchdown against Boston College. He earned on February 9, 2005, and worked with the skill position players on second-team All-America honors from the Football News, with the offense in the spring and fall in his first year as a full-time collegiate Associated Press selecting him first-team All-Big 12. He was selected by assistant. his teammates as the Zack Jordan Award winner as CU’s most valuable A popular coach with his players yet with a stern touch, he was player, and he also won the Dave Jones Award for the most outstanding coaching true freshman Rodney Stewart on the way to a 1,000-yard defensive player as presented by the coaching staff. He led the team season in 2008 until a season-ending injury sidelined him in the ninth and was second in the Big 12 in tackles with 134 (including 82 solo), just game of the 2008 season. Stewart’s 622 yards were the third most by the fifth sophomore to lead the Buffs since tackles started being tracked a CU freshman in school history. In 2010, Stewart hit the plateau and in 1965. He forced seven fumbles, which not only set a school record, then some, rushing for 1,318 yards and in position to threaten many but led the nation as well. of the school’s all-time rushing marks. In 2007, Hagan tutored Hugh He developed rapidly his true freshman year, as he played in all 12 Charles to a 1,000-yard year including the Independence Bowl; he has games and started four of the last five, including the Aloha Bowl. He since gone on to play successfully in Canada. finished seventh on the team in tackles with 52 (31 solo), with 28 in the Hagan made a difference in his first season (2006) mentoring the last four regular season games including 14 at Nebraska; the 52 tackles running backs, as CU had three 500-plus yard rushers for just the 10th were the most ever by a true freshman at the time. He was a co-winner time in its history. He also played a role in the development of of the Lee Willard Award, presented by the coaching staff to the most quarterback Bernard Jackson, as Hagan’s own skills of blending the outstanding freshmen, and The Sporting News selected him as a first- run and the pass rubbed off on the Buff junior in his first year as a team freshman All-American. starter. As a high school senior at Serra (Los Angeles), he earned a host of He had a brief taste of coaching in the spring of 2004 as he subbed All-America honors, and received the maximum 10 votes in being names as secondary coach when the staff was minus a full-time assistant. to the prestigious Long Beach Press-Telegram’s Best-In-West team. He Otherwise, he was the defensive technical intern for the ‘04 season, also lettered three times in tracks (sprints) and once in basketball. assuming that role in February of that year. It marked the third time Born September 25, 1979 in Los Angeles, Calif., he graduated with a he has made the University of Colorado his destination of choice. degree in Ethnic Studies from CU in 2002, and is taking graduate courses He starred at quarterback for the Buffaloes between 1988 and 1991, in Business Administration. He is married to his high school sweetheart, leading the school to its first national championship, and following the former Qiana Turner, and the couple has two daughters, Joslyn (6) and his professional playing career, returned in the mid-1990s to work as Autumn (3), and one son Semien (1). As a player, he played with a small CU’s Alumni C Club Director. bible on the left side of his football pants. It was given to him from his Hagan left CU in the spring of 1998 to work as an area sales grandmother on her deathbed before he watched her take her last breath, manager for the Transit Marketing Group. Three months into his new and he would think about her and that situation before every game.

29 position, he was promoted to Southeast Regional Sales Manager. He remained in that position for over five years until deciding to pursue his dream as a coach and return to his alma mater for the third time. MAX ALLEN By working as a technical intern, he learned the intricacies of the Assistant Director of Player Personnel profession in a hands-on role in his desire to coach; when a temporary vacancy opened on the staff, he was “activated” as a coach to work Max Allen is in his second year working on with the defensive backs and it added to his penchant for the the University of Colorado football staff, his first profession. in a full-time position as he serves as the Arguably the best all-around athlete in the history of the CU assistant director of player personnel. He assists football program, he was an integral part of CU’s run at two national with on-campus recruiting and coordinates the championships in 1989 and 1990. The Buffs were 11-1 in 1989, losing freshman enrollment process. to Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl, but went 11-1-1 in 1990 with a win Allen, 23, joined the department in August 2010 as an operations over the Irish in an Orange Bowl rematch to give CU its first national intern and was promoted to his current position in March 2011. He title in football. CU was 28-5-2 with him as the starting quarterback graduated from CU with a degree in Business (Finance) in May 2010. for three seasons, including a 20-0-1 mark in Big Eight Conference He was born January 31, 1988, in Durango, Colo., and graduated games as he led the Buffs to three straight league titles in 1989, 1990 from Durango High School, where he lettered in football and baseball. and 1991. His 28-5-2 record as a starter (82.9 winning percentage) is In his spare time, he enjoys skiing, hiking and spending as much time the 37th best in college football history. outdoors as possible. In 1989, he became just the sixth player in NCAA history at the time to run and pass for over 1,000 yards in the same season, finishing, as just a sophomore, fifth in the balloting for the Heisman SHERYL VOTH Trophy. He established the school record for total offense with 5,808 yards (broken three years later by Kordell Stewart), and is one of two Administrative Assistant to the Head Coach players ever at CU to amass over 2,000 yards both rushing and passing along with Bobby Anderson. He was a two-time all-Big Eight Sheryl Voth is in her first year with the performer, and the league’s offensive player of the year for 1989 when Colorado football program as the administrative he also was afforded various All-America honors. He still holds several assistant to head coach Jon Embree, joining the CU records and was the school’s male athlete-of-the-year for the 1991- staff in March 2011. 92 academic year. Voth’s physical move into her position was a In 2002, he was a member of the fourth class to be inducted into short one, in fact, just down the hall: she worked CU’s Athletic Hall of Fame, and his jersey (No. 3) is one of several to in the Herbst Academic Center for student athletes. Before that she have been honored. worked on the CU-Boulder campus as an administrative assistant in Hagan played for Toronto, Las Vegas and Edmonton over the the Registrar’s Office. A long-time fan of CU athletics and basketball in course of five seasons in the League, mostly as a particular, her family has owned CU’s men’s basketball season tickets since 1988. defensive back and special teams performer. He returned to CU to A native of Boulder, she graduated from Fairview High School. The earn his diploma just prior to his last professional season, and former Sheryl Bonnes, she is the mother of three, Tyler, Shelby and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in sociology in May 1996. He was Shaylynne. When she was in sixth grade, she became one of the first hired later that year (December 1) as the Alumni C Club Director, a girls in Boulder to play on a boys’ Little League Baseball team. position he held for 16 months until leaving for an incredible A professional cake decorator, including wedding cakes (she also opportunity in private business. used to teach classes), her hobbies include waterskiing, particularly He was born February 1, 1970 in Lynwood, Calif., and graduated at Lake Powell, snow skiing, hiking and biking. She has also coached from Los Angeles’ Locke High School in 1988, where he lettered in youth basketball, as this winter will be her 13th year coaching a YMCA football, basketball, baseball and track. He was drafted in two sports, girls’ team in Boulder. football (by San Francisco in the fourth round in the 1992 NFL Draft) and baseball (selected as a shortstop by both Seattle and Toronto). He is the father two sons, Darian, Jr. (21), a senior defensive back at California, and DeVaughn (18), and a daughter, Danielle (14). JEAN ONAGA Administrative Assistant

Jean Onaga is in her 26th year with the KIRK JONES Colorado football program as the Director of High School Relations administrative assistant to the assistant coaches, handling all secretarial duties for Kirk Jones is in his third year on the both the offensive and defensive coordinators University of Colorado football staff in a full-time and each staff as well. position, holding down his third position in as She also coordinates all football office volunteers and facilitates many years as he is now the program’s director program activities and events including: pro scout visits, Pro Timing of high school relations. He serves as the point Day, Junior Team Pro Day, Coaches’ Clinic, Passing Jamboree and of contact for the program for high schools Big Man DL-OL Camp. She also assists with registrations for various coaches for all things CU related, including camps and clinics. football camps and the Friday Night Lights camp. He joined the staff as a student intern for the operations staff in She joined the football staff in January 1986 and is the longest January 2009 and served as an operations assistant for the 2009 continuous employee in the football department; only four current season, and then was promoted to operations specialist in 2010. employees have been associated with the entire athletic department Jones, 26 graduated from Metro State College in Denver in May longer than her. She has worked with five CU head coaches: Bill 2009 with a degree in sport industry operations. Jones attended the McCartney, Rick Neuheisel, Gary Barnett, Dan Hawkins. University of Colorado from 2003 to 2006 before transferring to Metro For her years of service, Jean was recognized as an honorary State. member of the Alumni C Club by the Board of Directors during CU- Born Dec. 8, 1984 in Grand Junction, Colo., he attended Grand Missouri game on November 3, 2007. Junction high school where he lettered in cross country and track and Originally from Honolulu, Hawaii, Jean and her husband Loren, field and also played baseball and basketball. He was an All- moved to Boulder in 1985. She graduated from McKinley High School Conference and all-region track and cross country performer from his and graduated from Kapiolani Community College with a degree in sophomore through senior seasons. business. 30 SUPPORTPROGRAMDIRECTORS

J.T. GALLOWAY KRIS LIVINGSTON Director of Equipment & Licensing Director of Academic Support Services

J.T. Galloway is in his seventh year as CU’s Kris Livingston is in her 15th year at the director of equipment operations, having joined University of Colorado and third year as the the athletic department on April 4, 2005. In 2011, Director of Student-Athlete Academic Support he also assumed the role of licensing director, as Services. She oversees the Herbst Academic he coordinates and manages all phases of CU’s Center which provides academic support to all licensing, logos and imaging. of CU’s 350 student-athletes. Galloway, 43, oversees the equipment needs of CU’s 16 intercolle- Dan Hawkins credits her organization and philosophy about giate sports, but his primary day-to-day obligation is with the Buffalo academics as one of the strongest factors for the football team’s back- football program. He is a certified member of the Athletic Equipment to-back record years for grade point average for the 2008-09 and Manager’s Association (AEMA), a status he attained in 1995 upon 2009-10 school years. entering the profession full-time. She came to CU in May of 1997, hired by then-women’s basketball He graduated with a degree in sport management in 1994 from head coach Ceal Barry to be the program’s first-ever Director of Washington State University, where he worked all four years of his Basketball Operations. She spent eight seasons in that position until college career as a student employee in the WSU equipment room. He Barry’s retirement from coaching in March of 2005. began his professional career as an equipment intern at the University Livingston came to Boulder from Littleton, Colorado, where she of Virginia in the fall of 1994 and worked there six months. He then was a Senior Consultant at USA Group Noel-Levitz, an educational moved on to the National Football League’s Atlanta Falcons, where he consulting firm that is hired by colleges to help recruit and retain was an assistant equipment manager for the 1995 season. students. Prior to that, Livingston spent eight years at Iowa State He returned to the college ranks as the football equipment director University as Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach (1984-89), Admis- at Wake Forest from 1996 to 1998 before heading west to Arizona sions Counselor (1989-91) and Telecounseling Coordinator (1991-92). where he would spend the next six seasons as the associate director She earned her bachelor’s degree in sociology from Miami Univer- of equipment. sity (Oxford, Ohio) in May of 1983, where she was a four-year letter Born May 10, 1968 in Columbus, Ohio, Galloway graduated Gaither winner on Miami’s women’s basketball team and earned first-team all- High School in Tampa, Fla. A sports fanatic, he enjoys all sports, espe- Mid American Conference and first-team academic all-MAC honors. cially golf. J.T. stands for John Thomas. He is married to the former In August of 1997 she was inducted into Miami’s Hall of Fame, only Kelly Christy, a registered nurse, and the couple has two children, the second women’s basketball player to be so honored. Katie (12) and Collin (9). A native of Toledo, Ohio, she graduated from Lake High School in Millbury, Ohio, in 1979. A three-sport athlete, she was an inaugural member of her high school Hall of Fame in 1983. Livingston is working on her master’s degree in Sports Administration through the Univer- sity of Northern Colorado. JAMIE GUY Director of Sports Video

Jamie Guy is in his eighth year as CU’s director of sports video and his 11th year overall DR. ERIC McCARTY on the Colorado staff, as he joined the depart- Director of Sports Medicine ment in August 2001. He was promoted to his current position in the fall of 2004 after working Dr. Eric McCarty is in his ninth year working just over three years as the assistant director. with the CU athletic program, joining the sports Guy, 36, came to CU from the of the now-defunct medicine team in July 2003. But he’s certainly no XFL, where he worked the lone season of the league’s existence. stranger to the University or to Boulder. He was twice selected as the video coordinator of the year in the McCarty, 46, accepted the Chief of Sports Big 12 Conference, first in 2005-06 and again in 2009-10. The awards Medicine and Shoulder Surgery position in the Department of Ortho- are coordinated and voted by members of the Collegiate Sports Video pedics at CU’s Health Sciences Center in Denver, where he also is an Association; members of each conference select the winner for their associate professor, enabling him to return to his home state where he respective leagues, and the recipients are placed on the national starred as both a prep and collegian. ballot for the overall CSVA award. He returned to CU from Vanderbilt University, where he was an He graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1998 with a bach- orthopedic surgeon, assistant professor and team physician for the elor’s degree in general studies. As a student, he worked in the Commodores’ athletic teams for four years. Bearcats’ sports video office for four years. Prior to entering the McCarty is the head team physician for both the University of sports video profession, he worked as an electrician’s apprentice and Colorado and University of Denver athletic programs. As a board- as a staff manager at Fitworks Fitness. certified orthopaedic surgeon his specialized practice involves the Born March 18, 1975 in Cincinnati, Ohio, he graduated from care of collegiate athletes as well as recreational and highly Lawrence Central High School (Indianapolis, Ind.) in 1994, where he competitive athletes from the community. A large part of his practice lettered in track and football. His hobbies include collecting football is the sports medicine care of high school athletes in the state of memorabilia and playing the guitar. He is married to the former Colorado. Kimberly Ernst. He graduated in 1988 from CU with a degree in kinesiology and a 3.75 grade point average. A four-time Academic All-Big Eight team

31 member, the first in school history to be honored four times, he was tional campaigns and public relations programs for coaches. Plati has an Academic All-American his senior year, when he reached the written two books on CU football, the first about the school’s 1990 finalist stage for the Rhodes Scholarship. On the field, he earned first- national championship, and the second published in 2008, Colorado team All-Big Eight honors as a senior, when he led the Buffaloes with Football Vault, a coffee table style book with an awesome collection of 148 tackles, the fourth highest total at the time in team history. He photographs and reproduced keepsakes. In 2005, the Denver Buff had 237 career tackles in two years on defense, after moving over Club recognized him as its “MVB” choice (Most Valuable Buff) from offense where he played fullback (503 career rushing yards), and Plati is also an adjunct instructor in CU’s School of Journalism, earned four letters. teaching a sports media relations class for the last 10 years, and since He earned his M.D., with honors, in 1993 from the University of April 2001 has been CU’s representative on the board of directors of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver, and did his internship resi- the Colorado Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College dency at Vanderbilt in orthopedic surgery between 1993 and 1998. Hall of Fame. In 2006, he became a member of the District 7 Screening Shortly thereafter, he spent a year at the internationally renowned Committee for the Hall. In 2009, he was appointed to the board of the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, where he received a Colorado Golf Hall of Fame, and in 2010, he was named to the board fellowship in sports medicine and shoulder surgery. While residing in of the Colorado Rock & Roll Museum and Hall of Fame. New York, he worked with the NFL’s New York Giants. During this time While attending CU, Plati served four years as the information is when he obtained his expertise in the arthroscopic and open director for the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. He also worked surgical management of sports injuries to the knees and shoulders as for the Colorado Golf Association and for the Rocky Mountain News. well as a special emphasis in the management of complex shoulder He spent his senior year in college (1982) as the public relations problems including shoulder instability, rotator cuff tears and director with the triple-A Denver Bears Baseball Club of the American shoulder replacement surgery for arthritis. Association. He has been a member of the Denver Broncos statistics In addition to his busy clinical practice, Dr. McCarty is very active crew since 1980, creating and maintaining miscellaneous stats (he in research, teaching, and writing articles in the field of sports received game balls from the NFL team for their back-to-back Super medicine and knee and shoulder surgery. He has received grants for Bowl wins). He has worked 321 Bronco games through the 2010 his research and has given numerous talks at both the national and season, and among the many innovative numbers he is credited with international level. One of his many interests is the care of the high first charting was “scoring percentage inside-the-20,” which is now school athlete, and his background allows him the ability to commonly known as the red zone. In the 1980s, he worked as a stat- understand the issues surrounding the prep athlete. istician for TBS for NBA telecasts and continues to work freelance for McCarty has been the recipient of over four dozen awards in his several networks, both television and radio, in a similar capacity. In professional career, and has had papers published on 15 occasions 2004, he was appointed by to serve as one of while contributing to several others. two official scorers for the baseball team. He was born November 16, 1964 in Lundstuhl, West Germany. He He has worked as the media relations liaison for the Bolder graduated from Boulder High School in 1983, where he was the state’s Boulder 10K since 1987, and also served as a media relations assis- player of the year as a senior and considered one of the nation’s top tant for the Colorado Open Golf Tournament for 12 years (1980-91). He recruits after rushing for 1,301 and 13 touchdowns; he won the pres- was the media coordinator for the 1985, 1989 and 1996 NCAA West tigious Denver Post Gold Helmet Award that same year. He is married Regionals, and was the local media coordinator and NCAA liaison for to the former Miriam Liddell, and they have four children, Madeleine the 1990 Final Four. He also was the Hula Bowl’s director of game week (16), Eric Cleveland, Jr. (14), Shannon (11) and Torrance (9). communications for four years (1995-98). He has also worked three BCS National Championship games (2002, 2006, 2009 seasons), one Fiesta Bowl and one Rose Bowl for a grand total of 27 postseason bowl games when including CU’s 18. Plati co-founded the Rocky Mountain Athletic Media Relations DAVID PLATI Directors Association (RMARA) in 1989 with Bronco PR director Jim Associate AD/Sports Information Saccomano, and basically serves as the group’s executive director. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in public relations, along David Plati is in 28th year as the athletic with a minor in geography, from CU in 1982. He was a member of the department’s director of sports information, and journalism student council and wrote for The Campus Press. his 34th year overall in CU’s Sports Information Born April 19, 1960 in New Rochelle, N.Y., Plati graduated from Office. He was promoted to assistant athletic Woodlands High School (Hartsdale, N.Y.) in 1978, where he lettered director for media relations on July 1, 1988, and in football and golf (and was also the school’s SID his senior year). In attained associate athletic director status in August 2005. 1984, he was awarded an “Honorary C” for his service to Colorado Plati, 51, was named the 13th full-time sports information director athletics. An avid golfer, he won the 2005 Rocky Mountain Golf in CU history on July 24, 1984, after serving for three years as the assis- Writer’s Association fourth annual tournament. One of his proudest tant SID. The youngest SID in the nation at the time of his hiring, he moments in his CU career came when late golf coach Mark Simpson previously worked as a student assistant and statistician after coming asked Plati to present him for induction at Simpson’s Golf Coaches to CU as a freshman in 1978. Only six people have served in the role Hall of Fame induction ceremony in January, 2005. He is also an avid since 1952, with Plati’s tenure in the position the longest in school concert goer, having attended some 330-plus in his lifetime (led by 30 annals; he was recognized in 2009 with the College Sports Information Jimmy Buffett performances). His younger brother (Mark) was nomi- Directors of America (CoSIDA) Quarter Century of Service award. nated for two Grammy Awards with David Bowie in 1998 (he was a His primary responsibilities are with the football, skiing and men’s guitarist in Bowie’s band for five years), and also engineered the Song- golf programs, though he oversees the sports information efforts for all of-the-Year for 1997 (Shawn Colvin’s “Sunny Came Home”). He is sports, and at one time or another has personally handled nine sports single. during his CU career. He has coordinated numerous successful promo-

32 CU’s development unit for the athletic department. In his previous role, his responsibilities included all fundraising MIGUEL RUEDA efforts, including the annual fund (student-athlete scholarships), Head Athletic Trainer major gifts and coordinating all donation-related activities and staff. He brought to CU an extensive background in college administration, Miguel Rueda is in his sixth year as the head coaching and fund development. athletic trainer at Colorado, as he was named to He also was very active with the National Association of Athletic the position on August 1, 2006, just ahead of the Development Directors (NAADD), and is still serving as the organiza- start of football camp. tion’s second vice president and secretary for the 2011-12 academic Rueda, 39, came to CU from Fresno State year. In 2007, he was first named to the executive committee of University, where he has been the Director of Sports Medicine since NAADD, which is under the umbrella of NACDA (National Association February 2001. At FSU, his primary responsibilities were the care and of Collegiate Athletic Directors). prevention of injuries for the football program and overseeing all Senter came to CU from San Diego State University where he had areas of the Fresno State Sports Medicine Program. He has similar worked in a similar capacity for 18 months. Working closely with the duties at Colorado, as he coordinates the needs and staffing for CU’s University foundation on development projects on campus, he was 16 intercollegiate varsity programs. responsible for overseeing the athletic department’s development, With CU’s move to the Pac-12 Conference, he was named the including major gifts. Education Director for the Pac-12 annual sports medicine meeting, a As the athletic director at Idaho State from 2003-04, Senter helped role he will serve in for at least the next two years. increase football attendance by 19 percent and saw the school’s Ironically, his first football game as Fresno State’s head trainer was advertising, marketing and corporate sales revenue jump $600,000 in Boulder, as the Bulldogs played the Buffaloes in the Jim Thorpe during his stay in Pocatello. Senter was part of the senior staff at the Association Classic on August 26, 2001; FSU won the game, 24-22, and University of Idaho, serving as chief fundraiser and associate athletic went on to climb into the nation’s top 10, until getting knocked off by director for three years. Boise State, then coached by CU’s eventual new man, Dan Hawkins. At Idaho, Senter was responsible for the University’s Capital Rueda previously had worked two years (1995-97) as a graduate Campaign for Athletics, helping raise money for the $13 million assistant trainer for the Bulldogs while earning his master’s degree in athletic facility expansion. He also ran the annual fund for Vandal exercise physiology. Athletics, handling the work of 48 national directors and overseeing He had rejoined the Fresno State staff from Towson University, and planning a fiscal budget of $1.2 million. He first worked with where he served as an assistant athletic trainer from 1998 to 2001; he current CU athletic director Mike Bohn at Idaho, when Bohn was the was the head trainer for football. Prior to Towson, Rueda spent time director there, with the two reunited a few years later after Bohn with the of the National Football League in 1997-98 became the AD at San Diego State. and with Holy Cross in 1994-95. He also has extensive teaching expe- Before moving into administration and joining the development rience, instructing classes ranging from sports medicine staff, Senter was an assistant football coach for the Vandals for nine administration to basic athletic training courses over the past 10 seasons. He wrapped up his coaching days in 1997, when he was the years. assistant head coach and recruiting coordinator for a Vandals squad He received his undergraduate degree in athletic training from that compiled a 13-9 record over the ’96 and ’97 seasons. Senter Boston University in 1994, and his master’s degree from Fresno State coached the linebackers and defensive line from 1986-92, as Idaho in 1997. Rueda is a member of the National Athletic Trainers Associ- went 52-21 and reached the NCAA I-AA playoffs six times in seven ation, the College Athletic Trainers Society and has American Red seasons. Cross CPR and First Aid certification. Senter began his coaching career at Coffeyville Community He was born November 17, 1971 in San Francisco, graduating from College in Kansas, where he was a student assistant for the 1981 the city’s Jay Eugene McAteer High School where he lettered in cross and 1982 seasons, a role he later held at his alma mater, Tulsa, country and track. He and his wife, Andrea, have two sons, Gabriel between 1983 and 1985. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Physical and Christopher, and a daughter, Isabella. Education from Tulsa in 1985. His passion for coaching brought him to Idaho where he served as defensive line and linebackers coach at Idaho for six seasons before being promoted to assistant head coach. While coaching at Idaho, he earned a master’s degree in recreation from the school in 1992. JIM SENTER He was born November 9, 1961 in of Doylestown, Pa., and gradu- Associate AD/Football Sport Administrator ated from Jay (Okla.) High School, where he lettered in football. His hobbies include hunting, camping and gardening. He is married to the Jim Senter is in his sixth year of being asso- former Susan Beck, and the couple has four children, Shawna, Derick, ciated with University of Colorado athletics, his Matthew and Samantha. first as the associate athletic director/sport administrator for football. He officially transi- tioned into the newly created position on Sept. 1, 2011, moving over from the CU Foundation, where he had been associate athletic director for development for five years, since being named June 2006. Senter, 49, will oversee Buffalo Sports Properties and the football program, with particular emphasis on human resource needs and coaches contracts, in his new position. He will also be the liaison to

33 WILL SIMPSON DERIC SWANSON Director of Ticket Operations Director of BuffVision

Will Simpson is now in his fifth year as the Deric Swanson is in his 13th year as the director of ticket operations for the University Director of BuffVision, coordinating all aspects of Colorado athletic department, having been of production involving the $3.6 million video named to the position on May 14, 2007. In his display board operation for athletics. role, he oversees all aspects of ticketing for foot- Swanson, 37, came to CU from the National ball, men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball. Hockey League’s , where he had worked for a brief Simpson, 35, came to CU from Southern Methodist University, time as the manager of game entertainment and video production. He where he spent eight years in the Mustangs’ ticket office. After had previously worked three-plus seasons with the Colorado Rockies starting out as an intern in the SMU ticket office in 1999, he was named Baseball Club, first as a stadium camera operator, and then as video assistant ticket manager after just one year in Dallas and then was production coordinator, including the 1998 Major League Baseball All- promoted to ticket manager just a year later in the summer of 2001. Star Game at . In 2005, he was again promoted, this time to assistant athletic director In 2003, BuffVision won the Golden Matrix Award for “Best Overall of ticket operations. Video Display” in the University Division at the Information Display At SMU, he also served as ticket manager and/or liaison for several and Entertainment Association (IDEA) conference in Atlanta. national and conference tournaments, including two NCAA Soccer The following year, BuffVision was awarded two distinctions, one College Cups (women’s in 2001, men’s in 2002) and the NCAA Women’s for the 2004 Aurora Awards, a Platinum Best of Show statue for In- Dallas Regional in 2007. Game Entertainment Graphics/Design, and a Telly Award for The He graduated from Texas A&M University in 1999 with a Bachelor Buffalo Stampede, CU’s coaches’ show. In 2006 and 2007, BuffVision of Science degree in Kinesiology/Sports Management. A letterman at won three more Telly Awards for Swanson’s production, including two fullback for the Aggies, he was a member of A&M’s 1998 Big 12 Confer- for the “Ralphie on Campus” institutional spot and another for The ence championship team that posted an 11-3 record and defeated Buffalo Stampede. Kansas State 36-33 in double overtime in the league’s title game (after He is a 1996 graduate of Colorado State University, earning his being down 27-12 with 9:27 left in the fourth quarter). During his colle- bachelor’s degree in technical journalism and broadcasting. He grad- giate career, A&M played in two Big 12 championship games and three uated Magna Cum Laude and was recognized as CSU’s outstanding bowl games: 1995 Alamo, 1998 Cotton and the 1999 Sugar, as the graduate in journalism. Aggies were 45-16-1 during his five years there under head coach R.C. He was born May 24, 1974 in Oakland, Calif., and attended two high Slocum. schools. His father was stationed in the Azores, Portugal, and he spent As a player, he visited CU twice in his career, first in 1995 as the No. two years at Lajes High School, where he lettered in football, soccer, 3 team in the nation only to see the Buffs win, 29-21, the second time volleyball and basketball. After moving to Colorado, he graduated in 1997, when his 21st-ranked Aggies dealt the No. 16 Buffaloes a 16- from Liberty High School in Colorado Springs, where he lettered in 10 defeat. football. He played volleyball on CSU’s club team for three years. He was born in Hempstead, Texas, and graduated from Oak Grove Swanson has also competed in four IronMan events, including a High School in San Jose, Calif. in 1994, where he lettered in football personal best of 11 hours and 29 minutes in Phoenix, Ariz., in 2009. and basketball. His hobbies include traveling and playing golf, and as He is married the former Heather Cohea and the couple has a son, a senior in college, he was the president of A&M’s Sports Management Gavin (3) and Dane (born this past January). Society. He is married to the former Alissa Brewer and they are the parents of a daughter and a son.

34 SUPPORTPROGRAMASSISTANTS

Those who have daily interaction with the entire team or program.

JASON DePAEPE ADAM HOLLIDAY Athletic Turf Manager Assistant Trainer/Football

Jason DePaepe is in his 11th season as Adam Holliday is in his first season as an Athletic Turf Manager at the University of assistant athletic trainer at the University of Colorado, as he was promoted to the position in Colorado, having joined the sports medicine February 2001. He previously had worked one department for a second go-round in August season as the assistant turf manager after joining 2010. He works primarily with the football and the CU staff in June 2000. women’s golf programs. DePaepe, 37, is responsible for all maintenance, renovation, He previously spent the 2004-05 academic year in Boulder as the upkeep and painting and design of Folsom Field’s natural grass professional intern under former head trainer Steve Willard, working surface as well as the athletic practice fields located just north of with the football and men’s and women’s tennis teams. He returned to Boulder Creek and Prentup Field, home to CU’s women’s soccer team. CU from the University of Texas, where he spent three years as the The Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) honored DePaepe assistant athletic trainer for the Longhorns’ football squad. and his staff in January 2003, when the organization recognized A 2002 graduate of the University of Kansas where he earned his Folsom Field’s turf with the Football Field of the Year Award for the Bachelor of Science degree in Sports Science, he worked three years college/university division. STMA has over 2,400 members, so the as a student athletic trainer for the Jayhawks. His first full-time posi- award, especially in just the fourth season since Folsom returned to tion in athletic training came at Loris High School in Myrtle Beach, natural grass, was quite an honor. S.C., the year before being named an intern at CU. After his time in In 2008, he oversaw the complex replacement of SportGrass on the Boulder, he moved on to the University of Minnesota where he was a Folsom Field floor with a natural Kentucky blue grass. graduate assistant trainer for two years while earning his Master’s in He came to CU from the , where he was the assis- Sports Management in 2007. tant field manager for a year. Prior to that, he was employed at Iowa He was born March 28, 1980 in Johnson, Kan., and graduated from State, where he graduated from in 1999 with Bachelor’s degree in Stanton County (Kan.) High School where he lettered in football and horticulture and turf grass management. He worked two years at ISU basketball. as a student turf manager. Born May 4, 1974 in Minot, N.D., he graduated from Waterloo (Iowa) West, where he lettered in baseball and basketball. His hobbies include golf and basketball. He married Kristen Sorensen, CU’s director of special events, this past July. RYAN KATAOKA Assistant Director/Academics

Ryan Kataoka enters his sixth year in the STEPHEN ENGLEHART Herbst Academic Center after joining the Assistant Strength Coach/Football University of Colorado staff in August of 2006. In addition to being assistant director of the Stephen Englehart is in his first year as the entire academic operation, he is the lead assistant speed-strength and conditioning coach academic coordinator for the football and for football, joining the department on April 1, women’s basketball teams. 2011. For five years, he also coordinated the Success Training and Exit Englehart, 30, came to CU from Southern Plan for Seniors (STEPS) program which assists student-athletes in Methodist University, where he worked one year their transition to life after graduating from CU. He continues to (2010) as the assistant strength and conditioning coach for the serve as the teaching assistant for the freshmen CU Experience Mustangs. That followed one season (2009) as the head football course, a role he has performed the last three years. strength coach at Portland State University, his first full-time year in Prior to his arrival at CU, Kataoka was a high school teacher and the profession. He got his start in the business as a graduate assis- coach for 10 years in the Tustin and Santa Ana Unified School tant at the University of Hawai’i, where he spent three years (2006-08). Districts in Orange County, Calif. He taught 9th through 12th grade He was on the Warrior staff the year the UH earned a Sugar Bowl invi- English and Language Arts in his first eight years. He spent his last tation against Alabama as a “BCS” buster following a 12-0 regular two years as a program specialist, coordinating high school college season in 2007. and career centers. He coached basketball and volleyball each year While at Hawai’i, he earned his Master’s in Kinesiology and Reha- while in high school education. bilitation Science in the spring of 2009. He received his Bachelor’s A native of San Diego, Kataoka attended Grossmont High School degree in Exercise Science from Southeastern Louisiana University in where he played basketball, volleyball and football. He graduated 2005. from the University of California, Irvine in 1996 with a bachelor of He was born June 5, 1981 in New Orleans, and graduated from arts in English. He earned a Single Subject Teaching Credential in Fountainbleau High School (Mandeville, La.), where he lettered in Language Arts and a Cross-Cultural Language and academic devel- basketball. His twin brother, Chad, is an assistant strength coach with opment certification in 1997. the Washington Redskins. He is married to the former Laura Williams Kataoka is also completing his Master’s Degree in Educational (a registered nurse at the Rocky Mountain Cancer Center in Long- Foundations, Policy and Practice in the School of Education at CU. mont); the couple has one son, Braylon (3). He and his wife Suzanne have two daughters, Leah and Marisa.

35 PREMA KHANNA JO MARCHI Director of Marketing Associate Director/Compliance

Prema Khanna is in her seventh year as CU’s Jo Marchi is her seventh year as the associate director of marketing, as she was promoted to director of compliance/monitoring for the the position July 7, 2004. She is in her 10th year University of Colorado athletic department, overall the department, having worked two named to the position full-time in October 2005 years as promotions manager for the Buffaloes after working as an intern in CU’s compliance after joining the staff in August 2002. She is office for seven months. responsible for coordinating marketing efforts for football, basketball In her position she performs multiple duties on behalf of the and volleyball ticket sales, as well as promotions both on and-off the student-athletes, including serving as the staff liaison with CU’s fields and courts, including game day atmosphere. Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), as well as the sport Khanna, 40, came to Colorado from Texas Tech, where she worked camp coordinator, roles she both assumed in 2007. She serves on the two years as the director of marketing and promotions. She got her CUSPY (CU Sports Performers of the Year) selection committee with start at Missouri, her alma mater, as a graduate assistant in 1995, and the sports information staff and is a regular member of search was hired full-time the following year as marketing and promotions committees for department openings. coordinator. In 1997, she was promoted to assistant director of Marchi, 29, came to Colorado from Indiana University, where she marketing and held that position for the next three years before worked as a compliance intern her senior year in college. She gradu- moving on to Texas Tech in 2000. ated from Indiana with Bachelor’s degree in Sport Marketing and She graduated from the University of Missouri with a bachelor’s Management in 2004. She then moved west to Colorado and accepted degree in business administration in 1995, and earned her master’s an intern position with CU in February 2005. degree in sports administration from MU in 1997. She was born January 29, 1982 in Bloomingdale, Ill., and graduated Born July 29, 1971 in Haldwani, India, her family moved to Cleve- Glenbard (Ill.) East High School, where she lettered in basketball and land, Ohio, when she was a toddler, and then to Toronto, Ontario in track and field. Her hobbies include traveling and baking. second grade. She lived in Canada until she was 13, when her family established residency in Columbia, Mo. She graduated from Rock Bridge High School, where she played tennis. MEDFORD MOORER Academic Coordinator

JOHN KRUEGER Medford Moorer is in his first year as an Assistant Athletic Director/Facilities academic coordinator in the Herbst Academic Center, joining the athletic department staff on John Krueger is now in his 25th year as a August 1, 2011, from across campus, where he member of the athletic department, his 12th as had been working in administration as the grad- the assistant athletic director for facilities as he uate coordinator in the Civil Engineering was promoted on July 1, 1999. In his position, he department for five years. also continues to oversee CU’s athletic facilities Prior to returning to his alma mater in 2006, he worked one year at and grounds, the position he first was hired full- Texas A&M as an assistant in academics. That followed two years as time for on August 1, 1986. a teacher for a charter school in metro Denver, his first full-time posi- tion after he completed his college football career for the Buffaloes. Krueger, 47, is responsible for all maintenance and scheduling for He graduated from CU with a degree in Sociology in August 2003. all facilities and grounds, as well as set-up procedures for athletic and As a junior, he was the recipient of the Clancy A. Herbst Student- special events. He also is the liaison for events such as the Bolder Athlete Achievement Award, presented to the Buff who overcame Boulder, the Fourth of July Fireworks and numerous concerts and personal, academic and/or emotional difficulties to success academ- graduations. As a student at CU, he worked four years under the facil- ically while participating in athletics. ities director, first working for the late Mark Simpson as a freshman He was a four-year letterman in football at Colorado, leading the in 1982. team in tackles with 111 his senior year in 2003, when he earned He was born October 11, 1963 in Oak Park, Ill. He graduated from second-team All-Big 12 Conference honors from the league coaches. Lyons Township High School (LaGrange, Ill.) in 1981, and graduated He won three postseason team awards that year, the Hang Tough from CU in 1986 with a B.S. degree in economics. He is married to Award (overcoming the most adversity); the Dave Jones Award Colleen Reilly, CU’s former associate sports information director, and (outstanding defensive player); and the Buffalo Heart Award (selected the couple has two children, Mandiza (8) amd Enapay (6). by “the fans behind the bench”). In the postseason, he played in the A caddy for six years, he attended CU on a prestigious Evans Schol- Hula Bowl. As a sophomore, he had a big play in CU’s 39-37 win over arship. In March 2004, he was named Chapter Advisor for the same Texas in the Big 12 Championship game, returning an interception 64 Eisenhower-Evans Scholar House that he lived in while attending CU. yards for a touchdown that gave CU a 29-10 lead late in the first half. In that role, he is the chapter’s liaison to the University and Western His 256 career tackles are still the 27th most in school history. Golf Association and provides personal, chapter, University and He was born November 28, 1980 in Los Angeles, and graduated academic counseling to the chapter’s four dozen annual scholars. from the city’s Locke High School, where was an All-City and All- League performer in football and also lettered in basketball and track. He is married to the former Mandy (Ament), and the couple recently had their first child, Marshall (both this past June).

36 secondary contact for football, as well as with the women’s golf and ski programs in addition to managing special projects. BRENT OJA Snyder, 35, returned to CU from Duke University, where he Assistant Equipment Manager/Football served as the director of Internet operations from 2003-08, where he managed the day-to-day operations of GoDuke.com and had various Brent Oja is in his first year as the assistant SID duties for the football and men’s basketball programs. He accom- equipment manager for the football program, panied the basketball team during the post season, during which time joining the athletic department in March 2011. the Blue Devils captured two ACC Championships and a berth in the Oja, 28, came to Colorado from the University 2004 Final Four in . He also traveled with the women’s of Virginia, where he had worked the previous basketball team to the 2006 Final Four in Boston. three-plus years as an assistant equipment He previously served four years as a student assistant in CU’s manager. At UVA, he was responsible for all the equipment needs for athletic media relations office (it’s then name) from 1994-98 and then the men’s and women’s basketball teams as well as the men’s and five years as a full-time assistant SID and as well as the Internet women’s swimming and diving teams. He got his start in the business managing editor from 1998-2003. As a student, Snyder worked with at Iowa State, where he served one year as an associate for equipment the volleyball and men’s basketball programs and was presented with operations for the 2007-08 academic year. the Athletic Director’s medal for service to the department. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2006 with two In his first stint at CU, he worked at various times as the primary degrees, earning a Bachelor of Science in Sports Studies and a Bach- contact for the men’s basketball, volleyball and men’s and women’s elor of Arts in History. tennis programs while also being named the Internet coordinator and He was born April 8, 1983 in St. Cloud, Minn., and graduated from eventually Internet managing editor, overseeing the official website, Melrose Area High School (Melrose, Minn.) where he lettered in foot- CUBuffs.com. ball and basketball (his father was his head coach in both) as well as He also currently serves as a back-up statistician for the NBA’s in track and field. His hobbies include reading and watching movies. and has worked with the AVP (professional tour). He is an active member of the College Sports Infor- mation Directors of America (CoSIDA) and has served on the technology committee for the past five years. DR. SOURAV PODDAR Born Sept. 2, 1975, in Boulder, he graduated from Boulder High Team Physician School in 1994, where he was a fourth-generation student and lettered three times in basketball. His grandmother graduated from CU in Dr. Sourav Poddar is his 12th year working 1929, his grandfather was recruited to CU by Frank Potts to be a with the CU athletic program as a team physi- decathlete and also to play basketball and football and his father, cian, his 11th with the football program. mother and sister all attended CU. He is married to the former Kami Poddar, 39, is an assistant professor at the Carmann, a four-time letterwinner and two-time captain of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, women’s basketball team at CU. The couple resides in Erie and has and is on staff at the CU Sports Medicine Clinic two children, twins Lucy and Samuel, 1. as well as the University Medicine-Westminster. He is also the asso- ciate director of the Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship at the UCHSC. He is board certified in family practice, with a CAQ certificate in sports medicine. His specific areas of medical interest are sports MELANIE ZAHARIAS medicine, heat illnesses and concussions. Academic Coordinator He graduated from Rice University in 1993 with a degree in biochemistry, and then completed medical school at the University of Melanie Zaharias is in her fourth year as an Texas-Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas in 1997. At Rice, he was academic coordinator at the University of a member of the soccer team. Colorado, as the Colorado native joined the Sourav completed his residency in family practice at the UCHSC- athletic staff in January 2008. She works specifi- Rose in Denver (he was chief resident during his third year in cally with the football and men’s and women’s residency), and subsequently completed a fellowship in sports medi- ski teams. cine at the University of Colorado, working with former CU team Prior to coming to Colorado, she served for a year and a half as an physician Rob Loeffler. assistant academic coordinator at the University of Missouri, where Born April 15, 1972 in Bombay, India, his family moved to the she also worked with the football program. United States when he was a two-year old; he graduated from Clear Zaharias graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology and Lake High School in Houston, where he lettered in soccer. He is Business from the University of Kentucky in 2003, where she also was married to the former Emily Aldeen. (His name is pronounced Shuh-rav a member of the gymnastics team. Since then, she has worked for Poe-dar.) Denver Public schools in a variety of settings, including special educa- tion. She completed her master’s degree in Educational Counseling Psychology, with an emphasis in Mental Health Practices in Schools CURTIS SNYDER from the University of Missouri in 2008. Associate SID/Football

Curtis Snyder is in his 13th year as a member of the University of Colorado athletic depart- ment, including his fourth as the associate sports information director, returning to the Buffaloes on December 1, 2008 after a five-and- a-half year absence. He works primarily as the

37 2011 Outlook

There are always challenges when a new head coach takes over in early November. Embree also brought back Kanavis McGhee, an All- most football programs, as more often than not, they are replacing American in 1988, and shifted Darian Hagan from running backs coach someone else who for whatever reason couldn’t get the job done. to recruiting coordinator. The last time a new head coach took over the Colorado football In addition, his selection for defensive coordinator, Greg Brown, program, when Dan Hawkins came on board in 2006, the program was has returned for a third tour of duty at the school, having coached only five years removed from winning the Big 12 Championship, one under McCartney from 1991-93 and then again under Hawkins from that had also gone on to win three more North Division titles. But the 2006-09 before leaving for a year to serve as co-defensive boss at program had basically been decimated from within due to strict Arizona. recruiting limitations that had been placed on then-head coach Gary So what does the new Barnett and his staff. But after five seasons under Hawkins, and while staff have to work with in he managed to rebuild several parts of the program, the wins on the their first season? An 83- field just weren’t there, and a change needed to be made. man roster at the end of The change was historic; when Jon Embree was named CU’s 24th spring practice, with just full-time head coach (26 counting two interim) last December 6, it 60 on scholarship, but with marked just the third time in school history that a former player has 19 more on the way when been called upon to lead the Buffaloes. The previous two coached one the freshmen arrive August season, CU’s first coach, Harry Heller, all the way back in 1895, and 3, that’s what. Embree has then a stopgap move for the 1962 season, when Bud Davis took over already said many of the and coached that year in righting the program after NCAA sanctions hit freshmen will get a long, the school hard. hard look and filling in While the cupboard isn’t bare and there is some solid talent at spots in the two-deep, several positions, overall depth and team speed aren’t what Embree some likely to compete for was accustomed to by the time his senior year rolled around in 1986, starting positions. Only nor when he served as an assistant under three head coaches between one is solidified, as he 1993 and 2002 and was a part of 81 victories and seven bowl wins. named Tyler Hansen the Throw in the fact that the Buffaloes play 13 games this fall, all in a starting quarterback for row without an off week, and also while Colorado transitions as one of the 2011 season following two new members of the Pac-12 Conference. That would be quite the the completion of spring daunting task for anybody, not to mention a first-time head coach. drills. But Embree is up for the challenge, and he is embracing it. A number of injuries at He knows all about returning a program to glory; he committed to several positions compli- CU after the Buffaloes had won just nine games during his four-year Tyler Hansen cated the new staff’s spring prep career at Englewood’s Cherry Creek High School. He was part of evaluation of returning class that featured several of Colorado’s top high school performers players, but their absence did offer opportunities for others, which decided as a group to come to Boulder in Bill McCartney’s first which Embree viewed as a positive. “We had the chance to look at recruiting class with the idea of helping to turn things around. some guys who we might not have seen otherwise. And like I said, By the time Embree would end his four year Buffalo career, he had when these freshmen come in, we’re plugging them in. Guys can’t say played an integral role in helping CU to its first winning season in nine they didn’t get their chance. They had 15 practices, the off-season years (7-5 in 1985), two bowl berths, and the first win over rival workouts, all the opportunities to show what they can do. We’ll plug Nebraska since 1967, a 20-10 triumph on Oct. 25, 1986 that many at the the freshmen in, evaluate them and see what they can do.” time prophetically called, “the turning point.” The smaller-than-usual returning group includes 49 lettermen (15 The thing about a turning point is that you can only really identify starters) from the 2010 squad, along with 18 others that have signifi- it years later. Games that had the appearance of being such didn’t pan cant starting or game experience. The team posted a 5-7 record (after out that way under Hawkins, most notably a 27-24 come-from-behind a 3-1 start), but most feel should have had at least three more wins win over No. 3 Oklahoma in 2007, a 65-51 verdict over Nebraska later after losing significant leads against Baylor, Texas Tech and Kansas, that same season that earned the Buffaloes their lone bowl berth in dropping those contests by a combined 16 points. Hawk’s five years, and then a 17-14 overtime win over West Virginia, on The Buffaloes will have to replace four likely future NFL performers national television on a Thursday night with all eyes on CU – giving the in offensive tackle , cornerbacks Jimmy Smith and Jalil team a 3-0 mark and the impetus for the school to extend Hawkins’ Brown, and wide receiver Scotty McKnight. Solder and Smith were first contract. round draft picks, with Brown (fourth) and McKnight (seventh) also So while Colorado sporadically tasted some success here and being selected. McKnight along with quarterback Cody Hawkins grad- there, including a 29-27 win over Georgia last year in Boulder, things uated from CU holding numerous passing and receiving records never truly came together. Now it’s up to Embree to put all the pieces between them. back in place. The offense appears to be in better shape coming out of spring He started by assembling perhaps the most unique football staff drills, what with the defense decimated by injuries combined with the ever at CU, if not the country. It includes three iconic Buffalo alumni, a loss of Smith and Brown, two of the best cornerbacks in the nation last fourth as recruiting coordinator, three others who know the state inti- fall. mately, five including Embree with NFL experience and all with a flair Hansen will be CU’s starter on opening day for the second straight for recruiting. year, though his junior season was cut short in the seventh game when Offensive coordinator and running backs coach Eric Bieniemy he suffered a ruptured spleen against Texas Tech. He’s already 11th in came with Embree as a package deal, one of the key hires. The fiery all-time passing yards (2,822) at Colorado, and before he was injured, Bieniemy, the school’s all-time leading rusher, was the heart and soul set a school mark for completion percentage for minimums of 100 and of CU’s glory days from 1987-1990 that produced two Big 8 titles and a 150 passes in a season (68.3 percent). He picked up where he left off, national championship. Embree also retained one of the most popular completing 74 percent of his throws in the three spring scrimmages, assistants to ever walk the Folsom Field sidelines, keeping Brian but more importantly, came along fast in picking up the nuances Cabral on staff after he quieted the storm as interim coach the last of CU’s new pro-style offense, including returning to under center with three games of the 2010 season after Hawkins was relieved of his duties less shotgun formations.

38 He’ll have a familiar player to hand the ball off to in senior tailback low due to the previous staff’s coaching to catch the ball and have little Rodney Stewart, who ran for 1,318 yards last fall with his 2,744 for his or no return yards in lieu of the ball going unfielded and then rolling career ranking him fifth – and in hot pursuit of his new position coach’s back downfield; however, when there was a chance for a decent return, all-time school mark of 3,940. Top targets will include senior tight end the Buffs seldom seemed to spring anyone (sans a 45-yard return Ryan Deehan, a John Mackey Award candidate last year, senior by Travon Patterson in last year’s season opener, CU had 48 punt receiver Toney Clemons and sophomore sensation Paul Richardson, returns for 186 yards the last two seasons, less than four yards per). who set numerous school freshman receiving marks in 2010. Coverage units generally have been good, but the coaches would like Senior guard and All-America candidate Ryan Miller will anchor to see more aggression against opponent kicks, as CU has just seven the line, which was unsettled due to injuries after spring drills. blocks over the last five years (with four of those coming in 2009). Sophomore David Bakhtiari is likely a lock at tackle, and senior Ethan CU’s new football staff does have a familiarity with the school’s Adkins the same at the guard spot opposite Miller. Jack Harris new conference, as seven members have had experience coaching in and Sione Tau will continue battle at the right tackle spot in August the league. Embree and Bieniemy both served as assistant coaches drills, and center is up for grabs though freshman redshirt under another former CU assistant, Karl Dorrell, at UCLA between from Daniel Munyer had an outstanding spring and is atop the depth at 2003-05. Brown was at Arizona last season and was accompanied to present. Boulder by Mike Tuiasosopo, who spent seven years with the Defensively, with Smith and Brown gone at cornerback, that’s the Wildcats, while assistant head coach Rip Scherer also logged three position of the most concern, especially headed into the pass-happy years in Tucson from 1988-90. Receivers coach Bobby Kennedy also Pac-12. Most of the lettermen returning have had the bulk of their play- spent a year at Arizona (2001) before spending the next two on the staff ing time on special teams, not from scrimmage, thus incoming fresh- at Washington, with offensive line boss Steve Marshall coaching the men will get a serious look by the coaches. The secondary is bolstered last two seasons at California and was at UCLA for one in 1996. And by strength at the safety position, with junior Ray Polk ready for a defensive technical intern Bert Watts is a Cal alum who also worked breakout season and senior Anthony Perkins returning from a knee two years as a grad assistant for the Bears. injury. Sophomore Terrel Smith gained valuable experience filling in “The players went above and beyond what we asked them to do in for Perkins, foregoing his redshirt for the second half of the year, and the off-season (leading up to spring drills),” Embree said. “Once we got senior Travis Sandersfeld, when he returned from a leg injury, was into practicing, it was evident that some guys just didn’t know how, or steady at nickel back. want, to practice. We have to create an identity for ourselves, The defensive line has the most and a big part of that is how we train and our mental tough- returning experience, and the group did ness. We don’t have a lot of depth, but we have some play- lead a defense last year that registerd makers. We’ll have a better feel for it when we start competing the most quarterback sacks (34) at and see what we do against other teams. Being in the NFL for Colorado since the 1995 season. And five years, I have to see what these guys can do in games. that was before senior Conrad Obi had Once we start playing other people, we’ll have a better feel for a monster spring at nose tackle; he is where we are, but I know our depth and speed have to now a projected starter after seeing improve.” action for just 99 snaps from scrimmage “We’re physical,” Embree continued. “The way we prac- in his first three seasons. Senior Curtis ticed without pads, the way we started chasing the ball, guys Cunningham and junior Will Pericak, were getting after each other. So it was a very good spring along with a healthy Nate Bonsu (who from that standpoint. I know that they understand how to missed ’10 with a knee injury) along practice. I know it was pretty grueling. We did a lot of hitting. with Obi give CU some solid depth at We were on them; they were coached very hard and 95 tackle, while senior Josh Hartigan percent of the guys responded. I’m very happy about that.” (team-high seven sacks), junior The entire athletic program is excited, to say the least, Nick Kasa and sophomore Chidera Uzo- about the school’s impending move to the Pac-12 this Diribe are a solid trio at end. summer, and there no doubt will be some growing pains as Cabral always has CU ready at line- the Buffs are joining the premier conference in the nation, backer, where junior Jon Major moved with member schools dwarfing all others in the number of from inside to the “sam” position, with national championships won across the board. Anthony Perkins senior Patrick Mahnke, a converted CU’s new football staff does have a familiarity with the safety now with a year of practice and some game action at the posi- school’s new conference, as seven members have had experience tion, and revitalized junior Douglas Rippy the likely starters on the coaching in the league. Embree and Bieniemy both served as assistant inside. coaches under another former CU assistant, Karl Dorrell, at UCLA Special teams play was a bit erratic, as the team’s misfortunes have between from 2003-05. Brown was at Arizona last season and was overshadowed what it has done well on those units. The Buffs have accompanied to Boulder by Mike Tuiasosopo, who spent seven years struggled with inconsistency in the field goal department the last three with the Wildcats, while assistant head coach Rip Scherer also logged seasons, after being spoiled from 2003-07 with Mason Crosby and three years in Tucson from 1988-90. Receivers coach Bobby Kennedy Kevin Eberhart, the duo making 81-of-111 tries, with most of the misses also spent a year at Arizona (2001) before spending the next two on the outside of 50 yards. Sophomore Justin Castor improved dramatically staff at Washington, with offensive line boss Steve Marshall coaching during the spring and has as strong a leg as his predecessors. Punting the last two seasons at California and was at UCLA for one in 1996. And also hasn’t been up to CU’s standards, where most recently the school defensive technical intern Bert Watts is a Cal alum who also worked had a Ray Guy winner (Mark Mariscal in 2002) and runner-up two years as a grad assistant for the Bears. (John Torp in 2005). Sophomore Zach Grossnickle has also shown Thus, Embree knows all about the league and what lies ahead for massive improvement, and has exhibited that he, too, has a very the Buffs. strong leg. “Having coached in this conference before really opened up my The Buffs have been a solid kickoff return team, the average only eyes to the strength of the Pac-12,” Embree said. “There are especially slipping in the second half of the last two seasons after opponents some creative and high-powered offenses. From top to bottom, there started to kick short to reduce the length of the returns but still allow- aren’t going to be any weeks off.” ing CU good starting field position. The punt return average has been

39 2011 OPPONENTS

Game 1 Stadium: Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium Football SID: Bill Stevens (32,500) Phone: 509/335-4294 HAWAI’I Surface: FieldTurf E-mail: [email protected] September 3 (8:15 p.m. MDT) Press Box Phone: 970/491-8100 Website: wsucougars.com Aloha Stadium/Honolulu, Hawai’i President: Dr. Anthony A. Frank Series: Colorado leads 4-2 Athletic Director: Paul Kowalczyk Last Meeting: CU, 20-12 (9/11/04 at Seattle) TV: ESPN2 Head Coach: Steve Fairchild Location: Honolulu, Hawai’i (377,357) At Colorado State: 13-24 (3 seasons) Enrollment: 20,337 Career: 13-24 (3 seasons) Game 6 Colors: Green, Black, White & Silver 2010 Records: 3-9 (2-6 MWC) STANFORD Nickname: Warriors 2010 Bowl: None Conference: Western Athletic Letterman Returning (O/D/ST): 43 (22/18/3) October 8 (Time TBA) Stadium: Aloha Stadium (50,000) Starters Returning (O/D/ST): 12 (6/6) Stanford Stadium/Stanford, Calif. Surface: FieldTurf Football SID: Zak Gilbert TV: TBA Press Box Phone: 808/486-1800 Phone: 970/491-5067 Chancellor: Virginia S. Hinshaw E-mail: [email protected] Location: Stanford, Calif. (13,809) Athletic Director: Jim Donovan Website: csurams.com Enrollment: 15,319 Head Coach: Greg McMackin Series: Colorado leads 60-20-2 Colors: Cardinal & White At Hawai’i: 23-18 (3 seasons) Last Meeting: CU, 24-3 (9/4/10 in Denver) Nickname: Cardinal Career: 23-18 (3 seasons) Conference: Pac-12 2010 Records: 10-4 (7-1 WAC) Stadium: Stanford Stadium (50,000) 2010 Bowl: Sheraton Hawai’i vs. Tulsa (L, 35-62) Game 4 Surface: Natural Grass Letterman Returning (O/D/ST): 46 (24/20/2) OHIO STATE Press Box Phone: 650/723-4418 Starters Returning (O/D/ST): 11 (3/6/2) President: John Hennessy Football SID: Derek Inouchi September 24 (Time TBA) Athletic Director: Bob Bowlsby Phone: 808/956-4478 Ohio Stadium/Columbus, Ohio Head Coach: David Shaw E-mail: [email protected] TV: TBA At Stanford: 0-0 (1st season) Website: hawaiiathletics.com Career: 0-0 (1st season) Series: Tied 1-1 Location: Columbus, Ohio (787,033) 2010 Records: 12-1 (8-1 Pac-10) Last Meeting: CU, 31-13 (9/18/10 in Boulder) Enrollment: 55,014 2010 Bowl: Orange vs. Virginia Tech (W, 40-12) Colors: Scarlet & Gray Letterman Returning (O/D/ST): 55 (28/24/3) Nickname: Buckeyes Starters Returning (O/D/ST): 12 (5/6/1) Game 2 Conference: Big Ten Football SID: Jim Young Stadium: Ohio Stadium (102,329) Phone: 650/721-1989 CALIFORNIA Surface: Natural Grass E-mail: [email protected] September 10 (1:30 p.m. MDT) Press Box Phone: 614/292-1812 Website: gostanford.com Folsom Field / Boulder President: E. Gordon Gee Series: Tied 3-3 Athletic Director: Eugene Smith Last Meeting: Stanford, 41-37 (9/18/93 at Palo TV: FCS Head Coach: Luke Fickell (Interim) Alto) Location: Berkeley, Calif. (101,555) At Ohio State: 0-0 (1st season) Enrollment: 35,838 Career: 0-0 (1st season) Colors: Blue & Gold 2010 Records: 12-1 (7-1 Big Ten) Game 7 Nickname: Golden Bears 2010 Bowl: Sugar vs. (W, 31-26) WASHINGTON Conference: Pac-12 Letterman Returning (O/D/ST): 45 (18/25/2) Stadium: AT&T Park (45,000) in San Francisco; Starters Returning (O/D/ST): 12 (4/7/1) October 15 (Time TBA) (Memorial Stadium, 63,000, is under Football SID: Jerry Emig Husky Stadium/Seattle, Wash. renovation) Phone: 614/688-0343 TV: TBA Surface: Natural Grass at AT&T Park E-mail: [email protected] Press Box Phone: TBA Website: ohiostatebuckeyes.com Location: Seattle, Wash. (608,660) Chancellor: Dr. Robert J. Birgeneau Series: Ohio State leads 3-1 Enrollment: 42,907 Athletic Director: Sandy Barbour Last Meeting: Ohio State, 13-10 (9/20/86 at Colors: Purple & Gold Head Coach: Jeff Tedford Columbus) Nickname: Huskies At California: 72-42 (9 seasons) Conference: Pac-12 Career: 72-42 (9 seasons) Stadium: Husky Stadium (72,500) 2010 Records: 5-7 (3-6 Pac-10) Game 5 Surface: Field Turf 2010 Bowl: None WASHINGTON STATE Press Box Phone: 206/543-2230 Players Returning (O/D/ST): 49 (26/19/4) President: Michael K. Young Starters Returning (O/D/ST): 14 (7/5/2) October 1 (Time TBA) Athletic Director: Scott Woodward Football SID: Kyle McRae Folsom Field / Boulder Head Coach: Steve Sarkisian Phone: 510/219-9340 TV: TBA At Washington: 12-13 (2 seasons) E-mail: [email protected] Career: 12-13 (2 seasons) Website: calbears.com Location: Pullman, Wash. (29,799) 2010 Records: 7-6 (5-4 Pac-10) Series: California Leads 3-2 Enrollment: 18,232 in Pullman; 2010 Bowl: Holiday vs. Nebraska (W, 19-7) Last Meeting: California, 52-7 (9/11/10 at 26,308 in the WSU system Letterman Returning (O/D/ST): 45 (19/22/4) Berkeley) Colors: Crimson & Gray Starters Returning (O/D/ST): 16 (6/8/2) Nickname: Cougars Football SID: Jeff Bechthold Conference: Pac-12 Phone: 206/685-7910 Game 3 Stadium: Clarence D. Martin Stadium (35,117) E-mail: [email protected] Surface: FieldTurf Website: gohuskies.com COLORADO STATE Press Box Phone: 509/335-2684 Series: Tied 5-5-1 September 17 (11:30 a.m. MDT) President: Elson S. Floyd Last Meeting: Washington, 17-14 (9/16/00 in Invesco Field at Mile High/Denver Athletic Director: Boulder) Head Coach: Paul Wulff TV: FSN At Washington State: 5-32 (3 seasons) Location: Fort Collins, Colo. (143,986) Career: 58-72 (11 seasons) Enrollment: 25,413 2010 Records: 2-10 (1-8 Pac-10) Colors: Green & Gold 2010 Bowl: None Nickname: Rams Letterman Returning (O/D/ST): 47 (21/25/1) Conference: Mountain West Starters Returning (O/D/ST): 17 (8/8/1)

40 Game 8 Game 10 Game 12 OREGON SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UCLA October 22 (Time TBA) November 4 (7 p.m. MST) November 19 (Time TBA) Folsom Field / Boulder Folsom Field / Boulder Rose Bowl/Pasadena, Calif. TV: TBA TV: ESPN2 TV: TBA Location: Eugene, Ore. (156,185) Location: Los Angeles, Calif. (3,792,621) Location: Los Angeles (3,792,621) Enrollment: 22,900 Enrollment: 37,000 Enrollment: 39,593 Colors: Green & Yellow Colors: Cardinal & Gold Colors: Blue & Gold Nickname: Ducks Nickname: Trojans Nickname: Bruins Conference: Pac-12 Conference: Pac-12 Conference: Pac-12 Stadium: Autzen Stadium (54,000) Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Stadium: Rose Bowl (91,500) Surface: FieldTurf Coliseum (93,607) Surface: Natural Grass Press Box Phone: 541/346-7074 Surface: Natural Grass Press Box Phone: 626/397-4210 President: Richard Lariviere Press Box Phone: 213/741-1341 or 747-7111 Chancellor: Dr. Gene Block Athletic Director: Rob Mullens President: C.L. Max Nikias Athletic Director: Daniel Guerrero Head Coach: Athletic Director: Pat Haden Head Coach: Rick Neuheisel At Oregon: 22-4 (2 seasons) Head Coach: Lane Kiffin At UCLA: 15-22 (3 seasons) Career: 22-4 (2 seasons) At USC: 8-5 (1 season) Career Record: 81-52 (11 seasons) 2010 Records: 12-1 (9-0 Pac-10) Career: 15-11 (2 seasons) 2010 Records: 4-8 (2-7) 2010 Bowl: BSC Championship vs. Auburn (L, 2010 Records: 8-5 (5-4 Pac-10) 2010 Bowl: None 19-22) 2010 Bowl: None Letterman Returning (O/D/ST): 43 (21/23/1) Letterman Returning (O/D/ST): 40 (17/19/4) Letterman Returning (O/D/ST): 38 (15/22/1) Starters Returning (O/D/ST): 17 (8/8/1) Starters Returning (O/D/ST): 15 (7/6/2) Starters Returning (O/D/ST): 13 (6/7) Football SID: Steve Rourke Football SID: Dave Williford Football SID: Tim Tessalone Phone: 310/206-6831 Phone: 541/346-2251 Phone: 213/740-8480 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: uclabruins.com Website: goducks.com Website: usctrojans.com Series: UCLA Leads 4-2 Series: Colorado leads 8-7 Series: Southern California leads 5-0 Last Meeting: CU 16-14 (9/6/03 in Boulder) Last Meeting: Oregon, 38-16 (1/1/02, Fiesta Last Meeting: USC, 40-3 (9/14/02 in Boulder) Bowl at Tempe)

Game 9 Game 11 Game 13 ARIZONA STATE ARIZONA UTAH October 29 (Time TBA) November 12 (Time TBA) November 25 (1:30 p.m. MST) Sun Devil Stadium/Tempe, Ariz. Folsom Field / Boulder Rice-Eccles Stadium/Salt Lake City, Utah TV: TBA TV: TBA TV: FSN Location: Tempe, Ariz. (161,719) Location: Tucson, Ariz. (520,116) Location: Salt Lake City, Utah (186,440) Enrollment: 67,082 Enrollment: 38,787 Enrollment: 30,819 Colors: Maroon & Gold Colors: Cardinal & Navy Colors: Red & White Nickname: Sun Devils Nickname: Wildcats Nickname: Utes Conference: Pac-12 Conference: Pac-12 Conference: Pac-12 Stadium: Field/Sun Stadium: Arizona Stadium (57,803) Stadium: Rice-Eccles Stadium Devil Stadium (71,706) Surface: Natural Grass (45,017) Surface: Natural Grass Press Box Phone: 520/621-2801 or 2803 Surface: FieldTurf Press Box Phone: 480/965-6207 President: Eugene G. Sanders (interim) Press Box Phone: 801/581-4783 or 8210 President: Dr. Michael Crow Athletic Director: Greg Byrne President: Dr. Lorris Betz (interim) Athletic Director: Lisa Love Head Coach: Mike Stoops Athletic Director: Dr. Chris Hill Head Coach: At Arizona: 40-45 (7 seasons) Head Coach: At Arizona State: 25-23 (4 seasons) Career: 40-45 (7 seasons) At Utah: 58-20 (6 seasons) Career: 173-89-1 (22 seasons) 2010 Records: 7-6 (4-5 Pac-10) Career: 58-20 (6 seasons) 2010 Records: 6-6 (4-5 Pac-10) 2010 Bowl: Alamo vs. Oklahoma State (L, 10-36) 2010 Records: 10-3 (7-1 MWC) 2010 Bowl: None Letterman Returning (O/D/ST): 42 (21/18/3) 2010 Bowl: MAACO vs. Boise State (L, 3-26) Letterman Returning (O/D/ST): 53 (26/26/1) Starters Returning (O/D/ST): 12 (5/7) Letterman Returning (O/D/ST): 51 (19/29/3) Starters Returning (O/D/ST): 20 (11/9) Football SID: Todd Duddleston Jr. Starters Returning (O/D/ST): 13 (7/5/1) Football SID: Mark Brand Phone: 520/621-4163 Football SID: Liz Abel Phone: 480/965-6592 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 801/581-3511 E-mail: [email protected] Website: arizonawildcats.com E-mail: [email protected] Website: thesundevils.com Series: Colorado leads 12-1 Website: utahutes.com Series: Arizona State leads 2-0 Last Meeting: Arizona, 24-21 (9/27/86 in Series: Colorado leads 30-24-3 Last Meeting: Arizona State, 33-14 (9/8/07 at Boulder) Last Meeting: Utah, 37-21 (9/22/62 at Salt Lake Tempe) City)

41 2011 Pac-12 Composite Schedule

September 1 Montana State at Utah 6:00 p.m. October 13 *USC at California (ESPN) 7:00 p.m. UC-Davis at Arizona State 8:00 p.m. October 15 *Colorado at Washington TBA September 3 Colorado at Hawai’i (ESPN2) 8:15 p.m. *Arizona State at Oregon TBA UCLA at Houston (FSN) 1:30 p.m. *Stanford at Washington State TBA Minnesota at USC (ABC) 1:30 p.m. BYU at Oregon State TBA Sacramento State at Oregon State 2:00 p.m. Utah at Pittsburgh TBA Idaho State at Washington State 3:00 p.m. October 20 *UCLA at Arizona (ESPN) 6:00 p.m. San Jose State at Stanford 3:00 p.m. October 22 *Oregon at Colorado TBA Fresno State vs. California (at San Francisco) 3:30 p.m. *Washington at Stanford (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2) 6:00 p.m. Eastern Washington at Washington (Root) 5:00 p.m. *Oregon State vs. Washington State (at Seattle) TBA Oregon vs. LSU (ABC; at Arlington) 6:00 p.m. *Utah at California TBA Northern Arizona at Arizona 8:00 p.m. USC at Notre Dame (NBC) 5:30 p.m. September 8 Arizona at Oklahoma State (ESPN) 6:00 p.m. October 29 *Colorado at Arizona State TBA September 9 Missouri at Arizona State (ESPN) 8:30 p.m. *Stanford at USC (ABC) 6:00 p.m. September 10 California at Colorado (FCS) 1:30 p.m. *Arizona at Washington TBA *Utah at USC (Versus) 5:30 p.m. Oregon State at Wisconsin (ESPN/ESPN2) 10:00 a.m. *California at UCLA TBA Hawai’i at Washington (Root) 1:30 p.m. *Oregon State at Utah TBA Nevada at Oregon (FX) 1:30 p.m. *Washington State at Oregon TBA Stanford at Duke 1:30 p.m. November 4 *USC at Colorado (ESPN2) 7:00 p.m. UNLV at Washington State 3:00 p.m. November 5 *Arizona State at UCLA TBA San Jose State at UCLA 8:00 p.m. *Oregon at Washington TBA September 17 Colorado State vs. Colorado (FSN; Denver) 11:30 a.m. *Stanford at Oregon State TBA *Stanford at Arizona (ESPN) 8:45 p.m. *Utah at Arizona TBA Missouri State at Oregon 1:30 p.m. *Washington State at California TBA Texas at UCLA (ABC/ESPN) 1:30 p.m. November 12 *Arizona at Colorado TBA Washington at Nebraska (ABC/ESPN) 1:30 p.m. *Washington at USC (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2/FSN) 1:30 p.m. Presbyterian at California 3:30 p.m. *Arizona State at Washington State TBA Washington State at San Diego State (Mtn) 4:00 p.m. *Oregon at Stanford TBA Arizona State at Illinois (BTN) 5:00 p.m. *Oregon State at California TBA Syracuse at USC (FX) 6:00 p.m. *UCLA at Utah TBA Utah at BYU (ESPN2) 7:15 p.m. November 19 *Colorado at UCLA TBA September 24 Colorado at Ohio State TBA *USC at Oregon (ABC) 6:00 p.m. *Oregon at Arizona (ESPN/ESPN2) 8:15 p.m. *Arizona at Arizona State TBA *USC at Arizona State (ESPN/ESPN2) 8:15 p.m. *California at Stanford TBA *California at Washington TBA *Utah at Washington State TBA *UCLA at Oregon State TBA *Washington at Oregon State TBA October 1 *Washington State at Colorado TBA *Arizona at USC TBA November 25 *Colorado at Utah (FSN) 1:30 p.m. *Oregon State at Arizona State TBA *California at Arizona State (ESPN) 8:15 p.m. *UCLA at Stanford TBA November 26 *Oregon State at Oregon TBA *Washington at Utah TBA *UCLA at USC (FSN) 8:00 p.m. October 6 *California at Oregon (ESPN) 7:00 p.m. *Washington State at Washington TBA October 8 *Colorado at Stanford TBA Louisiana-Lafayette at Arizona TBA *Arizona at Oregon State TBA Notre Dame at Stanford (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2) 6:00 p.m. *Arizona State at Utah TBA December 2 Pac 12 Championship (at campus TBA; FOX) 6:00 p.m. *Washington State at UCLA TBA

All times listed are MDT/MST. *—denotes Pacific-12 Conference game (note: the California at Colorado game on Sept. 10 is a non-conference game to complete a previous home-and-home agreement). Television selections Sept. 24 and beyond are made on 12 days notice by the Pac-12 television partners (ESPN/ABC, Fox Sports Network, Versus, FX); ESPN/ABC also has an option of utilizing a 6-day selection process three times annually. In all, ESPN/ABC will televise 20 Pac-12 games during the 2011 season, with Fox Sports Net (which also sublicenses Pac- 12 games to Versus and FX) rights to 24 Pac-12 games. ABC’s standard afternoon regional telecast window is at 1:30 p.m. MT in addition to a number of prime-time windows (6 p.m. MT; those games will be selected from the Pac- 12, ACC, Big East, Big 10 or Big 12). ESPN/ESPN 2 will utilize both Saturday afternoon (1:30 p.m. MT) and Saturday evening (8:15 p.m. MT) telecast windows; Thursday and Friday games carried by ESPN/ESPN 2 usually have a 7 p.m. MT start. ESPN/ABC has five dates with opponents TBD: Oct. 15 (8:15 p.m.), Nov. 5 (1:30 p.m.), Nov. 12 (assorted), Nov. 19 (1:30 p.m.) and Nov. 26 (1:30 p.m.). FSN provides national coverage via its lineup of 11 regional sports networks (RSNs) in the afternoon (1:30 p.m. MT) and evening (8:30 p.m. MT) windows, and on occasion may move a game into the prime-time window (4:30 p.m. or 5 p.m. MT). National cable networks Versus and FX usually utilize that same prime-time window (4:30 or 5 p.m. MT). Game inventory not used by the Pac-12 is returned to the institutions, which have the option to televise games locally if a window can be secured that doesn’t conflict with the time period exclusivity provided to ESPN/ABC and FSN.

42 2011 preseason honors

PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA PRESEASON TEAM RANKINGS ILB JON MAJOR (honorable mention: Consensus Draft Services) Publication National Pac 12 South OG RYAN MILLER (first-team: Blue Ribbon College Football, College College Sports Madness No. 58 … Sports Madness, Phil Steele’s College Football; third-team: Athlon Sports, The Sporting News; Rivals.com/Yahoo! Sports No. 67 5th honorable mention: Consensus Draft Services) Phil Steele’s College Football No. 71 6th Compughter Rankings No. 71 6th PRESEASON ALL-PACIFIC 12 CONFERENCE The Sporting News No. 72 5th OG ETHAN ADKINS (third-team: Phil Steele’s College Football) Lindy’s Big 12 Football No. 75 6th OT DAVID BAKHTIARI (fourth-team: Phil Steele’s College Football) TE RYAN DEEHAN (third-team: College Sports Madness, Phil Athlon Sports No. 76 6th Steele’s College Football) Rogers Poll No. 76 5th DE JOSH HARTIGAN (third-team: Phil Steele’s College Football) ILB JON MAJOR (second-team: Lindy’s College Football) Nationalchamps.net OTRC … OG RYAN MILLER (first-team: Athlon Sports, Blue Ribbon College Collegefootballnews.com …… 6th Football, The Sporting News, Phil Steele’s College Football) DT WILL PERICAK (second-team: Phil Steele’s College Football; CBSSports.com …… 5th third-team: College Sports Madness,) Sports Illustrated (si.com) …… 6th TB RODNEY STEWART (second-team: Athlon Sports, Lindy’s Pac-12 Summer Media Poll …… 6th College Football, Phil Steele’s; third-team: College Football College Sports Madness,) Blue Ribbon Yearbook …… 6th Game Plan Magazines …… 6th BUFFALOES ON NATIONAL AWARD LISTS USA Today Sports Weekly …… 6th (WATCH LISTS/Nominations) AFCA Good Works Team (top 11/community service): TB Brian Lockridge (one of 132 nationally nominated) (top interior linemen/backer): OG Ryan Miller (one of 125 on official watch list) Maxwell Award (most outstanding player): TB Rodney Stewart (one of 66 on official watch list) Outland Trophy (top interior linemen): OG Ryan Miller (one of 65 on official watch list) Doak Walker Award (top running back): TB Rodney Stewart (one of 51 on official watch list) Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award (community/class/character/competition): TB Brian Lockridge (CU nomination)

NATIONAL TOP 100 PLAYER RATINGS Rivals.com National Top 100: Ryan Miller (No. 63) Defensive Tackle: Will Pericak (No. 37, Phil Steele’s College Football) Offensive Guard: Ryan Miller (No. 1, Phil Steele’s College Football); Ethan Adkins (No. 59, Phil Steele’s College Football) Offensive Lineman: Ryan Miller (No. 9 overall, Sporting News) Outside Linebacker: Jon Major (No. 56, Phil Steele’s College Football) Running Back: Rodney Stewart (No. 35, Phil Steele’s College Football)

NATIONAL UNIT RATINGS Offensive Line: No. 36 (Phil Steele’s College Football)

SPRING TEAM AWARDS Joe Romig Award (top senior-to-be): QB Tyler Hansen Fred Casotti Award (top junior-to-be): ILB Doug Rippy Hale Irwin Award (top sophomore-to-be): WR Paul Richardson Dan Stavely Award (top redshirt freshman-to-be): C Daniel Munyer John Wooten Award (most improved player): DT Conrad Obi Iron Buffalo Award (outstanding strength & conditioning): OG Ryan Miller OG Ryan Miller

43 Alphabetical roster

No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Class Exp Hometown (High School/Previous College) Status 63 ADKINS, Ethan...... OL 6- 4 290 Sr. 2L Castle Rock, Colo. (Douglas County) S 1/1 47 AHLES, Tyler...... FB 6- 2 235 Sr. 3L San Bernardino, Calif. (Cajon) S 1/1 33 ALLEN, Cordary ...... TE 6- 1 235 Fr. RS Phenix City, Ala. (Central) S 4/4 50 ASIATA, Paulay ...... OL 6- 5 295 Fr. HS Honolulu, Hawai’i (St. Louis) S 5/4 43 BAHR, Matthew...... TE 6- 4 260 Sr. 3L Dove Canyon, Calif. (Mission Viejo) S 1/1 59 BAKHTIARI, David ...... OL 6- 4 295 So. 1L Burlingame, Calif. (Junipero Serra) S 3/3 66 BEHRENS, Blake...... OL 6- 3 300 Sr. 2L Phoenix, Ariz. (Brophy Prep) S 1/1 94 BONSU, Nate...... DT 6- 1 285 So. 1L Allen, Texas (Allen) S 3/3 8 BRUNDAGE, Mark ...... P 6- 1 180 Sr. TR Centennial, Colo. (Cherokee Trail/Rice) WO 1/1 10 BURNETTE, Brent...... QB 6- 3 215 Jr. JC Maryville, Tenn. (Maryville/Arizona Western) S 2/2 4 CANTY, Keenan...... WR 5- 9 155 Fr. RS New Orleans, La. (Edna Karr) S 4/4 40 CASTOR, Justin ...... PK 6- 4 200 So. 1L Golden, Colo. (Arvada West) S 4/3 35 CEFALO, Kyle...... WR 5-10 170 Sr. 1L Boise, Idaho (Bishop Kelly/Oregon State/Wenatchee CC) S 1/1 60 CLARK, David...... OL 6- 4 315 Sr. 2L Aspen, Colo. (Aspen) WO 1/1 30 CLARK, Jermane ...... DB 6- 2 195 Fr. HS Winston-Salem, N.C. (Oak Ridge Military Academy) S 5/4 17 CLEMONS, Toney...... WR 6- 2 210 Sr. 1L New Kensington, Pa. (Valley/Michigan) S 1/1 64 COTNER, Brad...... C 6- 4 290 Fr. TR Thousand Oaks, Calif. (Westlake/Ventura CC) S 4/4 54 CRABB, Kaiwi ...... OL 6- 3 300 Fr. RS Honolulu, Hawai’i (Punahou) S 4/4 44 CREER, Malcolm ...... RB 5-11 205 Fr. HS Los Angeles, Calif. (Palisades) S 5/4 50 CUNNINGHAM, Curtis ...... DT 6- 1 285 Sr. 3L Littleton, Colo. (Columbine) S 2/1 54 DAIGH, Brady ...... LB 6- 2 235 Fr. HS Littleton, Colo. (Mullen) S 5/4 68 DANIELS, Shawn ...... OL 6- 3 275 Sr. 1L Evergreen, Colo. (Denver Mullen) S 1/1 53 DANNEWITZ, Ryan ...... OL 6- 6 295 Jr. 2L San Jacinto, Calif. (San Jacinto) S 2/2 82 DARDEN, Jarrod...... WR 6- 5 215 So. VR Keller, Texas (Central) S 3/3 34 DEEHAN, Ryan ...... TE 6- 5 245 Sr. 3L Poway, Calif. (Poway) S 2/1 12 DORMAN, Stevie Joe ...... QB 6- 3 210 Fr. HS Somerset, Texas (Somerset) S 5/4 89 EBNER, Drew ...... WR 5-11 200 Fr. HS Arvada, Colo. (Pomona) WO 4/4 83 EBNER, Dustin...... WR 6- 1 180 Jr. 1L Arvada, Colo. (Pomona) WO 2/2 15 ESPINOZA, Jason ...... WR 5- 8 180 Sr. 3L Alamosa, Colo. (Alamosa) S 1/1 27 EWING, Vince ...... DB 6- 0 205 Jr. 1L Carlsbad, Calif. (Carlsbad) S 2/2 99 FERNANDEZ, Scott ...... TE 6- 3 250 So. 1L Broomfield, Colo. (Legacy) WO 3/3 42 FORD, Josh ...... TB 5- 9 195 So. TR Denver, Colo. (Mullen/Barton Community College) WO 3/3 55 GOLDBERG, David ...... DL 6- 1 245 Sr. 2L Aspen, Colo. (Aspen/Penn State) S 1/1 21 GOODSON, D.D...... ATH 5- 7 165 Fr. HS Rosenberg, Texas (Lamar Consolidated) S 5/4 14 GORMAN, Justin ...... DB 6- 0 195 Fr. RS Manheim, Pa. (Manheim Central) WO 4/4 2 GRAY, Logan ...... WR 6- 2 190 Sr. TR Columbia, Mo. (Rock Bridge/Georgia) S 1/1 37 GREER III, Woodson...... LB 6- 3 235 Fr. HS Carson, Calif. (Junipero Serra) S 5/4 15 GROSSNICKLE, Zach...... P 6- 2 190 So. 1L Denver, Colo. (East) S 3/3 76 HANDLER, Gus ...... OL 6- 3 290 So. VR Barrington, Ill. (Barrington) S 3/3 9 HANSEN, Tyler ...... QB 6- 1 215 Sr. 3L Murrieta, Calif. (Chaparral) S 2/1 28 HARLOS, Will...... DB 6- 3 185 Fr. HS Somerset, Texas (Somerset) S 5/4 49 HARRINGTON, Evan ...... FB 5-11 230 Sr. 1L Washington, D.C. (Bowie, Md./College of the Canyons) S 2/1 23 HARRINGTON, Sherrard ...... DB 6- 1 175 Fr. HS Washington, D.C. (Howard D. Woodson) S 5/4 75 HARRIS, Jack ...... OL 6- 5 295 So. VR Parker, Colo. (Chaparral) S 3/3 17 HARTIGAN, Josh ...... DE 6- 1 215 Sr. 3L Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Northeast) S 1/1 18 HAWKINS, Jonathan ...... DB 5-11 195 Sr. 3L Perris, Calif. (Rancho Verde) S 1/1 20 HENDERSON, Greg...... DB 5-11 185 Fr. HS Corona, Calif. (Norco) S 5/4 8 HIRSCHMAN, Nick ...... QB 6- 3 230 Fr. RS Los Gatos, Calif. (Los Gatos) S 4/4 69 IVERSON, Ryan...... LS 6- 0 215 So. 1L Newport Beach, Calif. (Newport Harbor) S 4/3 22 JAFFEE, Arthur...... DB 5-11 215 Sr. 2L Boulder, Colo. (Fairview) S 1/1 26 JONES, Tony ...... TB 5- 7 175 Fr. RS Paterson, N.J. (Don Bosco Prep) S 4/4 44 KASA, Nick...... DE 6- 6 270 Jr. 2L Thornton, Colo. (Legacy) S 3/2 65 LaMAR, Keegan...... SN 6- 1 265 Fr. HS Boulder, Colo. (Fairview) WO 5/4 71 LEWIS, Alexander ...... OL 6- 6 270 Fr. HS Tempe, Ariz. (Mountain Pointe) S 5/4 20 LOCKRIDGE, Brian...... TB 5- 7 180 Sr. 3L Trabuco Canyon, Calif. (Mission Viejo) S 1/1 12 MAHNKE, Patrick...... ILB 6- 1 210 Sr. 3L Parker, Colo. (Mountain Vista) S 2/1 31 MAJOR, Jon ...... OLB 6- 2 230 Jr. 2L Parker, Colo. (Ponderosa) S 2/2 36 MARQUEZ, Jordan ...... DB 6- 1 185 Fr. RS Arvada, Colo. (Arvada West) WO 4/4 87 McCULLOCH, Tyler ...... WR 6- 5 205 Fr. HS Albuquerque, N.M. (Eldorado) S 5/4 73 MILLER, Ryan ...... OL 6- 8 295 Sr. 4L Littleton, Colo. (Columbine) S 1/1 39 MOTEN, Josh...... DB 6- 0 195 Fr. RS Carson, Calif. (Narbonne) S 4/4 52 MUNYER, Daniel ...... OL 6- 2 290 Fr. RS Tarzana, Calif. (Notre Dame) S 4/4 72 MUSTOE, Marc...... OL 6- 7 275 Fr. HS Broomfield, Colo. (Arvada West) S 5/4 90 NEMBOT, Stephane ...... DE 6- 8 280 Fr. HS Van Nuys, Calif. (Montclair Prep) S 5/4 58 NICHOLS, Andre...... DE 6- 4 215 Fr. HS Colorado Springs, Colo. (Rampart) WO 4/4 48 NOBRIGA, Liloa...... OLB 6- 2 240 So. 1L Summerlin, Nev. (Palo Verde) S 3/3 23 NORTON, Parker...... WR 6- 0 190 Fr. HS Costa Mesa, Calif. (Newport Beach) WO 5/4 90 O’NEILL, Darragh ...... P/PK 6- 2 180 Fr. HS Louisville, Colo. (Boulder Fairview) WO 4/4 93 OBI, Conrad...... DT 6- 3 290 Sr. 3L Grayson, Ga. (Grayson) S 1/1 25 OLATOYE, Ayodeji...... DB 6- 1 190 So. 1L Dublin, Ohio (Dublin Scioto) S 3/3 91 OLIVER, Will ...... PK 5-10 195 Fr. HS Los Angeles, Calif. (Harvard-Westlake) S 5/4 13 ORMS, Parker ...... DB 5-11 190 So. 1L Wheat Ridge, Colo. (Wheat Ridge) S 3/3 2 PARKER, Juda...... DE 6- 3 250 Fr. HS Aiea, Hawai’i (St. Louis) S 5/4

44 No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Class Exp Hometown (High School/Previous College) Status 83 PERICAK, Will...... DT 6- 4 285 Jr. 2L Boulder, Colo. (Boulder) S 2/2 7 PERKINS, Anthony...... DB 5-10 200 Sr. 3L Northglenn, Colo. (Northglenn) S 1/1 38 PLIMPTON, Nick ...... FB 5-11 220 Fr. HS Phoenix, Ariz. (Chaparral) WO 5/4 26 POLK, Ray...... DB 6- 1 205 Jr. 2L Scottsdale, Ariz. (Brophy Prep) S 2/2 95 POREMBA, Tony ...... DE 6- 1 230 Sr. 1L Greenwood Village, Colo. (Cherry Creek) S 1/1 91 POSTON, Kirk...... DL 6- 1 255 Fr. RS Houston, Texas (St. Pius X) S 4/4 16 PUGH, Makiri...... DB 5-11 190 Jr. TR Charlotte, N.C. (Independence/Georgia) S 2/2 6 RICHARDSON, Paul...... WR 6- 1 175 So. 1L Gardena, Calif. (Serra) S 4/3 70 RICHTER, Eric ...... DL 6- 3 315 Jr. VR Mission Viejo, Calif. (Capistrano Valley/Saddleback College) S 2/2 3 RIPPY, Douglas...... ILB 6- 3 230 Jr. 2L Columbus, Ohio (Trotwood-Madison) S 2/2 19 SANDERSFELD, Travis...... DB 6- 0 205 Sr. 3L Limon, Colo. (Limon) S 1/1 14 SCHROCK, John ...... QB 6- 4 215 Fr. HS Kansas City, Kan. (Shawnee Mission East) WO 5/4 88 SLAVIN, Kyle...... TE 6- 4 235 Fr. RS Littleton, Colo. (Chatfield) S 4/4 41 SMITH, Terrel ...... DB 5- 8 180 So. 1L Paterson, N.J. (Passaic County Tech) S 4/3 22 SPRUCE, Nelson ...... WR 6- 2 200 Fr. HS Westlake Village, Calif. (Westlake) S 5/4 5 STEWART, Rodney ...... TB 5- 6 175 Sr. 3L Westerville, Ohio (Brookhaven) S 2/1 79 TAU, Sione ...... OL 6- 5 335 Sr. VR Honolulu, Hawai’i (Damien Memorial) S 1/1 38 THOMPSON, River...... DB 5- 9 160 Fr. HS Denver, Colo. (East) WO 5/4 85 THORNTON, DaVaughn ...... TE 6- 4 225 So. 1L Denver, Colo. (East) S 3/3 42 TU’UMALO, K.T...... LB 6- 2 195 Fr. HS Honolulu, Hawai’i (Punahou) S 5/4 86 TURBOW, Alex...... WR 6- 1 200 So. VR San Luis Obispo, Calif. (San Luis Obispo) WO 3/3 9 UZO-DIRIBE, Chidera...... DE 6- 3 240 So. 1L Corona, Calif. (Corona) S 4/3 32 VIGO, Paul...... DB 6- 1 185 So. 1L New Brunswick, N.J. (New Brunswick) S 3/3 81 VINCENT, Austin ...... WR 6- 2 185 Fr. HS DeSoto, Texas (DeSoto) S 5/4 92 WALKER, Casey...... LB 6- 4 220 Fr. HS Grand Junction, Colo. (Grand Junction) WO 5/4 4 WASHINGTON, Kyle...... DB 6- 1 200 Fr. HS Pasadena, Calif. (Florence (Ariz.) HS S 5/4 5 WEBB, Derrick...... ILB 6- 0 220 So. 1L Memphis, Tenn. (Whitehaven) S 3/3 45 WILLIAMS, Lowell...... ILB 6- 1 200 Fr. RS Missouri City, Texas (Marshall) S 4/4 84 WOOD, Alex ...... TE 6- 2 255 So. VR Steamboat Springs, Colo. (Steamboat Springs) WO 3/3 33 YATES, Richard...... DB 6- 2 180 Fr. HS Lakewood, Colo. (Kent Denver) WO 5/4 46 YELLEN, Cody ...... TE 6- 3 225 Fr. HS Trabuco Canyon, Calif. (Mater Dei) WO 5/4 Heights and weights recorded as of July 7, 2011. EXPERIENCE KEY: #L—indicates number of letters earned through 2010; HS—high school; JC—junior college transfer; RS—freshman redshirt in 2010; TR—transfer; VR—varsity reserve performer. STATUS KEY: S—scholarship, WO—walk-on; #/#—clock as of start of 2011 season, i.e., 2/1: two years available to play one in eligibility.

Inactive Roster Players (Injured/Ineligible, Etc.) No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Class Exp Hometown (High School/Previous College) Reason Status 21 BELL, Jered...... DB 6- 0 190 So. 1L Ontario, Calif. (Colony) Injured (knee) S 4/3 29 HUNTER, Harrison ...... DB 5-10 175 So. TR Fountain, Colo. (Fountain-Fort Carson/Fort Lewis) Transfer WO 4/3 January Enrollment (Grayshirt) No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Class Exp Hometown (High School/Previous College) Status 74 KELLEY, Alex ...... C 6- 3 295 Fr. HS Oceanside, Calif. (Vista) S 5/4 NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Player Pos. No. Player Pos. No. Player Pos. No. Player Pos. 2 GRAY, Logan...... WR 20 LOCKRIDGE, Brian ...... TB 42 FORD, Josh...... TB 70 RICHTER, Eric...... DL 2 PARKER, Juda ...... DE 20 HENDERSON, Greg...... DB 42 TU’UMALO, K.T...... LB 71 LEWIS, Alexander...... OL 3 RIPPY, Douglas ...... ILB 21 GOODSON, D.D...... ATH 43 BAHR, Matthew ...... TE 72 MUSTOE, Marc ...... OL 4 CANTY, Keenan ...... WR 22 JAFFEE, Arthur...... DB 44 KASA, Nick ...... DE 73 MILLER, Ryan ...... OL 4 WASHINGTON, Kyle...... DB 22 SPRUCE, Nelson ...... WR 44 CREER, Malcolm...... RB 75 HARRIS, Jack...... OL 5 STEWART, Rodney ...... TB 23 HARRINGTON, Sherrard ...... DB 45 WILLIAMS, Lowell ...... ILB 76 HANDLER, Gus ...... OL 5 WEBB, Derrick ...... ILB 23 NORTON, Parker...... WR 46 YELLEN, Cody...... TE 79 TAU, Sione...... OL 6 RICHARDSON, Paul...... WR 25 OLATOYE, Ayodeji...... DB 47 AHLES, Tyler ...... FB 81 VINCENT, Austin ...... WR 7 PERKINS, Anthony...... DB 26 POLK, Ray...... DB 48 NOBRIGA, Liloa...... OLB 82 DARDEN, Jarrod...... WR 8 HIRSCHMAN, Nick ...... QB 26 JONES, Tony ...... TB 49 HARRINGTON, Evan...... FB 83 PERICAK, Will...... DT 8 BRUNDAGE, Mark...... P 27 EWING, Vince ...... DB 50 CUNNINGHAM, Curtis ...... DT 83 EBNER, Dustin...... WR 9 HANSEN, Tyler ...... QB 28 HARLOS, Will...... DB 50 ASIATA, Paulay ...... OL 84 WOOD, Alex ...... TE 9 UZO-DIRIBE, Chidera ...... DE 30 CLARK, Jermane ...... DB 52 MUNYER, Daniel ...... OL 85 THORNTON, DaVaughn...... TE 10 BURNETTE, Brent...... QB 31 MAJOR, Jon ...... OLB 53 DANNEWITZ, Ryan ...... OL 86 TURBOW, Alex...... WR 12 MAHNKE, Patrick ...... ILB 32 VIGO, Paul...... DB 54 CRABB, Kaiwi ...... OL 87 McCULLOCH, Tyler...... WR 12 DORMAN, Stevie Joe ...... QB 33 ALLEN, Cordary...... TE 54 DAIGH, Brady...... LB 88 SLAVIN, Kyle ...... TE 13 ORMS, Parker ...... DB 33 YATES, Richard...... DB 55 GOLDBERG, David ...... DL 89 EBNER, Drew ...... WR 14 GORMAN, Justin ...... DB 34 DEEHAN, Ryan...... TE 58 NICHOLS, Andre...... DE 90 NEMBOT, Stephane...... DE 14 SCHROCK, John ...... QB 35 CEFALO, Kyle...... WR 59 BAKHTIARI, David ...... OL 90 O’NEILL, Darragh ...... P/PK 15 ESPINOZA, Jason ...... WR 36 MARQUEZ, Jordan ...... DB 60 CLARK, David ...... OL 91 OLIVER, Will...... PK 15 GROSSNICKLE, Zach ...... P 37 GREER III, Woodson ...... LB 63 ADKINS, Ethan...... OL 91 POSTON, Kirk ...... DL 16 PUGH, Makiri...... DB 38 PLIMPTON, Nick...... FB 64 COTNER, Brad ...... C 92 WALKER, Casey ...... LB 17 CLEMONS, Toney...... WR 38 THOMPSON, River...... DB 65 LaMAR, Keegan ...... SN 93 OBI, Conrad ...... DT 17 HARTIGAN, Josh ...... DE 39 MOTEN, Josh...... DB 66 BEHRENS, Blake ...... OL 94 BONSU, Nate...... DT 18 HAWKINS, Jonathan...... DB 40 CASTOR, Justin ...... PK 68 DANIELS, Shawn...... OL 95 POREMBA, Tony...... DE 19 SANDERSFELD, Travis...... DB 41 SMITH, Terrel ...... DB 69 IVERSON, Ryan...... LS 99 FERNANDEZ, Scott...... TE

45 depth chart OFFENSE DEFENSE SPECIALISTS (Pro Style) (4-3 Base)

WIDE RECEIVER (X) LEFT DEFENSIVE END PUNTER 17 Toney Clemons, 6-2, 210, Sr.-5* 17 Josh Hartigan, 6-1, 215, Sr.-5*** 15 Zach Grossnickle, 6-2, 190, Soph.* 35 Kyle Cefalo, 5-10, 170, Sr.-5* 95 Tony Poremba, 6-1, 230, Sr.-5* 90 Darragh O’Neill, 6-2, 180, Fr. 82 Jarrod Darden, 6-5, 215, Soph. 44 Nick Kasa, 6-6, 270, Jr.** 83 Dustin Ebner, 6-1, 180, Jr.* PLACEKICKER / KICKOFF DEFENSIVE TACKLE 91 Will Oliver, 5-10, 195, Fr.* WIDE RECEIVER (Z) 40 Justin Castor, 6-4, 200, Soph.* 83 Will Pericak, 6-4, 285, Jr.** 6 Paul Richardson, 6-1, 165, Soph.* 50 Curtis Cunningham, 6-1, 285, Sr.*** 4 Keenan Canty, 5-9, 155, Fr.-RS 91 Kirk Poston, 6-1, 255, Fr.-RS PUNT RETURN 15 Jason Espinoza, 5-8, 180, Sr.-5*** 6 Paul Richardson, 6-1, 165, Soph.* 86 Alex Turbow, 6-1, 200, Soph. 5 Rodney Stewart, 5-6, 175, Sr.*** 89 Drew Ebner, 5-11, 200, Fr. NOSE TACKLE 93 Conrad Obi, 6-3, 290, Sr.-5*** 23 Connor Wilhelm, 5-11, 170, Fr. KICKOFF RETURN 94 Nate Bonsu, 6-1, 285, Soph.* TBD in the fall LEFT TACKLE 70 Eric Richter, 6-3, 315, Jr. 59 David Bakhtiari, 6-4, 295, Soph.* HOLDER 71 Alexander Lewis, 6-6, 270, Fr. RIGHT DEFENSIVE END 14 Justin Gorman, 6-0, 195, Fr. -RS 9 Chidera Uzo-Diribe, 6-3, 240, Soph.* 35 Kyle Cefalo, 5-10, 170, Sr.-5* LEFT GUARD 55 David Goldberg, 6-1, 245, Sr.-5** 63 Ethan Adkins, 6-4, 290, Sr.-5** 58 Andre Nichols, 6-4, 215, Fr. SHORT SNAPPER 54 Kaiwi Crabb, 6-3, 300, Fr.-RS 69 Ryan Iverson, 6-0, 215, Soph.* 66 Blake Behrens, 6-3, 300, Sr.-5** MIKE (INSIDE) LINEBACKER 88 Kyle Slavin, 6-4, 235, Fr.-RS 3 Douglas Rippy, 6-3, 230, Jr.** CENTER 5 Derrick Webb, 6-0, 220, Soph.* LONG SNAPPER 52 Daniel Munyer, 6-2, 290, Fr.-RS 69 Ryan Iverson, 6-0, 215, Soph.* 76 Gus Handler, 6-3, 290, Soph. WILL (INSIDE) LINEBACKER 88 Kyle Slavin, 6-4, 235, Fr.-RS 12 Patrick Mahnke, 6-1, 210, Sr.*** RIGHT GUARD 45 Lowell Williams, 6-1, 200, Fr.-RS OUT FOR EXTENDED TIME 73 Ryan Miller, 6-8, 295, Sr.-5**** © — 21 Jered Bell, 6-0, 190, Soph.* (knee) 53 Ryan Dannewitz, 6-6, 295, Jr.** 68 Shawn Daniels, 6-3, 275, Sr.-5* (calf) 60 David Clark, 6-4, 315, Sr.-5** SAM (OUTSIDE) LINEBACKER 31 Jon Major, 6-2, 230, Jr.** ©— denotes out for season. 48 Liloa Nobriga, 6-2, 240, Soph.* RIGHT TACKLE (L)—throws or kicks left-handed/footed. 75 Jack Harris, 6-5, 295, Soph. 79 Sione Tau, 6-5, 335, Sr.-5 LEFT CORNERBACK Depth chart as of August 15. 13 Parker Orms, 5-11, 190, Soph.* TIGHT END 25 Ayodeji Olatoye, 6-1, 190, Soph.* Seniors (28): Listing with a (-5) indicates fifth- 34 Ryan Deehan, 6-5, 245, Sr.*** 16 Makiri Pugh, 5-11, 190, Jr. year senior (22); the others (6) are fourth-year 85 DaVaughn Thornton, 6-4, 225, Soph.* 39 Josh Moten, 6-0, 195, Fr.-RS seniors. 88 Kyle Slavin, 6-4, 235, Fr.-RS 43 Matthew Bahr, 6-4, 260, Sr.-5*** FREE SAFETY AND—indicates those listed both play & rotate 99 Scott Fernandez, 6-3, 250, Soph.* 26 Ray Polk, 6-1, 205, Jr.** (basically co-first/second/third team status); 33 Cordary Allen, 6-1, 235, Fr.-RS 41 Terrel Smith, 5-8, 180, Soph.* OR—indicates first- or second-team status at 84 Alex Wood, 6-2, 255, Soph. 36 Jordan Marquez, 6-1, 180, Fr.-RS that spot up for grabs. QUARTERBACK STRONG SAFETY 9 Tyler Hansen, 6-1, 215, Sr.*** ITALICS—Players listed in italics ended spring 7 Anthony Perkins, 5-10, 200, Sr.-5*** 8 Nick Hirschman, 6-3, 230, Fr.-RS on the injured list and were placed in their 19 Travis Sandersfeld, 6-0, 205, Sr.-5*** 10 Brent Burnette, 6-3, 215, Jr. probable spot prior to the spring game and 27 Vince Ewing, 6-0, 205, Jr.* post-spring evaluations. 14 Justin Gorman, 6-0, 195, Fr. -RS TAILBACK 5 Rodney Stewart, 5-6, 175, Sr.*** 20 Brian Lockridge, 5-7, 180, Sr.-5*** RIGHT CORNERBACK *—denotes number of letters earned 26 Tony Jones, 5-7, 175, Fr.-RS AND 22 Arthur Jaffee, 5-11, 215, Sr.** through 2010; Injured players listed in ital- 42 Josh Ford, 5-9, 195, Soph. 18 Jonathan Hawkins, 5-11, 195, Sr.-5*** ics (status questionable or doubtful—not 32 Paul Vigo, 6-1, 185, Soph.* out for an extended time; probables listed FULLBACK as normal). 49 Evan Harrington, 5-11, 230, Sr.* OR CAPTAINS: 47 Tyler Ahles, 6-2, 235, Sr.-5*** 9 Tyler Hansen, QB; 31 Jon Major, OLB; 73 Ryan Miller, OG; 7 Anthony Perkins, SS

46 how the buffs were built FRESHMAN RECRUITS WALKONS FOUR YEAR JUNIOR 2007 Patrick Mahnke 2010 2011 2007 2010 TRANSFERS COLLEGE Paulay Asiata Ethan Adkins Jon Major Cordary Allen David Clark Josh Ford 2009 TRANSFERS Jermane Clark Tyler Ahles Will Pericak Jered Bell *Jason Espinoza Justin Gorman *Kyle Cefalo Malcolm Creer 2010 Matthew Bahr Ray Polk Keenan Canty *David Goldberg *Ryan Iverson *Toney Clemons Blake Behrens Douglas Rippy Justin Castor Brady Daigh Arthur Jaffee Jordan Marquez Evan Harrington Stevie Joe Dorman #Eric Richter Shawn Daniels Rodney Stewart Kaiwi Crabb *Tony Poremba #Alex Turbow 2010 D.D. Goodson +Josh Hartigan +Nick Hirschman *Travis Makiri Pugh †Jonathan 2009 Tony Jones Woodson Greer III Sandersfeld 2011 2011 Will Harlos #Brent Burnette Hawkins David Bakhtiari †Alex Lewis #Drew Ebner 2011 Sherrard Harrington Brad Cotner Brian Lockridge Nate Bonsu Daniel Munyer 2008 Keegan LaMar Mark Brundage Greg Henderson Ryan Miller Jarrod Darden Kirk Poston Dustin Ebner #Andre Nichols Logan Gray Tyler McCulloch Conrad Obi Zach Grossnickle Paul Richardson Parker Norton #Harrison Hunter Anthony Perkins Gus Handler Kyle Slavin Marc Mustoe 2009 #Darragh O’Neill Sione Tau Jack Harris Terrel Smith Stephane Nembot Scott Fernandez Nick Plimpton Nick Kasa Chidera Uzo-Diribe Will Oliver Alex Wood John Schrock 2008 Josh Moten Lowell Williams Juda Parker River Thompson Curtis Liloa Nobriga Nelson Spruce Casey Walker Cunningham Deji Olatoye K.T. Tu’umalo Richard Yates Ryan Dannewitz Parker Orms Austin Vincent Cody Yellen Ryan Deehan DaVaughn Thornton Kyle Washington *—has since been placed on scholarship; Vince Ewing †Paul Vigo #—joined team in spring of year listed, otherwise joined in the fall (walk-ons, transfers); Tyler Hansen Derrick Webb +—enrolled in school in spring, so scholarship counted back to the previous year; †—grayshirt (signed in that class but delayed enrollment until following spring). Letterman Picture

Colorado has 49 lettermen returning for 2011 (45 from the 2010 team, with an additional four from 2009); they break down into 19 on offense, 27 on defense and three specialists; the Buffs lose 24 lettermen off the 2010 squad (13 offense/9 defense/2 specialists). CU returns 15 starters from last season (8 offense/7 defense) and loses seven (3 offense/4 defense); several positions had multiple personnel shuttle in and out, so the starter numbers aren’t truly reflective of the experience returning. The 2010 starters are listed in bold, and (*) denotes letters earned primarily on special teams while (#) denotes moving to offense in 2011. The breakdown:

OFFENSE Position Returning (19) Lost (13) WR (x) Toney Clemons Will Jefferson, Kendrick Celestine (from 2008) WR (z) Paul Richardson, Jason Espinoza Travon Patterson, Andre Simmons (from 2009) WR (h) Kyle Cefalo, Dustin Ebner (from 2009) Scotty McKnight LT *Ryan Dannewitz Nate Solder LG Ethan Adkins, Blake Behrens (from 2009), *David Clark C Shawn Daniels Mike Iltis, Keenan Stevens RG Ryan Miller Maxwell Tuioti-Mariner (from 2008) RT David Bakhtiari #Bryce Givens TE Ryan Deehan, DaVaughn Thornton, Matthew Bahr, Scott Fernandez Luke Walters QB Tyler Hansen Cody Hawkins TB Rodney Stewart, Brian Lockridge *Corey Nabors DEFENSE Position Returning (27) Lost (9) DE Josh Hartigan, Chidera Uzo-Diribe, Tony Poremba Marquez Herrod, Forrest West DT Curtis Cunningham, Nick Kasa, Nate Bonsu (from 2009) NT Will Pericak, Conrad Obi Eugene Goree (from 2009) MLB *Douglas Rippy, *#Evan Harrington, Patrick Mahnke (also NB) Michael Sipili WLB Jon Major, Liloa Nobriga, Derrick Webb SLB #Tyler Ahles, David Goldberg B.J. Beatty CB Paul Vigo, *Ayodeji Olatoye (also S) Jalil Brown SS Anthony Perkins/Terrel Smith,*Vince Ewing (from 2009) *Cameron Ham NB Travis Sandersfeld, Parker Orms, Jonathan Hawkins (also CB) FS Ray Polk *Matt Meyer CB *Arthur Jaffee, *Jered Bell (also S) Jimmy Smith SPECIALISTS Position Returning (3) Lost (2) P Zach Grossnickle PK Justin Castor Aric Goodman SN Ryan Iverson Joe Silipo

47 the players

ETHAN ADKINS, OL TYLER AHLES, FB 6-4, 290, Sr., 2L 6-2, 235, Sr., 3L Castle Rock, Colo. San Bernardino, Calif. (Douglas County) 63 (Cajon) 47 AT COLORADO: This Season (Sr.)—He AT COLORADO: This Season (Sr.)—He enters the fall atop the depth chart at the left moved from outside linebacker to fullback offensive guard position. Phil Steele’s College prior to spring practice, as the new coach- Football placed him on its preseason third- ing staff is making the position a regular in team All-Pac 12 squad, and ranked him as its offensive formations. It’s heavy on block- the No. 59 offensive guard in the nation. ing, but he did catch two passes for 10 2010 (Jr.)—He started 11 games at left offensive guard and played in all yards in spring scrimmage action. 12 (special teams only at California), grading out to 89.4 percent for the 2010 (Jr.)—He played in all 12 games, including starts in the first two season, third-best on the team. He played 736 snaps from scrimmage games of the year (Colorado State, at California), but rotated in frequently (with 658 plus plays), also posting the third-most finish/knockdown regardless as he was in for 365 plays (the starter for the final 10 games, blocks with 66 and tying for third with three touchdown blocks. He was B.J. Beatty, played 444). He was in on 28 tackles for the year, 20 solo with called for just two penalties and allowed only one quarterback sack over one for a loss and a tackle for zero, to go with three passes broken up, two the course of the entire season. His high game grade was 94 percent hurries and a third down stop. He had four tackles in three games against Kansas State, when he matched his single-game high of 11 finish- (Hawai’i, all solo, Georgia and Baylor) and at least one in all 12 games. In ing/knockdown blocks which he also had two weeks earlier against spring conditioning tests, he tied for the second-best hang clean on the Kansas (he had five or more eight times). He graded out to 90 percent or team (445 lbs.) and is the second fastest of all the linebackers with 4.62 better in four games, and 80 percent or greater 11 times. He also played speed in the 40-yard dash. all 50 snaps on the field goal/PAT unit on special teams. During the spring, 2009 (Soph.)—He saw action in all 12 games, including two starts (Iowa he also practiced some at left tackles. State, Oklahoma State) at outside linebacker. He racked up 26 tackles (11 2009 (Soph.)—He saw action in nine games, starting all nine (the first nine solo) in 307 snaps from scrimmage. He had five tackles for losses, includ- of the year), playing 575 snaps from scrimmage. He had 26 ing one quarterback sack, with three hurries, two third down stops and a finishing/knockdown blocks, third most on the team, and tied for third forced fumble. He had a season-career high seven tackles (three solo) at with three direct touchdown blocks. His high grade for the season was 80 Kansas State, two for losses, with his best overall game at Oklahoma State percent at Kansas State. when he recorded six tackles, three solo with a sack, and a caused fumble. 2008 (Fr.-RS)—He saw action in three games, seeing the most action He was a recipient of the Gold Group Commitment Award, selected by the against Missouri (26 snaps); he was in for 10 plays against Texas and for CU coaches, which recognizes excellence with class in a variety of areas. five snaps versus Iowa State. He had two knockdown blocks, one each He moved to the outside from inside for spring practice. against Texas and Missouri. He added 25 pounds to his frame between 2008 (Fr.-RS)—He saw action in the final eight games of the season, all on arriving on campus as a true freshman and the following summer. special teams, making three solo tackles on coverage unit duty. He prac- 2007 (Fr.)—Redshirted; practiced the entire fall on the offensive line. ticed most of the fall at mike inside linebacker, and had eight tackles (three solo, one for a loss) in spring scrimmage action. HIGHSCHOOL—A SuperPrep All-American and All-Midlands team 2007 (Fr.)—Redshirted; practiced the entire fall at inside linebacker. member, as the publication ranked him as the No. 29 player in the region (and the sixth best offensive lineman). Scout.com had him pegged as the HIGH SCHOOL—Ranked as the No. 80 linebacker recruit in the nation by No. 30 offensive guard nationally, while Rivals.com ranked his as the No. Rivals.com, he was named first-team All-San Andreas League at both run- 64 offensive lineman in the nation. He was an All-Colorado selection by ning back (H-back) and linebacker as a senior. He was also an All-San the Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post as a senior, when he was also Bernardino County Utility Player as he racked up 80 tackles and six sacks first-team All-State (5A) and All-Continental League. Playing offensive left from the linebacker position. A team captain, he played tight end and full- tackle and grading out as the Huskies’ top lineman, he helped pave the back on offense in an H-back type role, rushing 18 times for 277 yards and way for junior tailback Ryan Misare, who rushed for 1,479 yards and 18 two touchdowns while catching 18 passes for 312 yards and three more touchdowns, as well as Douglas County’s explosive offense. As a junior, scores. As a junior, he was named first-team All-San Andreas League on he was an honorable mention all-league selection. He did not allow a quar- defense as he tallied 98 tackles, including 10 sacks, six forced fumbles and terback sack in his entire high school career. Under head coach Jeff five recoveries. He was ineligible to play football his sophomore year after Ketron, Douglas County went 25-3 over Adkins’ two seasons as a starter transferring from Bishop Union High School. His best games came in his (12-2 as a senior, 13-1 as a junior). His team bested Mullen 35-13 for the senior campaign: in a 14-6 playoff loss to Colony, he racked up 13 tackles state title in his junior season and lost to the Mustangs in a 38-35 overtime on defense and finished with 68 rushing yards and a touchdown to go thriller in the state semifinals his senior year. He also lettered twice in bas- along with three catches for 28 yards; in a 55-27 win over San Bernardino, ketball. he had 14 tackles and a sack on defense, while rushing for 70 yards and a TD with 20 receiving yards and a TD reception; he also had 16 tackles on ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Sociology at Colorado. He owned a 3.2 defense and 100 all-purpose yards on offense in a 21-13 loss to Colton. grade point average in high school. Under head coach Kim Battin, Cajon went 6-5 his senior year, losing to the eventual state champion Colony in the first round of the playoffs. CHS PERSONAL—Born November 28, 1988, in Denver, Colo. His hobbies went 6-5 and lost in the first round of the playoffs in his junior season. He include playing video games and cooking. In the summer, he has helped also lettered four times in track and was named first-team All-San Andreas out with youth football camps for elementary school kids at his high League in the discus (149-0 career best) and shot put (49-2) as a junior. He school. He is interested in going into law enforcement after his football lettered twice in wrestling, and was the undisputed San Andreas County playing days are over. heavyweight champion as a junior despite performing at some 50-60 pounds lighter in the heavyweight (275-lb.) division.

ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Sociology at Colorado. He owned a 3.4 grade point average in high school.

PERSONAL—Born December 6, 1988, in Reno, Nev. His hobbies include skiing and playing video games, and he owns a 50cc scooter he cus- tomized by himself; the only original part left is the frame. (Last name is pronounced alice.)

48 TACKLES Hawai’i and the No. 58 offensive guard nationally. He was named to the Season G Plays UT AT-TOT TFL Sacks 3DS Hurr FR FF PBU Int prestigious Tacoma News-Tribune Western 100 list as one of 21 offensive 2009 12 307 11 15 — 26 5-12 1- 3 230100 linemen and was an honorable mention Long Beach Press-Telegram Best of 2010 12 365 20 8— 28 1- 1 0- 0 120030 the West team selection. The Honolulu Advertiser ranked him the No. 3 Totals 24 672 31 23 — 54 6-13 1- 3 350130 prospect from Hawai’i and first-team All-State as a junior and senior. He ADDITIONAL STATISTICS—Special Team Tackles: 3,0—3 (2008), 1,0—1 (2010). was named an ILH All-Star as a senior and first-team All-ILH his sopho- Kickoff Returns: 1-12, 12.0 avg., 0 TD (2010). more through senior seasons. As a senior, he anchored an offensive line that helped produce 411.4 yards of offense and 40.8 points per game. St. Louis averaged 246.4 yards rushing and 164.7 yards passing per game and scored 30 or more points in 11 of 12 games en route to an 11-1 record and the state championship under coach John Hao. He transferred to St. Louis his senior season after his previous high school, Word of Life Academy, a CORDARY ALLEN, TE school with under 300 students, was in the process of closing down 6-1, 235, Fr., RS mainly due to financial issues. He played two seasons at Word of Life, unable to play until his sophomore year due to weight restrictions on Phenix City, Ala. players. (Central) 33 ACADEMICS—He is undecided on a major at Colorado, but is interested AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.-RS)—He in a career in either communication or coaching. moved to tight end from tailback prior to fall camp; he was listed fifth on the depth PERSONAL—He was born June 22, 1993 in Auckland, New Zealand. His chart at tailback after spring ball. He father moved him to Hawai’i with his two brothers when he was six years rushed 10 times for 34 yards and a touch- old after living in-between in American Samoa. His hobbies include play- down in the three main spring scrimmages. ing video games, drawing, hanging out with friends and watching movies. 2010 (Fr.)—Redshirted; practiced in the offensive backfield and was on An older brother, Johan, just finished his rookie season as an offensive the scout team. lineman with the Chicago Bears. A cousin, Matt Asiata, finished his career at Utah as a running back in 2010. He has completed numbers hours of HIGH SCHOOL—He earned All-District honors while gathering a second- community service through this church and high school working with team All-Bi-City nod from the Phenix City Ledger-Examiner as a senior troubled youth and with the Meals on Wheels program. He also volun- under coach Ron Nelson. A three-year letterman, a senior he helped lead teers at the local YMCA as a security guard though his Sunday School. his team to a 10-2 record, a second place finish in the Class 6A Region 3 (Last name is pronounced Ah-see-ah-ta). final standings and an appearance in the second round of the state play- offs. He finished the season with 136 rushes for 817 yards and 14 touchdowns and 14 catches for 192 yards and two touchdowns receiving. In the first round of the playoffs against Stanhope Elmne, he caught a 33 yard touchdown in the first quarter and he also ran nine times for 74 yards on a fourth-quarter drive that put the game out of reach. He had 20 MATTHEW BAHR, TE carries for 114 yards against Wetumpka and with Central up 13-12, he 6-4, 260, Sr., 3L scored a touchdown with 48 seconds left to put the game away which gave Central a 20-12 victory. He ran for 135 yards and a touchdown in a 54- Dove Canyon, Calif. 20 win over Northview and ran 10 times for 105 yards and three scores in (Mission Viejo) a 61-0 shutout over Smiths Station. He also lettered in track (sprints and 43 relays) at Central and was the team’s MVP during his sophomore and AT COLORADO: This Season (Sr.)—He will junior seasons. His 4x100 relay team took first in state as a junior with a move officially to tight end on a permanent time of 42.2 seconds; he had personal bests of 22.0 in the 200 and 50.6 in basis in the fall, though he lined up at the the 400. spot plenty of times his junior season when he served in a utility role between tight end, ACADEMICS—Enrolled in CU’s School of Arts & Sciences, he is undecided H-back and fullback. He missed all of spring on his major. practice after undergoing offseason surgery to mend a chronic shoulder injury; he was expected to be at 100 percent by the start of August prac- PERSONAL—He was born December 14, 1991 in Phenix City, Ala. Hobbies tices. include cooking. 2010 (Jr.)—He played in all 12 games, starting three at tight end: at Missouri, versus Baylor (in a two-tight end formation) and at Oklahoma. One week into fall practice, he was shifted from offensive line into a tight end/H-back/fullback role, with the intent to shore up CU’s rushing game in short yardage and goal line situations. He never carried the ball, but did catch two passes, including a 4-yard touchdown grab that opened the PAULAY ASIATA, OL scoring in CU’s 29-27 win over Georgia. His other reception came against 6-5, 295, Fr., HS California. It was thought he might still see some action on the offensive line, but that only materialized in his playing all 50 snaps on the field Honolulu, Hawai’i goal/point after touchdown unit on special teams. (St. Louis) 50 2009 (Soph.)—He saw action in six games, including three starts at right guard (Kansas State, Missouri, Texas A&M). He was in for 244 snaps from AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.)— scrimmage, recording seven knockdown and three touchdown blocks. He Projected as an offensive lineman his true graded out over 80 percent on two occasions, with a season-best grade of freshman year in college. 87 percent at Kansas State. He played every down in the K-State and Mizzou games. He was a recipient of the Gold Group Commitment Award, HIGHSCHOOL—He earned All-American selected by the CU coaches, which recognizes excellence with class in a honors from PrepStar and SuperPrep, the variety of areas. Opened up the fall second at right tackle, but saw most latter ranking him the No. 24 offensive lineman in the country. On the of his action during the season at guard. SuperPrep All-Far West region squad, he was ranked as the No. 15 overall 2008 (Fr.-RS)—He saw action in 11 games (did not play in the opener player, the No. 2 offensive lineman and the No. 1 player from Hawai’i. He against Colorado State), and started the last eight games of the season was named the top player from Hawai’i by Scout.com, which ranked him (conference play), all at right tackle. He was in for 585 snaps from scrim- the No. 21 offensive tackle in the country, and Rivals.com listed him the mage, grading out a season-best 93 percent at Nebraska; he also had one No. 6 player from Hawai’i while ESPN had him as the No. 2 player in other game where he graded over 80 percent (Iowa State). He had 16.5

49 knockdown blocks for the year, four each against Florida State and Texas HIGH SCHOOL—A two-year letterman in football, he was named honor- A&M, and one touchdown block. He played another 43 snaps on the field able-mention All-Western Catholic Athletic League (WCAL), All-Metro goal/PAT unit on special teams. (Bay Area) and All-San Mateo County as a senior when the team finished 2007 (Fr.)—Redshirted; practiced the entire fall on the offensive line. He 8-4 under Patrick Walsh and won the WCAL championship while making dressed for all but one game, as he possibly could have been activated to it to the state semifinals. He was honored by the Bay Area News Group as play if injuries dictated so. a member of the 2008 Cream of the Crop team among senior football play- ers, ranking No. 8 out of the 25 players from northern California selected HIGHSCHOOL—A three-year starter at two different high schools at on college potential after a survey of college coaches. His senior season offensive tackle, he was named first-team All-CIF Southern Section (Pac-5 was his first as a starter on the football field at any level. Most memorable Division), All-Orange County and All-South Coast League as a senior. He games include Sacred Heart when he held highly touted senior Kevin was also named second-team All-State and was his team’s Lineman of the Greene to no sacks and just a pair of tackles in a 42-14 victory, against De Year and Big Hitter of the Year (presented to the one with the most pan- La Salle when Junipero Serra lost 29-28 but it was to one of the top teams cake blocks). He racked up 56 pancakes as a senior and did not allow a in the state and against Gilroy when he had at least eight pancake blocks. sack on the season. As a junior at Santa Margarita High School, he was He has also lettered twice in as a sophomore and junior (lacrosse named second-team All-Serra League and was his team’s Lineman of the is played in the spring), winning the Lock Down award as the team’s top Year. He tallied 30 pancakes on the season and allowed just one sack. He hitter. He captained the team as a sophomore and played since seventh also started every game as a sophomore. His top game as a senior came grade but Junipero Serra only added the sport his sophomore year. against Long beach Jordan when he recorded sic pancake blocks in the victory. Against Orange Lutheran in his junior season, he went up against ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Communications at Colorado. He earned USC-bound defensive end Michael Reardon and tallied three pancake second-team Academic All-Big 12 honors as a redshirt freshman. blocks without allowing a sack. Under coach Bob Johnson, MVHS went 9- 3 his senior year, making it to the second round of the playoffs. Santa PERSONAL—He was born Sept. 30, 1991 in San Mateo, Calif. He considers Margarita was 5-6 his sophomore and junior seasons. himself a gym rat, enjoying lifting, basketball, swimming, waterskiing and snow skiing. His oldest brother, Eric, was a defensive lineman at the ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Communication and is earning a minor in University of San Diego and is in the NFL with the . Business at Colorado. Another older brother, Andrew, is a junior defensive end at USD. An uncle, Dan Jackson, played quarterback at California. He wants to return to PERSONAL—Born March 3, 1989, in Mission Viejo, Calif. His hobbies California after graduation to work with and eventually take over his include playing golf (regularly shoots in the 80s) and video games; he is father’s (Karl) real estate business. One of his two middle names is also very active with his local church, Saddleback Community. His father unique: Afrisiab. (Last name is pronounced Bock-T-are-E.) is vice president of National Beverage, and his stepfather owns a com- mercial real estate company called Pacific Point Partners; he would like to get into real estate after college.

RECEIVING High Games Season G No. Yds Avg. TD Long Rec Yds BLAKE BEHRENS, OL 2010 12 273.5 1 4t 14 6-3, 300, Sr., 2L Phoenix, Ariz. (Brophy Prep) 66 59 DAVID BAKHTIARI, OL AT COLORADO: This Season (Sr.)— He missed all of spring practice after undergo- 6-4, 295, Soph., 1L ing offseason surgery to mend a chronic Burlingame, Calif. shoulder injury; he was expected to be at 100 percent by the start of August prac- (Junipero Serra) 59 tices. 2010 (Jr.)—He did not see any game action; a recurring shoulder injury AT COLORADO: This Season (Soph.)— limited him at times during practice. Enters the fall atop the depth chart at left 2009 (Soph.)—He played in five games overall, including four starts tackle, as he switched over from the right which came against Wyoming, Kansas, Iowa State and Oklahoma State; he side where he played as a redshirt fresh- also appeared in the Texas A&M game. He started at right guard for the man; he’s being groomed to replace CU Wyoming and KU games and on the left side for the other two. He was in consensus All-American and Outland for 204 total snaps, registering four finishing/knockdown and two touch- Trophy finalist Nate Solder on the left side. Phil Steele’s College Football down blocks. His best game grade was at Kansas State when he recorded placed him on its preseason fourth-team All-Pac 12 squad. an 80 percent figure. He was a preseason fourth-team All-Big 12 selection 2010 (Fr.-RS): He played in all 12 games, starting 11 (he did not start by Phil Steele’s College Football. against Texas Tech, but did play 24 snaps). He earned honorable mention 2008 (Fr.-RS)—Earned the starting spot at right guard out of camp and Freshman All-America honors from collegefootballnews.com, and was an played there against CSU, but was switched to left guard after that game honorable mention All-Big 12 performer by the Associated Press; the and started the next 11 at left guard. He earned first-team Freshman All- state’s chapter of the NFF/College Hall of Fame selected him second-team Big 12 honors from rivals.com. He was in for 769 snaps from scrimmage, All-Colorado. He played the third most snaps on offense, 796, trailing Nate third most on the team, grading to over 80 percent on two occasions with Solder and Ryan Miller, and with 715 “plus” plays, he graded out to 89.8 a season-best 89 percent against West Virginia. He was also third in knock- percent for the year, second best among the O-lineman (behind Solder’s down blocks with 39.5 knockdown blocks and was second in touchdown 94.3). He graded out to 80 percent or higher in all 12 games, and 90 per- blocks (5). He allowed three quarterback sacks and as flagged for just one cent or greater seven times. He had 59 finishing/knockdown blocks, penalty all year. fourth on the team (eight versus Iowa State was his single-game high), 2007 (Fr.)—Redshirted; practiced the entire fall on the offensive line. with three touchdown blocks, tied for the third-most. He allowed just one quarterback sack and seven pressures, but was flagged for six penalties, HIGH SCHOOL—A SuperPrep All-Far West performer as a senior, as the most early in the season when he was getting his feet wet. He had five or publication ranked him as the No. 9 overall player in Arizona (and as the more finish/KD blocks on eight occasions, and his best single-game grade fourth offensive lineman in the state); Rivals.com pegged him as the No. of 94.7 percent came in a dominant performance against Kansas State (71 17 offensive guard in the nation (the No. 6 overall player in the state), plus plays out of 75 total). At Kansas, he recovered a fumble after a quar- while Scout.com ranked him at No. 26. He played in the Offense-Defense terback sack and returned it seven yards, reducing a 13-yard loss to six. All-American Bowl in Fort Lauderdale, starting at guard. As a senior, he 2009 (Fr.)—Redshirted; he practiced on the offensive line the entire fall.

50 was named first-team All-Arizona and All-State (by both major area news- week later in the second round of the playoffs. Despite falling 21-17 to papers) and was an EA Sports second-team All-American, also becoming Upland, he recorded six tackles and had one interception even though the first linemen to be named the Phoenix Player of the Year (as selected Upland was not throwing to his side of the field. As a junior, he also played by the Arizona Republic). A three-year letterman, he did not allow a sack running back and earned second team All-Mt. Baldy League honors. He in his entire prep career. Playing offensive tackle, he had 120 pancake rushed 59 times for 505 yards and four touchdowns and caught three blocks, and playing defensive tackle, he had 60 tackles and five quarter- passes for 14 yards. Defensively, he came up with 31 tackles and three back sacks as a senior. As a junior, he was named first-team All-State and interceptions and also had one forced fumble and one fumble recovery. All-Desert Valley Region when he had 112 pancake blocks playing offen- His most memorable game that season came against Don Lugo, when he sive tackle and 55 tackles, including five sacks on defense. He was named rushed nine times for 149 yards and a touchdown and also had two inter- first-team All-Desert Region and honorable mention All-State as a sopho- ceptions on defense. He saw spot duty in a back-up role as a freshman and more when he tallied 104 pancake blocks. Under coach Andrew Molander, sophomore for the varsity, and as a sophomore he had nine tackles and Brophy Prep went 9-3 his senior season, advancing to the state quarterfi- returned one kick for 12 yards. He also lettered in track & field for four nals; they were state champions his junior year with a 13-1 mark, and years at Colony and was a CIF finalist as a junior in the 110-meter hurdles. went 10-2 and advanced to the state quarterfinals in his sophomore He also participates in the 200- and 300-meter hurdles. He ran the 100- season. He also lettered once in track and played two years of basketball meter dash one time and was clocked in 10.6 seconds. (freshman and junior varsity). ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Sociology at Colorado as he is interested ACADEMICS—He completed all his requirements for a B.S. degree in in a post-football career in law enforcement. Finance (doing so in December 2010), and changed his area of emphasis to Accounting and is pursuing completion of those requirements. He also PERSONAL—He was born January 19, 1992 in Pasadena, Calif. His dad, has taken many Economic classes, so when all is sorted out, he might Richard Bell, was a wing back at Nebraska and was drafted by the graduate with a Business degree with two areas of emphasis, and maybe Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1990 NFL draft, where he played for one season an additional degree if he meets the qualifications for Econ. A four-time as a running back. His mother’s cousin is former Major League Baseball member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll, he owned a 3.2 grade star Darryl Strawberry, who won four World Series titles with the New point average in high school. York Mets and and was an eight-time All-Star during his 17-year career. PERSONAL—Born December 6, 1988 in Scottsdale, Ariz. His hobbies include spending time outdoors—snowboarding, fishing, wakeboarding TACKLES and waterskiing—basketball and reading. His father (Rick) attended Season G Plays UT AT-TOT TFL Sacks 3DS Hurr FR FF PBU Int Colorado for a time and attempted to play football, but was injured during 2010 8 54 74—11 0- 0 0- 0 000000 the spring and eventually returned to Arizona. A grandfather (Bob ADDITIONAL STATISTICS—Special Team Tackles: 4,1—5 (2010). Behrens) was an All-American at Colgate who was drafted by the New York Giants, but opted to go to medical school instead. An uncle (Bob Behrens, Jr.) played football at UC-Riverside, and his older brother, Rich, played at Arizona. (Last name is pronounced bear-ens.) NATE BONSU, DT 6-1, 285, Soph., 1L Allen, Texas JERED BELL, DB (Allen) 6-0, 190, Soph., 1L 94 AT COLORADO: This Season (Soph.)—He Ontario, Calif. is back at 100 percent after missing the 2010 (Colony) season due to a knee injury and subsequent 21 surgery and rehab; he did miss some of AT COLORADO: This Season (Soph.)—He spring with a thigh strain but enters the fall entered the fall listed third at right corner- listed second at nose tackle. back and with most spots and the nickel 2010 (Fr.-RS)—Redshirted; he missed spring practice after a knee injury back up for grabs, he figured into the mix at he suffered in winter conditioning required surgery and spent the balance both safety and cornerback. But in the third of the season rehabilitating. He was a recipient of the Gold Group practice (Aug. 6), he suffered a knee injury Commitment Award, selected by the CU coaches, which recognizes excel- (torn ACL) and will be lost for the entire season. lence with class in a variety of areas. 2010 (Fr.)—He saw action in all 12 games, eight on defense including one 2009 (Fr.)—He played in all 12 games (no starts), seeing action for 184 start (versus Baylor). In 54 plays from scrimmage, he posted 11 tackles, snaps from scrimmage. He recorded 15 tackles, 11 solo, with one for zero seven solo, with the bulk coming in the Baylor game when he racked up gain, two third stops, a quarterback chasedown (near-sack) and a fumble nine, seven of which were unassisted. He also added five tackles, four recovery (which was at Iowa State). He had a tackle here and there over solo, on special teams coverage duty, and was one of just seven true fresh- the first 11 weeks of the season, his top game being two solo stops and a men to play for the Buffs in the 2010 season. third down stop at Kansas State, but against Nebraska in the finale, he had a career-high five tackles (four solo). He added almost 20 pounds to his HIGH SCHOOL— He was ranked the No. 34 defensive back in the country frame between signing with CU and then reporting to school as he played by Rivals.com and the No. 99 player from the state of California. He was his freshman season at 295 pounds. also ranked the No. 95 cornerback by Scout.com and No. 97 cornerback by ESPN. He earned All-California Interscholastic Federation honors and HIGH SCHOOL—He earned mention on the All-Midlands Region team All-Mt. Baldy League honors for Colony High School as a senior under from PrepStar and was ranked as the No. 63 defensive tackle in the coun- coach Anthony Rice, helping the team to a 10-2 record and the Mt. Baldy try by Rivals.com, the No. 7 defensive tackle from Texas. He was listed as League championship. He is a four-year letterman and helped Colony to a the No. 58 player overall on the Dallas Morning News Top 100 list, the 39-12 record in his four years, including three league titles and two CIF fourth DT. ESPN ranked him as the No. 105 defensive tackle in the nation championships during his freshman and sophomore seasons. He (No. 20 from Texas). Allen High School compiled a 38-4 record the three recorded 47 tackles as a senior and also had five interceptions and 10 seasons he lettered in football, including a 25-2 mark his final two years pass break-ups. He recovered one fumble and also had two punt returns when he was a starter at defensive tackle. His senior year, Allen was 15-1 for 63 yards with a long of 51 yards against Paloma Valley. He lists that and won the 5A Texas State Championship, earning a No. 5 national rank- game as one of his most memorable games, as he had a key interception ing under coach Tom Westerberg. He earned honorable mention All-State return that, along with the punt return, set up touchdowns in a 21-6 win by the Associated Press Sports Editors and second-team All-State by in the first round of the playoffs. Another memorable game came one 5ATexasFootball.com. He was also named to the All-District 8-5A squad.

51 That season, he started all 16 games and compiled 80 tackles, including which included two inside-the-20 and three over 50 yards. He followed 47 solo, and had seven total tackles for loss including four sacks, one that up with four more 40-plus per game averages: 49.0 at SMU (two forced fumble and one fumble recovery. He compiled eight tackles with a punts), 47.5 versus Tulane (four kicks, including one that pinned Tulane sack against Plano in a 53-26 victory and had 14 tackles with three for a on its 29 in the final minute with Rice nursing a one-point lead in an even- loss against Stony Point in a 23-21 win in the state semifinals. Against tual 28-20 win), 43.1 against Texas-El Paso (eight punts) and 40.6 at Plano East, he had 10 tackles with three for a loss and one sack in a 37-14 Houston (seven boots). victory and 12 tackles with two for a loss against South Grand Prairie in a 2008 (Fr.-RS)—He took over the kickoff duties down the season’s stretch: 27-14 win. His junior year, Allen compiled a 10-1 mark after a perfect 10-0 he kicked off 28 times on the season, including five times in Rice’s 38-14 record in the regular season and suffering a loss in the first round of the win over Western Michigan in the Texas Bowl. He made his collegiate state playoffs after winning the District 8-5A championship. He was debut late in the game against Southern Miss, recording a 32-yard punt named to the first-team All-District 8-5A team. He totaled 41 tackles as a (his only punt attempt of the season). junior with a pair of sacks. His most productive game was a 17 tackle per- 2007 (Fr.)—Redshirted; he joined the team as a walk-on. formance against Berkner in a 56-49 win. Allen compiled a 13-2 mark his sophomore season while winning the District 8-5A championship and HIGHSCHOOL—He earned second-team 4A All-State honors (Rocky advancing to the semifinals of the state playoffs. He also lettered in track Mountain News) as a senior, when he averaged 41.7 yards per punt, the & field (throws) and was a member of the power lifting team, advancing only year he punted. He handled kickoff chores as a sophomore and then to regional meet as a junior where he finished with seventh with lifts of added placekicking as a junior (his longest career field goal made in a 1,345 lbs. game was 46 yards) and then all three as a senior. He played football and soccer at the same time during the fall; on several occasions he would ACADEMICS—He is majoring in International Affairs and Political Science finish up one game in one sport and race over to play one in the other. He at Colorado. He was named honorable mention Academic All-State by the lettered three times overall in football under coach Monte Thelen. CTHS Texas High School Coaches Association and earned status as a Texas was 9-2 his senior year, qualifying for the playoffs for the first time in Scholar and had a perfect score on the associated test. school history, and was 6-5 his junior year and 2-8 his sophomore season, the first year Cherokee Trail fielded a varsity team. A four-sport letterman PERSONAL—He was born on January 26, 1991 in Dallas. A younger as he also played baseball (second base), basketball and soccer, in the brother He is a student leader in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and latter as a senior helping the Cougars to the Sweet 16 of the state tourna- participates with the Allen High School football team in the Read With ment, also for the first time ever. As a junior on the baseball team, he The Eagles program, in which he and his teammates would go to local ele- helped Cherokee Trail to a runner-up finish in the state tournament. mentary schools before games and read to the children. He enjoys working out and hanging out with his friends. His favorite musician is ACADEMICS—He is working toward his Master’s in Engineering at Ludacris and he is an accomplished cook, with his best dishes anything Colorado; he graduated cum laude from Rice University in May 2011 with dealing with chicken. (Last name is pronounced bonn-sue.) a degree in Civil Engineering (he owned a 3.80 grade point average). In high school, he was valedictorian of his senior class, earned Academic TACKLES All-State honors as a senior in football, soccer and basketball, was a final- Season G Plays UT AT-TOT TFL Sacks 3DS Hurr FR FF PBU Int ist for the Freddie Steinmark Award (presented to the top student-athlete 2009 12 184 11 4— 15 0- 0 0- 0 201000 in Colorado) and was a National Merit Commended Scholar.

PERSONAL—He was born October 14, 1988 in Hinsdale, Ill. Hobbies include playing golf and basketball, movies and staying active in general. He has worked as a volunteer at a camp for children diagnosed with Down syndrome, autism or cerebral palsy. He spent the summer of 2011 in Washington D.C., as he was awarded an internship with the U.S. Justice MARK BRUNDAGE, P Department. (Last name is pronounced Brun-didge.) 6-1, 180, Sr., TR PUNTING In had Ret Net Net Centennial, Colo. Season G No Yds Avg Long 20 50+ TB blk Yds Yds Avg. (Cherokee Trail/Rice) 2008 (at Rice) 51 32 32.0 32 0000 329 29.0 8 2009 (at Rice) 5 26 1149 44.2 63 892062 1087 41.8 Totals 10 27 1181 43.7 63 892565 1116 41.3 AT COLORADO: This Season (Sr.)—He joined the team as a walk-on in May upon ADDITIONAL STATISTICS—Kickoffs: 28, 1 TB, 1 OB (2008). his graduation from Rice. He graduated in four years, and as an unrecruited, non- scholarship player, he is eligible to transfer to another school without having to sit out the standard year per NCAA rules. He is the first football player at Colorado to take advantage of this unique situation allowed by the NCAA. BRENT BURNETTE, QB AT RICE: He was a member of the Rice Owls for three years, joining as a 6-3, 215, Jr., JC walk-on in the summer of 2007. Though never placed on scholarship, he had some shining moments when he assumed the Owls’ punting chores Maryville, Tenn. (Maryville/Middle the latter half of his sophomore season. He earned two letters at Rice for Tennessee/Western Arizona) the 2008 and 2009 seasons. 10 2010 (Jr.)—Despite closing his sophomore year showing he had the potential to be one of the nation’s top punters, too many specialists were AT COLORADO; This Season (Jr.)—He already on scholarship; since he was going to remain as a walk-on, he enrolled at Colorado for the spring semes- opted out of playing football to concentrate on earning his degree in four ter and participated in spring football; he years’ time. He did not participate in spring practice for the Owls. enters the fall listed third on the depth 2009 (Soph.)—He appeared in five games after Rice’s regular punter, Kyle chart. In the three main spring scrimmages, Martens, was injured; Martens, a candidate for the Ray Guy Award, aver- he completed 10-of-25 passes for 100 yards aged 43.6 yards for 48 punts, but Brundage came in and would average (2 touchdowns/1 interception), with one of the touchdowns a 22-yard 44.2 yards for 26 punts for the remainder of the year. Only nine of those toss to Kyle Slavin in the spring game. He has two years to play two in eli- were returned and for just 62 yards, meaning his net average was a gibility. healthy 41.8 yards. He had nine kicks of 50 yards or longer (a long of 63, coming against UCF on what was his first punt of the year), with eight AT WESTERN ARIZONA (2010/Soph.)—He completed 79-of-140 passes kicks inside-the-20. He averaged 46.4 yards for five punts against UCF, for 1,219 yards with 11 touchdowns and six interceptions in seven games

52 before being injured, compiling a 6-1 record for Western Arizona. The Matadors climbed to the top of the NJCAA rankings the third week of the season and after suffering a loss that week, didn’t lose again in the regu- lar season. They won the Western States Football League championship KEENAN CANTY, WR and tied the school record for wins with a 10-2 record. In the second game 5-9, 155, Fr., RS of the year, against Phoenix College, he completed 15-of-25 passes for 236 yards and two touchdowns in a 47-17 victory, which setup the Matadors New Orleans, La. for the nation’s top ranking. (Edna Karr) 4 AT MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE (2008-09/Fr., Fr.-RS)—After redshirting AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.-RS)— the 2008 season, he saw action in seven games (one start) as a redshirt Enters the fall listed second at the “Z” frosh for MTSU in 2009. As primarily the backup quarterback, he com- receiver position; could also get a look at pleted 13-of-25 passes for 160 yards and two touchdowns with no returning kickoffs and punts. He caught interceptions as MTSU ran up a 10-3 record including a victory over four passes for 42 yards and two touch- Southern Miss in the New Orleans Bowl (he was 2-of-3 for 45 yards and a downs in the three main spring scrimmages; he opened the scoring in the spring game when he was on touchdown in the bowl game). He replaced the injured Dwight Dasher and the receiving end of a 15-yard TD pass from Nick Hirschman. completed one pass for 22 yards on 2nd-and-15 and then threw a 23 yard 2010 (Fr.)—Redshirted; practiced at wide receiver and was on the scout touchdown to put MTSU up 28-20 late in the third quarter as the Blue team. Raiders went on to a 42-32 win. He was 3-of-3 for 47 yards and a touch- down against Western Kentucky and in his first collegiate start against HIGH SCHOOL—He earned All-4A District 10 honors as a senior, helping Mississippi State, he completed 7-of-15 passes for 48 yards. his team to an 11-2 record and third round appearance in the state play- offs. Edna Karr, under coach Jabbar Juluke, went 3-1 in 4A District 10 HIGH SCHOOL—ESPN ranked him as the No. 44 quarterback in the coun- competition and finished in second place. His sophomore and junior sea- try, the No. 19 player from Tennessee (the third ranked quarterback). He sons, the team won the 4A District 10 championship and in three years was named to Scout.com’s Tennessee Super 14 as one of five quarter- Edna Karr compiled a 10-2 record in league games. He caught 60 passes backs on that list. He earned the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic for 630 yards and 10 touchdowns as a senior and secured at least three Association Mr. Football Award and was the Player of the Year for catches in 11 of 13 games and five or more catches in five games. Against Tennessee by Tennessee Football Magazine, Sports Locker and Rebel St. Paul, in a 26-24 win to open the season, he caught five passes for 63 Nation. He was the Offensive Player of the Year by the Knoxville News yards and two touchdowns. Two weeks later against Destrehan, in a 38-24 Sentinel and Maryville Daily Times and named the All-Southern Player of win over its rival, he caught five passes for 69 yards and a touchdown. the Year by the Orlando Sentinel. He was the Region 3 most valuable Against Vandebelt, in the second round of the playoffs, he had four player as a senior and named to both the Tennessee Sports Writers catches for 71 yards and two touchdowns in a 46-9 win. He also returned Association and Tennessee Athletic Coaches Association first-team All- kickoffs and punts as both a junior and senior, returning one punt for a touchdown (junior season). That season, he earned second team All-4A State teams as both a junior and senior, when he also earned All-Blount District 10 and had 20 catches for 220 yards and three touchdowns. He County and All-Region 3 honors. He finished his career with school also lettered four times in track and field and earned All-4A District 10 records of 6,408 passing yards and 67 touchdowns. He ranked fifth all- honors in the triple jump as a junior. He also competed in the long jump time for career passing yards in TSSAA history and No. 2 among players and the 4x100 and 4x200-meter relay teams. from eastern Tennessee. As a senior, he completed 228-of-325 (70.2 per- cent) of his passes for 3,521 yards with just seven interceptions. The 3,521 ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Communication at Colorado. yards ranked third in TSSAA history and his 38 touchdowns second, with both marks the best by a player from eastern Tennessee. He also owns PERSONAL—He was born October 7, 1992 in New Orleans. He enjoys Maryville season records for completions, pass attempts, touchdowns hanging out with his friends and being active in all sports. He participated and passing yards, and the single game record of five touchdowns, which in two community service projects through his school. The first was he did in the 2007 state playoffs against Red Bank. His junior year he com- through Tulane University, where he helped plant trees at a city park, pleted 101-of-146 passes for 2,019 yards and 18 touchdowns, and as a while the second one involved speaking to students at local elementary sophomore, he passed for 868 yards and 13 touchdowns. He was named schools and helping out around the schools. the MVP of the state championship game as a senior when he competed 15-of-22 passes for 222 yards two touchdowns in the 28-13 win over Maplewood. He compiled a 30-0 record as a starter, 45-0 record in his three years primarily on varsity and a 60-0 mark in his four years of high school at Maryville under coach George Quarles, winning the state cham- pionship each season. He also lettered in baseball (third baseman). JUSTIN CASTOR, PK 6-4, 200, Soph., 1L ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Psychology at Colorado; he is interested Golden, Colo. in attending medical school after his football playing days are over. (Arvada West) 40 PERSONAL—He was born October 5, 1989 in Knoxville, Tenn. His hobbies AT COLORADO: This Season (Soph.)—He include going to the lake, fishing, skiing, hanging out with friends, golf and has the inside track on the placekicking job playing the guitar. His father, Tommy, played football at Eastern Kentucky as he was the only one to attempt kicks in and his uncle, Jerry Burnette, played basketball at Loyola Marymount. He the three main scrimmages, but could be played summer baseball in the same program that turned out Colorado pushed by an incoming freshman. In those Rockies All-Star and Gold Glove winner Todd Helton. He traveled to scrums, he made good on both standard Colorado with his baseball team when he was seven years old and took PAT kicks, with longer distance ones attempted after other scores that runner-up at the AABC World Series (in Wheat Ridge). were logged in as field goal tries, of which he converted 15-of-26 tries. He was 9-of-12 from 30-39 yards, 5-of-13 from 40-49 yards and made his only 50-plus yard kick (a 51-yard kick that closed the scoring in the spring game; he was 6-of-10 in the game). 2010 (Fr.)—It appeared he would redshirt, but was called on to try a field goal at Missouri after Aric Goodman, CU’s regular placekicker, missed wide left from 40 yards out; his attempt also was from 40 but was blocked. He would play in two other games, at Kansas and against Iowa State, kick-

53 ing off five times: all were returned, but two times the opponent was 2010 (Jr.)—He saw action in 11 games, including one start against stopped inside their 20; the average starting yardline for the five kicks Colorado State in the season opener; he missed the Baylor game due to a was the opponent 30. He was one of just seven true freshmen to play for concussion he suffered in practice the Tuesday prior to the game. He the Buffs in the 2010 season. caught six passes for 35 yards (5.8 avg.) on the year, two of those for 16 yards against Colorado State; his long reception of 11 yards came at HIGHSCHOOL—He earned All-Region honors from PrepStar and was California. Four of the catches came on first downs (for 22 yards). He had ranked the No. 22 kicker in the country by both Rivals.com and Scout.com a tremendous spring, leading the team for the three main scrimmages and the No. 43 kicker by ESPN. Already inducted into Arvada West’s Hall with 16 catches for 173 yards, with a long reception of 34 yards; he caught of Fame, he was the Jefferson County 5A Athlete of the Year for all sports. 12 of those balls for 144 yards in the spring game. He started for four years as a kicker and also as a wide receiver and 2009 (Soph.)—He joined the team as a walk-on prior to spring practices. punter his senior season. In his career, he hit 28-of-46 field goals with 10 He had a productive spring, with four catches for 66 yards in the three from 40 yards or longer and two from 50-plus yards. He was first-team All- main scrimmages, and also got a look at kick returner. He was ineligible to Colorado and first-team All-State by the Denver Post and first-team All-5A play due to NCAA transfer rules, but was a solid scout team performer Big 8 Conference as a senior when he helped coach Casey Coons and and was the Offensive Scout Award winner for the Kansas game and the AWHS to an 11-2 record and 5A state semifinal appearance. He hit 13-of-22 Special Teams Scout Award winner for the Texas A&M contest. He was a field goals his senior year, including connecting from 40 yards or longer recipient of the Gold Group Commitment Award, selected by the CU five times. He also connected on 45-of-47 extra points for 84 total points. coaches, which recognizes excellence with class in a variety of areas. He punted 26 times for 1,130 yards, averaging 43.5 yards per punt with a long of 67 yards. Seven of his 26 punts went for more than 50 yards and AT WENATCHEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (2008, Fr.-RS)—Attended one went over 60 yards. He also kicked off 64 times with 21 touchbacks. classes there in the fall before transferring to Colorado. He would have had more touchbacks, but the plan of attack was to put a lot of air under the ball and kick it as deep as possible in play for the kick- AT OREGON STATE (2007, Fr.)—He was a member of the baseball team off coverage unit. As a wide receiver, he led Arvada West in receiving with but was sidelined after suffering a season-ending arm injury. He was 30 catches for 607 yards and seven touchdowns. He lists one of his best recruited as a pitcher and was awarded a scholarship to OSU. games as a senior against Pomona when he hit his only field goal attempt and caught six passes for 158 yards and a touchdown in a 31-14 win. HIGH SCHOOL—As a senior, earned first-team All-State honors at quar- Against Regis, he hit two field goals longer than 40 yards in a 20-6 victory. terback after leading Bishop Kelly to a 9-3 record. He completed 75-of-125 As a junior, earned first-team All-5A Big 8 Conference when he hit 9-of-15 passes for 2,300 yards and 18 touchdowns, and ran for another 600 yards field goals, including two over 50 yards and five for 40 yards or longer. He and 10 touchdowns on the ground. He earned three letters in football at connected on 35-of-36 extra points and had 62 kickoffs with 36 touch- Bishop Kelly, backing up current teammate Cody Hawkins at quarterback backs. He lists his top game that season when Arvada West upset Pomona as a sophomore and junior when Bishop Kelly won back-to-back state 30-24 and he had two field goals, including his career-best from 53 yards championships while compiling a 21-0 record. He also played defensive and another one from 43 yards out. As a sophomore, he connected on 3- back and compiled 50 tackles and two interceptions as a senior. Bishop of-5 field goals and 37-of-39 extra points while kicking off 59 times with 13 Kelly was 12-0 his junior year and 9-0 his sophomore campaign under touchbacks. As a freshman, he hit 38-of-40 extra points and 3-of-4 field coach Tim Brennan. An accomplished baseball player, he was a three- goals. He lettered in basketball, averaging 10.3 points and 3.5 rebounds time first-team All-State and 4A All-Southern Idaho Conference selection, per game as a s junior. He also lettered in track & field, earning All-5A Big leading Bishop Kelly two a pair of league championships as a junior and 8 Conference honors as a junior, his first season participating in the sport senior. He also lettered one year in basketball as a guard. when he also placed seventh in the state in the triple jump with a mark of 44-11½. He also participated in the long and high jumps and on the 4x100- ACADEMICS—He is majoring in History at Colorado. meter relay team. PERSONAL—Born January 29, 1989 in Boston, Mass. His hobbies include ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Business (undecided on sequence) at fishing and hunting, and he has coached youth baseball (American Colorado. He earned first-team Academic All-State four times in both foot- Legion) in the summer. His father, Romeo, played football at Western New ball and basketball and twice in track & field. He also earned four England College. academic letters from Arvada West, which are given to students to attain a 3.67 or higher GPA for consecutive semesters. RECEIVING High Games Season G No. Yds Avg. TD Long Rec Yds PERSONAL—He was born August 24, 1991 in Denver. His hobbies include 2010 11 6 35 5.8 0 11 2 16 snowboarding, wakeboarding and just about every recreational sport.

SCORING FG BREAKDOWN———————————————————————— Season G EP-EPA FG-FGA 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+ Long PTS 2010 3 0- 0 0- 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 00 ADDITIONAL STATISTICS—Kickoffs: 5 Total, 5 Ret, 2 In20 (2010). DAVID CLARK, OL 6-4, 315, Sr., 2L Aspen, Colo. (Aspen) 60 KYLE CEFALO, WR AT COLORADO: This Season (Sr.)—He enters the fall listed third at right offensive 5-10, 170, Sr., 1L guard, and figures to again be a fixture on Boise, Idaho (Bishop Kelly/ the field goal/point after touchdown unit on special teams. He has added almost 15 Oregon State/Wenatchee CC) 35 pounds of muscle to his frame since the end of his junior season. AT COLORADO: This Season (Sr.)—He 2010 (Jr.)—He saw action in all 12 games, all on special teams, as he enters the season listed second on the depth played every snap (50) on the field goal/PAT unit. He was the co-recipient chart at the “X” receiver position. Near the of the Joe Romig Award as selected by coaches for the most improved end of fall camp, he was placed on scholar- offensive lineman in spring practice. ship by the coaching staff for what head 2009 (Soph.)—He got in for one snap from scrimmage late during the coach Jon Embree termed as “doing every- Wyoming game, but worked his way on to the FG/PAT unit on special thing we asked for and more both on and off the field.” He caught seven teams where he was a regular the last seven games of the season (27 total passes for 104 yards (14.9 per) in the three main spring scrimmages.. plays). He was a recipient of the Gold Group Commitment Award, selected

54 by the CU coaches, which recognizes excellence with class in a variety of areas. 2008 (Fr.-RS)—He did not see any game action, but did dress for seven games. He added 10 pounds to his frame between arriving on campus and TONEY CLEMONS, WR the two years he spent in Boulder. 6-2, 210, Sr., 1L 2007 (Fr.)—Redshirted; practiced the entire fall on the offensive line and dressed for eight games including in the Independence Bowl. He joined New Kensington, Pa. the team as an invited walk-on for August drills. (Valley/Michigan)

HIGH SCHOOL—A four-year starter and letterman at offensive tackle, he AT COLORADO: This Season (Sr.)—Enters recorded 24 pancake blocks as a senior. Under coach Travis Benson, the fall atop the depth chart at the “X” Aspen was 3-6 during Clark’s senior campaign. Aspen is not known for its receiver position, and will no doubt football, rather its winter sports particularly skiing, thus he is one of become the first player to play in the Big 10, handful to go on and try football from the school collegiately. He also par- Big 12 and Pac-12 conferences in his career ticipated in rugby in high school, playing second row scrum, and with CU’s switch to the latter for this basketball. season. He saw limited action in the spring after suffering a strained ham- string the first day of practices (March 11); it hampered him through the ACADEMICS—He is pursuing a double major in History and Sociology at spring and he was held out of the extended scrimmage action for precau- Colorado. He earned second-team Academic All-Big 12 Conference tionary reasons. He enters his senior season 53rd on CU’s all-time honors as a sophomore and junior. receptions list (43) and 69th in receiving yards (482). 2010 (Jr.)—He played in all 12 games, including eight starts, in finishing PERSONAL—He was born October 2, 1988 in Aspen, Colo. His hobbies second on the team in receptions (43), third in receiving yards (482) and include playing sports and farming. A grandfather, Elmer Holmes, played fourth in average per catch (11.2); his three touchdowns were third. He tackle for Colorado during the 1936 season (at 6-2, 190; he was a team- have seven catches for 20 or more yards and 16 for 10 or longer, both mate of CU legend Byron White). second-most by a Buff, and caught at least three balls in nine games and had one in 11 games (he was shut out at Nebraska). He had career highs of eight receptions for 98 yards against Texas Tech. He caught the bulk of his passes on third and fourth downs, with a team-best 20 for 298 yards (14.9 per), as 16 of those receptions earned first downs. He caught a 73- yard pass for a touchdown from Tyler Hansen on a third down play that JERMANE CLARK, DB put CU up 24-13 early in the fourth quarter on the way to a 31-13 win, the longest play from scrimmage for the Buffaloes in the 2010 season. His 6-2, 195, Fr., HS other touchdown catches came on throws from Cody Hawkins against Winston-Salem, N.C. Iowa State (26 yards) and Kansas State (23). Overall, he earned 25 first downs, fifth-most on the team, 23 coming on receptions and two via the (Oak Ridge Military Academy) 30 rush. He was second on the team in all-purpose yards with 760, as he also returned 10 kickoffs for 255 yards (with a long of 53 at Missouri, when he AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.)—He is returned three for 103 yards), rushed three times for 17 yards (long of 19 projected as a defensive back, safety in par- versus Baylor) and returned three punts for six yards. He caught four ticular, his true freshman year in college. passes for 55 yards along with the touchdown against Iowa State to go Recruited as an athlete, he possibly figured with several downfield blocks in the running game; the coaches thus to get looks at wide receiver and running selected him as CU’s receiver of the game. The Big 12 media, ahead of the back. annual summer media days, selected him as the conference’s offensive newcomer of the year. The Sporting News tabbed him as one of two wide HIGHSCHOOL—ESPM ranked him as the No. 93 player from North receivers on its All-Spring Team, and was the publication’s number one Carolina (the No. 10 outside linebacker). He played running back, line- player who helped himself the most in the spring. He was the Iron Buffalo backer, defensive end, safety, wide receiver and saw action as a kick Award winner among the team’s wide receivers for hard work, dedication, returner and on other special teams units throughout high school. He toughness and total poundage lifted in the weight room. spent the 2010 season at Oak Ridge Military Academy after attending R.J. 2009 (Jr.-RS)—He sat out due to NCAA rules after transferring to Reynolds High School in Winston-Salem, N.C., the previous two years. He Colorado from Michigan prior to the start of the fall semester, but prac- spent his freshman season at E.C. Glass High School in his native ticed all fall at wide receiver. He was the Scout Team Offense player of the Lynchburg, Va., and graduated from R.J. Reynolds by the end of his junior year as well as the STO player of the week for the Wyoming game. He was year before enrolling at the Oak Ridge Military Academy. He played run- a recipient of the Gold Group Commitment Award, selected by the CU ning back, safety and outside linebacker in helping independent Oak coaches, which recognizes excellence with class in a variety of areas. Ridge to a 10-0 record. Because of ORMA’s independent status, there were few opportunities to be named to any honors teams and the coaches AT MICHIGAN (2007, 2008/ Fr., Soph.)— Played in 19 games and made didn’t track many statistics. As a junior at Reynolds, he was named to the three starts at Michigan in two seasons, earning a varsity letter both his first-team All-Central Piedmont 4A team as a defensive lineman. He racked freshman and sophomore campaigns. He caught 12 passes for 106 yards up 110 tackles, including 22 for losses with 12 quarterback sacks to go in his career. As a sophomore in 2008, played nine games and made one with eight forced fumbles; he totaled 1,243 all-purpose yards and 13 start, hauling in 11 passes for 101 yards. He also had two rushes for six touchdowns on offense. His top high school game came his junior season yards on laterals. He caught his career long pass, a 29-yarder, against when R.J. Reynolds defeated West Forsyth, 14-9, in a battle of 9-0 teams: Michigan State setting up a key score in that game. As a freshman in 2007, he had a sack, a forced fumble and a recovery in front of a sellout crowd. made his first career reception, and only one of the season, against Oak Ridge compiled its 10-0 record under coach Otis Yelverton; R.J. Purdue and the play resulted in a five-yard gain. He also played in the 2008 Reynolds was 12-1 record his junior season and 9-4 mark his sophomore Capital One Bowl on Jan. 1, 2008. campaign, losing in the second round of the playoffs each season. HIGH SCHOOL—He earned four-star status and was ranked as the No. 10 ACADEMICS—He is interested in majoring in business or early childhood wide receiver in the country by Scout.com. He was also a four-star education at Colorado. prospect by Rivals.com and was ranked the No. 12 receiver in the nation and the No. 3 player in the state of Pennsylvania. In his career, he had 100 PERSONAL—He was born July 13, 1991 in Lynchburg, Va. His hobbies receptions for 1,541 yards and 17 touchdowns. On defense, he produced include playing football and video games. During high school, he served eight interceptions, forced 13 fumbles and posted 217 tackles in his as a volunteer at a children’s center for multi-capable kids with special career. He also returned seven kicks for touchdowns, five punts and two needs. kickoffs, in his career. As a senior, he was one of five finalists for the Gatorade Player of the Year in Pennsylvania after hauling in 39 passes for

55 665 yards and eight touchdowns for Valley High School under coach Troy Westlake scored with under two minutes remaining to defeat Moorpark, Hill. He earned All-State honors at both wide receiver and defensive back 14-10; he helped his Warrior team rush for 151 yards and amass 371 yards and was named to the Harrisburg Patriot-News “Platinum 33.” He also of total offense in the win. WHS was 14-0 his senior year (also the earned first-team All-Conference and was named to the Fab-22 team by Marmonte League champs) and 7-5 his junior season under coach Jim the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette his senior season. After his senior season, he Benkert. He started all 26 games on the varsity between his junior and was selected to participate in the East-West game in Orlando. As a junior, senior years, as he played on the junior varsity, on both the offensive and he caught 43 passes for 666 yards and eight touchdowns and was named defensive lines, as a freshman and sophomore. He also played basketball All-State and earned All-Conference mention as a wide receiver, defensive on the junior varsity team as a freshman. back, kick returner and punt returner and he was also named to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Fab-22 team. His sophomore season he tallied 33 ACADEMICS—He is interested in Business (either Finance or Marketing) catches for 642 yards. He also participated in track and field and in 2006, as his major at Colorado. He was a member of Westlake’s Academic Honor he also earned two Class AA state championships – in the long hurdles Roll his junior and senior years. and 110-m high hurdles. He lettered four times in both track and field and basketball, where he owned a career scoring average of 15 points per PERSONAL—He was born May 9, 1992 in Thousand Oaks, Calif. His hob- game. bies include reading, going to the movies and playing basketball. His father (Steven) played college basketball at Cal-Lutheran. ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Sociology at Colorado. He was a two-time recipient of the CU Gold Group Commitment Award (Fall 2009, Spring 2010), presented to those who have achieved “Excellence with Class” in their academic, athletic and personal lives.

PERSONAL—Born October 11, 1988 in Pittsburgh. He enjoys writing, reading and making music in his spare time. His brother, Wes, played foot- KAIWI CRABB, OL ball at California University (Pa.) and his sisters, Mycah and Mycaiah, 6-3, 300, Fr., RS both run track at the University of Pittsburgh. His cousin, Steve Breaston, Honolulu, Hawai’i played football at Michigan and is a member of the , and he lists Breaston as his favorite athlete. He is also a cousin of Swin Cash, (Punahou) 54 who won two NCAA championships in basketball at . Cash is currently a member of the WNBA’s Seattle Storm and was the MVP of the AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.-RS)— 2009 WNBA All-Star game, scoring an all-star record 22 points in the Enters the fall listed second at left offensive process and she also owns an Olympic Gold Medal in basketball from guard and figures to see his first playing Athens in 2004. time. 2010 (Fr.)—Redshirted; practiced on the RECEIVING High Games offensive line (interior, guard and center) Season G No. Yds Avg. TD Long Rec Yds and was on the scout team. 2010 12 43 482 11.2 3 73t 8 98 ADDITIONAL STATISTICS—Rushing: 3-17, 5.7 avg., 0 TD, 19 long (2010). HIGHSCHOOL—He earned All-Region honors from PrepStar and Punt Returns: 3-6, 2.0 avg., 0 TD, 11 long (2010). Kickoff Returns: 10-255, SuperPrep where was ranked the No. 133 player from the states of 25.5 avg., 0 TD, 53 long. California, Hawai’i and Nevada and was both the No. 14 player from Hawai’i and the No. 14 offensive linemen. He is a three-star prospect as ranked by ESPN, Rivals.com and Scout.com. He is ranked as the No. 42 offensive tackle in the nation by Rivals.com, where he is also rated the No. 10 player from Hawai’i; the No. 64 offensive tackle by Scout.com and No. 76 offensive tackle by ESPN. He was a member of the 100th annual Interscholastic League of Honolulu All-Star first team, as selected by the BRAD COTNER, OL league’s coaches. He was named to the Honolulu Advertiser Hot 11 list. He 6-4, 290, Fr., TR participated in an All Star game featuring Hawaiian players against play- ers from the mainland. As a senior, he earned first-team All-ILH honors Thousand Oaks, Calif. (Westlake/ and was second-team All-State. He estimates he had about 30 pancake Ventura Community College) 64 blocks and 10 touchdown blocks and allowed just two sacks all season. Punahou averaged 225 yards per game passing and over 100 yards per AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.-RS)— game rushing during the season. He lists his best games that season Projected as a center after joining the team against St. Louis, when they defeated their rival twice. As a junior, he was in June, transferring from Ventura named first-team All-State by the Honolulu Advertiser and first-team All- Community College. He signed his letter-of- ILH, helping Punahou to a 10-1 season and a state championship. After intent and counts as a member of the 2011 losing to St. Louis in the regular season match-up, he lists a top game that recruiting class. He has added some 40 season as the second match-up when they defeated St. Louis 41-28 for the pounds to his frame since his senior year in high school, when he played first time since 2005. That win advanced them to the state championship at 250 pounds. final, where they defeated Lahaina to win the school’s first state champi- onship. The offensive line in that game earned players of the game AT VENTURA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (2010, Fr.)—Redshirted; he prac- honors. As a sophomore, he earned honorable mention All-ILH helping ticed on the offensive line on football team but did not play in any games. Punahou to a 9-2 record. He also lettered in basketball for two years and averaged 8.5 points and 7.5 rebounds per game. He also lettered in vol- HIGH SCHOOL—He earned second-team All-Ventura County and first- leyball his sophomore year and track & field his junior year. In track, he team All-Marmonte League honors at center as a senior, helping to lead won state in the discus with a throw of 152 feet. Westlake to the Division Northern 3 CIF Championship. In starting all 14 games, he did not allow a quarterback sack or get flagged for any penal- ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Communication and earning a minor in ties, and allowed his man to pressure the QB on just two occasions. Geography at Colorado and is eventually interested in obtaining his Westlake was an offensive juggernaut, averaging 408 yards of offense (218 teaching certificate. rushing) and outscoring the opponent 580-219, including nine games with 40-plus points; the team boasted a 2,000-yard passer, a 1,000-yard rusher PERSONAL—He was born June 14, 1991 in Honolulu. His hobbies include and a 1,000-yard receiver, the latter being fellow CU recruit Nelson Spruce. going to the beach, body surfing, photography and playing the ukulele. An As a junior playing right tackle, he earned honorable mention All-League older brother, Kaione, is on the track & field team at UCLA (throws), and accolades, allowing just two sacks and three pressures with just one he also has two cousins who play volleyball at Long Beach State, Trevor penalty. His biggest high school moment came in the CIF title game, when and Taylor Crabb. He is active in the community and has helped with a

56 local head start program for families that couldn’t afford to send their kids to pre-school and kindergarten, where he assisted teachers serving breakfast and was another set of eyes and ears when the kids were play- ing. First name is Anthony. (Name is pronounced kuh-E-vee). CURTIS CUNNINGHAM, DT 6-1, 285, Sr., 3L Littleton, Colo. (Columbine) 50 MALCOLM CREER, TB AT COLORADO: This Season (Sr.)—Enters 5-11, 205, Fr., HS the fall listed second at defensive tackle, but he missed the last half of spring prac- Los Angeles, Calif. tice due to an elbow injury (subluxation); (Palisades) he was fine by the end the start of summer 44 workouts. Figures in the line rotation AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.)— regardless of starter status, as with 1,356 career plays and 24 consecutive Projected as a tailback his true freshman starts, he is the most experienced defensive tackle on the CU roster. year in college. 2010 (Jr.)—He started all 12 games at defensive tackle, playing 625 snaps from scrimmage, fifth-most on the defense. He recorded 31 tackles, 24 HIGH SCHOOL—Ranked the No. 121 run- solo, including five for losses, four tackles for zero gains and one quar- ning back in the country by Scout.com and terback sack. He had four third down stops, two pressures, a pass broken the No. 8 running back from California on that list. ESPN ranked him the up and a QB chasedown (near-sack). He recorded at least one tackle in No. 18 running back from California. He was named first-team All-CIF at every game, with a season-high of five against both Oklahoma and Iowa running back his senior season when he was named first-team All-Western State (four solo in each game); had had four at Nebraska and three in League (he was second-team as a junior). He was Palisades’ Most Valuable three other games. He had just 11 tackles in the first seven games of the Player both as a junior and senior. He finished his career with 224 rushes year, but racked up 20 over the course of the last five as he again did a for 1,958 yards and 24 touchdowns (28 total scores including two kickoff solid job of disturbing the opponent running game up the middle. and two interception returns). As a senior, he rushed 120 times for 1,270 2009 (Soph.)—He started all 12 games at defensive tackle, playing 586 yards and 19 touchdowns and caught four passes for 93 yards on offense, total snaps from scrimmage, including 58 of a possible 62 in the opener tallying six 100-yard rushing games and four games with multiple rushing against Colorado State, his first career start. He recorded 41 tackles on touchdowns (three times in each of those games). On defense, he tallied the season (24 solo), with three for losses, including two quarterback 47 tackles and had three interceptions (one returned for a TD), five passes sacks, and three others for zero gain. He also had three third down stops, broken up and one forced fumble, and he returned two kickoffs for scores four passes broken up, one caused interception, one touchdown save and on special teams. His junior campaign, he rushed 98 times for 660 yards one quarterback pressure. He had a career-high six tackles (three solo) at and four touchdowns while catching 18 passes for 239 yards. He returned West Virginia, after posting five (three solo) against Wyoming the previ- an interception for a California state record 108 yards for a touchdown. ous week. He recorded his first career sack against Kansas, a monster His sophomore season was his first season playing football; he rushed for 14-yard loss midway in the fourth quarter, with his other coming at 28 yards on six carries with one score. His top games as a senior included Kansas State the next week. He had four or more tackles in seven games seven rushes for 94 yards (13.4 average) and a touchdown in a 41-0 win overall. He was a recipient of the Gold Group Commitment Award, over Lynwood, when he returned an interception 99 yards for another selected by the CU coaches, which recognizes excellence with class in a score. Against Venice, he had one rushing touchdown and had two inter- variety of areas. ceptions and a forced fumble on defense. Against Granada Hills in a 10-0 2008 (Fr.)—He played in all 12 games (no starts), as he was in for 145 win, he had 14 carries for 127 yards (9.1 per rush). He had 108 yards and snaps from scrimmage. He had nine tackles on the year (six solo, two for three touchdowns on just seven carries (15.4 avg.) against University in a losses), along with two passes broken up, a quarterback hurry and a 44-7 win and followed that game up with another three touchdown per- chasedown (near sack). His first career statistic came in the fourth game formance against Hamilton in a 66-36 win when he rushed 13 times for 118 of the season against Florida State when he intercepted a pass off of his yards. He had his third straight 100-yard game against Fairfax with 10 own deflection and returned it 10 yards; he was thus also credited with a rushes for 123 yards and a touchdown in a 44-34 victory. He tallied back- caused interception on the play. He had two tackles, both solo, against to-back 100 yard games again later his senior season with eight carries for Texas and Kansas; the two against the Longhorns were both for losses. 146 yards (18.3 per) and three touchdowns in a 43-28 win over Lincoln and The coaches selected him for a Gold Group Commitment Award for his followed that up with eight carries for 162 yards (20.3 avg.) and three actions, demeanor and commitment to excellence throughout the season. scores including one from 81 yards against Poly in a 50-40 win. As his junior year progressed, he got stronger as a running back, rushing for 338 HIGH SCHOOL—As a senior, he was named All-Midlands by PrepStar and of his 660 yards in the last three games of the season. He had his first 100- SuperPrep, the latter of which ranked him as the No. 44 player overall in yard rushing game against University in a 20-15 win with 12 carries for 108 the region and the third rated defensive tackle. EA Sports selected him as yards and followed up that performance with 14 carries for 170 yards a third-team All-American (it selects fewer players to its team than (long of 53) and a touchdown the next week against Hamilton. He finished others). Scout.com ranked him as the fourth top player in Colorado and the season with seven rushes for 60 yards and a touchdown against the No. 42 defensive tackle in the nation, while Rivals.com ranked him Fairfax. Palisades improved from 1-9 his junior season to 7-6 as a senior sixth and No. 46 in the same, respectively. He was named All-Colorado when the team advanced to the City Second Division II semifinals under (Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News, the only repeat member on the team coach Perry Jones. He also lettered three times in basketball (point in the state), along with garnering first-team All-State and All-South Metro guard), specializing in defense; he led the league in the charges including Conference honors. He was also the Rocky Mountain News 5A State Player one game when he took four. As a senior, he did battle with CU hoop of the Year, 5A South Metro Conference MVP and the Denver Post recruit Spencer Didwiddie, the Los Angeles area player of the year. Defensive Player of the Year. He was the recipient of the John Lynch Star of the Month Award for the month of October and he was a member of the ACADEMICS—He is interested in Education as a major at Colorado. He All-American Under Armour Football Team. A two-time South Metro was a member of the Honor Roll in high school his junior and senior Defensive Player of the Year, afforded the honor his junior and senior years. years. A four-year letterman in football and a senior team captain, he played both tackle and end in recording 75 tackles, eight sacks, two PERSONAL—He was born December 30, 1992 in Bellflower, Calif. His hob- forced fumbles and two recoveries. He also started at offensive tackle as bies include working out, yoga and playing video games. He enjoys yoga a senior, allowing zero sacks and paving the way for Columbine to rack up and has taken massage classes. He lived in the Crenshaw district of Los 3,633 yards and 47 touchdowns on the ground, including two backs who Angeles but commuted to Palisades for the better academic offerings. He rushed for over 1,000 yards. As a junior, he was named first-team All-State, also took evening classes at Santa Monica College to learn sign language. All-Conference and was the Class 5A Defensive Player of the Year. He was His nickname growing up, given to him by his mother, was “Toppie.” the Denver Post Player of the Year as he played solely defense and regis-

57 tered 85 tackles, five sacks, two forced fumbles and two recoveries. He varsity seasons, winning three Colorado State 5A Championships; that was a first-team All-Conference selection as a sophomore, as he racked up included back-to-back 14-0 seasons and a 33-game winning streak to end 50 total tackles. As a freshman, he played middle linebacker, posting 10 his career. He lists his top games as the state championship game from tackles on the season. His top game as a senior came in a 17-16 loss to each season: he had nine tackles and a sack in a 37-6 win over Regis in the Pomona in which he recorded 10 tackles and a sack on defense. As a state final his senior year; that same season, he also had 15 tackles in a 35- junior, he registered eight tackles, two tackles for a loss and a sack in a 35- 0 win over Columbine and had 11 tackles, one sack and two fumble 14 win over Pomona. Under head coach Andy Lowry, Columbine went recoveries, returning one for a touchdown, in a 41-24 win over Cherry 46-6 during Cunningham’s tenure, including 11-1 in his senior season Creek. He had eight solo tackles and 13 overall in a 34-14 win over Bear (losing to 31-28 in the state quarterfinals), 13-1 his junior year, Creek. Top games his junior season included a nine tackle effort in a 27-24 capturing the state championship; 10-2 his sophomore season, losing to win over Pomona in the state title game, along with 11 tackles and a sack Douglas County 40-28 in the first round; and 12-2 his freshman year. He against Arapahoe (a 40-0 victory) and 13 tackles in a 37-15 win over also will letter four times in baseball (first baseman), as he was named All- Cherry Creek. He also had 10 tackles and a fumble recovery in a 44-0 win Colorado and first-team All-State (5A) and All-Conference as a junior. As a over Boulder. sophomore, he was named first-team All-Conference, and as a freshman he was an honorable mention performer. ACADEMICS—He is undecided on his major, but is interested in Business, as he has an eye toward becoming an entrepreneur. He earned several ACADEMICS—He is majoring in International Affairs at Colorado. A 2007 academic honors as a prep at Mullen. Colorado Chapter/National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete (one of 12 selected and honored by the organization). One of his biggest aca- PERSONAL—He was born November 13, 1992 in Littleton, Colo. His hob- demic prep accomplishments was registering a 4.2 GPA during the fall of bies include playing basketball and video games. He volunteered through his senior football season (he maintained an overall grade point of 3.6). A Mullen for a program called World Vision that collected and packed member of the National Honor Society at Columbine, he earned honors in clothes and shoes and sent then abroad to those in need. He was the first advanced placement calculus, chemistry and sociology. player to commit to Colorado in the 2011 recruiting class (doing so the previous July 19). Last name is pronounced day. PERSONAL—Born July 26, 1989 in Denver. Hobbies include hunting. A grandfather (David Welton) played defensive end for Colorado State in the mid-1950s. He is a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and has done extensive community service in the Denver-Boulder metro area. As a senior, he was one of 12 finalists for the Fred Steinmark Award, which honors the state’s prep best in athletics, academics and community service. SHAWN DANIELS, OL 6-3, 275, Sr., 1L TACKLES Season G Plays UT AT-TOT TFL Sacks 3DS Hurr FR FF PBU Int Evergreen, Colo. 2008 12 145 63—92- 4 0- 0 010021 2009 12 586 24 17 — 41 3-27 2-25 310040 (Denver Mullen) 68 2010 12 625 24 7— 31 5-11 1- 0 420010 Totals 36 1356 54 27 — 81 10-42 3-25 740071 AT COLORADO: This Season (Sr.)—Enters ADDITIONAL STATISTICS—Interception Returns: 1-10, 10.0 avg., 10 long (2008). the fall tied atop the depth chart at center, but could figure in the mix at guard as well. He practiced on a limited basis while com- pleting rehabilitation following surgery to heal a foot injury. 2010 (Jr.)—He suffered a severely sprained foot early in the season BRADY DAIGH, LB opener against Colorado State, an injury that required the surgical implant of screws to help heal; he underwent surgery on Sept. 17 and 6-2, 235, Fr., HS missed the remainder of the season. He played 12 snaps against CSU, with Littleton, Colo. 10 “plus” plays to grade out at 83.3 percent with one finishing/knockdown block. (Denver Mullen) 54 2009 (Soph.)—He saw action in one game, against Wyoming, as he was in for one play at the end of the game. AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.)— 2008 (Fr.-RS)—He saw action in two games, Texas and Missouri, playing Projected as a linebacker his true freshman 31 total snaps on the year (15 versus the Longhorns, 16 at Mizzou); he had year in college. three knockdown blocks total, two against the Tigers, when he graded out to over 80 percent. He added 25 pounds to his frame in the one year since HIGHSCHOOL—As a senior, he was a he arrived at Colorado. PrepStar All-Region selection and SuperPrep 2007 (Fr.)—Redshirted; he practiced the entire fall on the offensive line All-Midlands team member, the latter ranking him as the No. 58 player in and dressed for nine games, including the Independence Bowl. The the region and the No. 6 linebacker and No. 8 overall player from coaches selected him as the offensive scout team player of the week for Colorado. He was named on the prestigious Tacoma News-Tribune the Miami-Ohio game. Western 100 list and was one of 12 linebackers on the squad. Scout.com listed him as the No. 32 middle linebacker and Rivals.com ranked him as HIGH SCHOOL—A SuperPrep All-Midlands performer, as the publication the No. 35 inside linebacker; he was the top inside linebacker from ranked him the No. 32 overall player in the region (the seventh offensive Colorado by both publications. ESPN ranked him as the No. 65 inside line- lineman); Rivals.com ranked him the No. 48 offensive guard in the nation backer nationally (the No. 13 player from Colorado). He earned first-team (Scout.com tabbed him No. 70). He was an All-Colorado selection by the All-Colorado and All-State (5A) honors by the Denver Post and was also Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post as a senior, when he was also first- named first-team All-Big 6 Conference. He earned second-team All- team All-State (5A) and All-Centennial League. A three-year letterman, he Centennial League honors as a junior and made the honorable mention was considered a tenacious blocker in both running and passing situa- squad after his sophomore season as Mullen switched league affiliation tions as he was a key performer for the state’s top-rated offense. He was prior to his senior season. His senior season he recorded 141 tackles (73 also a team captain as he manned the center and guard positions, finish- solo) including 11 for losses (five quarterback sacks) to go along with two ing with 90 pancake blocks. He allowed no sacks on the season and interceptions, one pass break-up and two fumble recoveries, one of which helped pave the way for running back Phillip Morelli to average 11.4 yards he returned for a touchdown. As a junior, he totaled 127 tackles (72 solo) per carry. He was named second-team all-league as a junior, and was the with one sack. Between his junior and senior seasons, he was a critical team’s most improved lineman as a sophomore when he played center part of a defense that combined for 12 shut outs and 11 more games allow- and backed up Oklahoma-bound Jesse White at guard. His best game ing seven or fewer points in 28 games during that span. Under former CU came in his senior season when he recorded six pancake blocks and three All-American Dave Logan, Mullen compiled a 40-2 record during his three touchdown blocks in a 41-38 double overtime win over Douglas County.

58 Under coach Dave Logan, Mullen made it to the state title game all three and Citrus Hill, respectively), was 9-4 his sophomore year (advancing to years Daniels played varsity. Mullen went 13-1 in his senior season, losing the semifinals) and 7-4 when he was a freshman. He also lettered twice in to Columbine 13-10 in the title game. His junior team went 11-3 before basketball (center), averaging 10 points and seven rebounds as a senior, losing to Douglas County, and his sophomore team finished 13-1 en route and was a four-time letterman in track (throws); he had prep bests of 50- to the state title (thus was 37-5 in his prep career). He also played base- 2 in the shot put and 160-0 in the discus. ball as a freshman, and lettered three times in power lifting, taking third place in state as a junior, finishing behind two seniors. ACADEMICS— He is pursuing a double major in Psychology and Sociology at Colorado. He was an Honor Roll student throughout high ACADEMICS— He is majoring in Environmental Science at Colorado. He school while maintaining a 3.5 grade point average. He was one of 22 owned a 3.2 grade point average in high school and was a member of the Scholar-Athletes honored for Riverside County. Honor Roll his sophomore through senior years. PERSONAL—Born June 14, 1990 in Fontana, Calif. His hobbies include PERSONAL—He was born February 27, 1989 in Denver. His hobbies weightlifting, fishing, bowling and golfing. One of the highlights of his include most outdoor sports, hunting, fly-fishing, skiing and riding ATVs. youth included traveled to Cooperstown, N.Y., to visit the Major League He wanted to play for Colorado because it was his dream. His older Baseball Hall of Fame. (Last name is pronounced dan-uh-wits) brother, Brian, lettered four years (2003-06) at offensive guard for the Buffaloes; he started more games (9) as a true freshman than any other player in Colorado history and spent two seasons in the NFL with the Minnesota Vikings. JARROD DARDEN, WR 6-5, 215, Soph., VR Keller, Texas RYAN DANNEWITZ, OL (Central) 6-6, 295, Jr., 2L 82 AT COLORADO: This Season (Soph.)— San Jacinto, Calif. Enters the fall listed third at the “X” (San Jacinto) receiver position. He did not have any 53 receptions in the three main spring scrim- AT COLORADO: This Season (Jr.)—Enters mages. the fall listed second at right offensive guard, 2010 (Fr.-RS)—He saw spot action in two but could also play tackle where he prac- games, versus Colorado State in Denver and at home against Texas Tech, ticed all of his sophomore season. He missed but did not have any receptions. He caught four passes for 20 yards in the a good portion of spring practice after he three main spring scrimmages. was diagnosed with mononucleosis. 2009 (Fr.)—Redshirted; practiced the entire fall at wide receiver. 2010 (Soph.)—He did not see any action from scrimmage, but did play all 50 snaps on the field goal/point after touchdown unit on special teams. He HIGHSCHOOL—He earned placement on the PrepStar All-Midlands was the backup at left tackle all season to All-American Nate Solder, who Region and the SuperPrep All-Southwest Region squads despite missing played all 847 snaps at the position. his entire senior season with an ankle injury he sustained on the day 2009 (Fr.-RS)—He saw action in the final 10 games of the season, in two before the year’s first scrimmage. On the strength of his junior year, he on offense (27 total snaps): he was in for one snap late in the win over was still the No. 37 player overall on the Dallas Morning News Top 100 list, Wyoming, and for 26 snaps at right tackle at Iowa State (where he graded the fifth receiver, and was ranked the No. 71 wide receiver in the nation out to 85 percent). He was on the field goal/point after touchdown unit on by Scout.com and the No. 74 by Rivals.com. SuperPrep tabbed him as the special teams, where he played an additional 41 snaps. He added about 15 No. 77 player from Texas and he was the No. 11 wide receiver on that list pounds between his true and redshirt freshman seasons. while Rivals.com ranked him as the No. 99 player from Texas and he was 2008 (Fr.)—Redshirted; practiced at both guard and tackle over the the No. 12 wide receiver on that list. He earned honorable-mention All- course of the year. State and first-team All-District (55A) as a junior when he had 46 receptions for 739 yards and 14 TDs under coach Bart Helsley at Central. HIGHSCHOOL—As a senior, he earned All-West Region honors from He lists his top game his junior season against Haltom when he had three PrepStar and All-Far West Region accolades from SuperPrep, which receptions for 109 yards and three touchdowns. He had six receptions for ranked him as the No. 84 player overall in California, Hawai’i and Nevada 150 yards and a score against Northwest (and the 13th ranked offensive lineman). Rivals.com ranked him as the and eight receptions with three touchdowns against Grape Vine that year, No. 64 player in California and the No. 49 offensive lineman, while as well. He recorded 17 receptions for 237 yards and four touchdowns as Scout.com pegged him the No. 73 player in the state and the 53rd best O- a sophomore to give him career totals of 63 receptions for 976 yards and lineman nationally. As a senior captain, he was named first-team All-State, 18 touchdowns. He also played basketball and participated in track & All-CIF, All-Mountain Pass League and All-Riverside County, while being field at Central. His career-best high jump of 6-4 came at the regional named his team’s most valuable player. He played in the Navy Marine championships his junior year. Corps All-Star Classic for the Marine Inland team. A four-year letterman, he started all 52 games of his prep career. At offensive tackle, he had 130 ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Broadcast Journalism at Colorado. A pancakes on the year and allowed zero sacks, while playing defensive end member of the National Honor Society, he earned second-team Academic on the other side of the ball, he registered 56 tackles, a sack and two All-State as a senior. fumble recoveries. As a junior, he was named first-team All-CIF and All- League, as well as second-team All-County and All-State. He had 84 PERSONAL—He was born November 18, 1990 in Houston. Hobbies pancakes on the year, allowing just one sack, and picked up a teammate’s include hanging out with friends, watching cartoons (favorite is fumble and advanced it for a touchdown. Defensively, he played occa- Chowder) and listening to music; he lists Lil’ Wayne as his favorite musi- sionally, filling in at defensive tackle. He was a first-team All-League cal artist. In the wake of his injury, he became proficient at video games selection as a sophomore, with 75 pancakes and just one sack allowed. He and his favorite game to play is Madden on-line against his friends. His had several top performances against players headed for Division I: as a father, Jack, played football (defensive end) at Texas A&M. Dream job sophomore, he held future Arizona Wildcat defensive end Ricky Elmore in would be either as a football analyst on SportsCenter or as a sideline check in a 20-7 loss to Grace Brethren. In the same season, he held a sim- reporter during football broadcasts. The first player in CU’s 2009 recruit- ilar edge over UCLA-bound linebacker Akeem Ayers. As a senior, he had ing class to commit, doing so in the first week of June prior to his senior four pancakes and zero sacks allowed in a loss to undefeated Citrus Hill year. (First name is pronounced Jared.) in the regular season. Under coach Bill Powell, San Jacinto went 11-3 both his junior and senior seasons (losing in CIF final both times, to Big Bear

59 well and had three tackles and a half sack, helping his team capture the title. In a 35-15 win over Rancho, he had four catches for 64 yards. As a junior, he recorded four catches for 70 yards in a 7-3 win over La Costa RYAN DEEHAN, TE Canyon in the CIF semifinals. Under head coach Damien Gonzalez, Poway 6-5, 245, Sr., 3L went 12-0 his senior season, capturing the CIF San Diego Section Division I championship. PHS was 8-5 his junior year, losing to Carlsbad in the CIF Poway, Calif. Finals, and was 6-6 his sophomore season, advancing to the second round (Poway) of the playoffs. He also participated in baseball in his freshman and soph- 34 omore seasons, and in track his final two years. AT COLORADO: This Season (Sr.)—CU’s starting tight end. He enters his senior year ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Communication at Colorado. 55th in receptions (40) and 89th in receiving yards (401) on Colorado’s all-time lists. Phil PERSONAL—Born February 25, 1990 in Poway, Calif. Hobbies include Steele’s College Football and College Sports playing sports and video games. Father (Tim) played football at Madness named him to their third-team pre- Manhattan (N.Y.). His family lost their home in Poway in October 2007 to season Pac-12 units, and figures to once again be a candidate for the John the Witch Creek Fire, one of several massive wildfires spurred by the Mackey Award, presented to the nation’s top tight end (though did not Santa Ana winds that devastated Southern California. They were able to make the opening watch list as he did as a junior). move many possessions to his father’s office ahead of the blaze. 2010 (Jr.)—He earned honorable mention All-Big 12 team honors from the league coaches (he was a third-team choice by Phil Steele’s College RECEIVING High Games Football); the state’s chapter of the NFF/College Hall of Fame selected him Season G No. Yds Avg. TD Long Rec Yds second-team All-Colorado. He was one of 32 players on the official watch 2008 12 5 61 12.2 1 25 2 31 list for the John Mackey Award, but did not advance to the semifinalist 2009 12 10 91 9.1 0 34 3 34 2010 12 25 249 10.0 1 19 7 70 stage. He played in all 12 games with seven starts; he was first on the Totals 36 40 401 10.0 2 34 7 70 depth chart, the non-starts were due to opening play formations. He was fifth on the team in both receptions (25) and receiving yards (249), as the tight end position didn’t figure as much into the offense as it had in past years other than for blocking roles. He had one touchdown catch, a 9-yard pass from Cody Hawkins versus Iowa State, and 13 of his receptions went for 10 yards or longer (with 13 also earning first downs). He caught 11 of STEVIE JOE DORMAN, QB his passes on first down (for 100 yards); he did not have a reception in the season opener or finale, but had at least one in the 10 games in-between. 6-3, 210, Fr., HS His top game was against Baylor (seven receptions for 70 yards), followed Somerset, Texas by California (4-51) and Hawai’i (3-32) and Kansas (3-24). He also had four knockdown blocks on special teams unit duty. He was a preseason (Somerset) 12 second-team All-Big 12 Conference selection by Phil Steele’s College Football, which ranked him as the No. 26 tight end in the nation. AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.)— 2009 (Soph.)—He saw action in all 12 games, including five starts, often Projected as a quarterback his true used in blocking situations in a two-tight end formation; seniors Riar Geer freshman year in college. and Patrick Devenny were the tight ends thrown to the most (49 com- bined catches). He caught 10 balls for 91 yards, with a long of gain of 34 HIGHSCHOOL—As a senior, Scout.com at Toledo. He caught three passes in two games, in the opener against ranked him the No. 77 quarterback in the Colorado State (for 20 yards) and at Kansas State (for 18); his other mul- country (the No. 15 in Texas), while ESPN pegged him No. 108 in the tiple catch game was against Nebraska (2-14). Five of his catches picked nation and the 16th best in Texas. He earned 3A Region IV District 27 up first downs, despite the fact that just one covered 10 or more yards. offensive most valuable player accolades both his junior and senior sea- One of the recipients of the team’s Gold Group Commitment Award as sons after being named the district’s Newcomer of the Year as a selected by the coaches, as the honor recognizes excellence with class in sophomore, and also garnered second-team All-San Antonio Area honors. a variety of areas. In his career, he set a San Antonio Area record for career passing with 2008 (Fr.)—He played in all 12 games, including making six starts. He 9,253 yards, and he completed 597-of-1,017 passes with 94 touchdowns caught five passes for 61 yards (12.2 per) on the season, with one touch- and 39 interceptions for a quarterback rating of 158.0. He had nine games down which came in the Eastern Washington game (a clutch 1-yard grab with 300-plus yards, one game over 400 yards in his career and 21 games on third down). He caught two balls for 31 yards against Texas and one for with three or more touchdowns. His senior year he completed 189-of-312 22 at Nebraska. The coaches selected him for a Gold Group Commitment passes (60.6 percent) for 3,291 yards, 40 touchdowns and 10 intercep- Award for his actions and demeanor throughout the season. tions for a rating of 185.1. He had eight games with three or more TD passes, including five on four occasions. He added 143 yards rushing with HIGHSCHOOL—As a senior, he earned PrepStar All-America honors, five touchdowns. As a junior, he completed 190-of-318 passes (59.7 per- when he also was named All-Midland by SuperPrep, third-team All-State cent) for 2,827 yards with 28 touchdowns and 13 interceptions. He had and first-team All-CIF, All-North County and All-Conference. SuperPrep seven games with three or more touchdown passes and four games with ranked him as the No. 57 player in the region and the fourth tight end. 300-plus yards. As a sophomore, he was 174-of-303 passing (57.4 percent) Rivals.com penned him in as the 30th best player in California and the No. for 2,507 yards and 23 touchdowns with 14 interceptions, a rating of 142.7. 9 tight end in the nation, while Scout.com had him the No. 41 player in the That season he had six games with three or more TDs and three games state and the 33rd ranked tight end across the land. A three-year letter- with 300-plus passing yards. His freshman season, he completed 44-of-84 man in football and team captain as a senior, he made 19 receptions for passes (52.4 percent) for 628 yards with three touchdowns and two inter- 300 yards and five touchdowns at the tight end position in a year when he ceptions. Top games his senior year included a 25-24 win over Canyon was asked to showcase more of his blocking skills (and was rewarded as Lake in the third round of the Texas state playoffs, advancing Somerset he earned the All-North County honor as an offensive lineman). further than the school had ever been before. He completed 18-of-28 Defensively, he played outside linebacker, posting 30 tackles, including passes for a season-high 321 yards and four touchdowns in the game. two quarterback sacks, a forced fumble and an interception. As a junior, Down 24-6 at half, Dorman led the second half comeback with 210 yards he was named second-team All-State, first-team All-Conference and first- and three touchdowns, including a 69-yard toss in the third quarter and a team All-CIF at tight end, as he made 51 catches for 828 yards and five 41-yard toss that proved to be the game winner in the fourth quarter. In touchdowns; he was in on 10 tackles in limited action at linebacker. As a the second round against La Vernia, he threw for 228 yards and a score sophomore, he played tight end and had seven catches for 170 yards. His and ran for two more touchdowns. He had one other 300-yard passing top games as a senior included a 21-7 win over Rancho Buena Vista in the game, against Holy Cross when he completed 18-of-25 passes for 305 CIF Championship game; he did not make a statistical impact on offense, yards and five touchdowns. He threw five touchdowns on two other occa- as Poway ran 46 running plays to just 13 passing plays, but he blocked sions, in a 54-7 win over St. Anthony when he was 8-of-9 for 222 yards and

60 the following week against Lytle, when he completed 12-of-15 passes for 4x400 relay teams; he also owned a personal best of 23.1 in the 200. PHS 255 yards. Against Crystal City, in a 63-6 victory he completed 6-of-6 was a three-time league champion during his prep career and his 4x200 passes for 217 yards (36.2 yards per attempt) and four touchdowns for a relay team went to state his senior year. quarterback rating of 623.8. Top games his junior season include hitting 35-of-46 passes for 432 yards, all career highs, against Luling in a 28-27 ACADEMICS—He is majoring in EBIO (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology) at loss. He completed 19-of-28 for 318 yards and three scores in a 20-14 vic- Colorado, as he has aspirations of becoming a marine biologist. He was tory over Dilley and in a 34-27 win over Navarro, he was 16-of-28 for 293 first-team Academic All-State performer his sophomore through senior yards and five touchdowns with no interceptions. Top games his sopho- years in high school. more season include his first 300-yard passing game, going 27-of-42 for 314 yards and three touchdowns against Navarro. He was 9-of-19 for 215 PERSONAL—He was born May 1, 1992 in Arvada, Colo. His hobbies yards and four touchdowns in a 28-21 win over Marion. Under legendary include playing most sports, waterskiing, fishing and video games and he high school coach Sonny Detmer, his grandfather, Somerset compiled a was both a Cub Scout and Boy Scout. An older brother, Dustin, is junior 23-11 record his final three years, 10-3 as a senior, 6-4 as a junior and 7-4 receiver on the Buffaloes, with another older brother, Derek, a model and as a sophomore, improving upon a 2-8 record his freshman season before actor. An uncle, Skip Jeranko, and a cousin, Mark Jeranko, both played Detmer’s arrival as coach. His senior season, Somerset won the 3A Region basketball at Fort Lewis College. IV District 27 Championship, the Bi-District Championship and the San Antonio Area Championship, reaching the quarterfinals of the state play- offs. He also lettered four times in golf and track, three times in baseball and twice in basketball.

ACADEMICS—He is undecided on a major at Colorado. He was a first- DUSTIN EBNER, WR team Academic All-State team member as a senior, selected by the Texas 6-1, 180, Jr., 1L High School Coaches Association. That award is only given to seniors who maintain above a 92 grade point average. Arvada, Colo. (Pomona) PERSONAL—He was born May 8, 1992 in St. Charles, Mo. His hobbies 83 include hunting and fishing. His mother’s brothers more than made their AT COLORADO: This Season (Jr.)—Enters mark in college football, as he is the nephew of former CU quarterback the fall listed fourth at the “X” receiver posi- Koy Detmer (his quarterback coach at Somerset his senior year), and tion. former BYU quarterback Ty Detmer, the 1990 Heisman Trophy winner. 2010 (Soph.)—He was in the regular rota- Koy threw for 5,390 yards and 40 touchdowns at Colorado, including 3,156 tion at the start of fall practices, but and 22 his senior year when he was an honorable mention All-American suffered a broken fibula in the first full and unanimous first-team All-Big 12 performer; he went on to play in the scrimmage (August 12) and wasn’t able to resume running until the NFL for a decade, mainly with Philadelphia. Ty finished his career with 59 second half of the season. He finally dressed for the first time for the Iowa NCAA records and his 15,031 passing yards still ranks second most in State game, the 10th of the season, but did not see any game action the NCAA history. His grandfather, Sonny Detmer, was his high school coach rest of the way. He caught four passes for 35 yards in the three main the last three seasons and played semi-pro football in the old Continental spring scrimmages. League. His stepfather, Johan Dinkelmann, played football at Cincinnati 2009 (Fr.-RS)—He saw action in eight games, including one start (versus and his step uncle, Frans Dinkelmann, played football at New Mexico. Texas A&M). On the year, he caught three passes for 15 yards, with one Another uncle, Frans Stein, played basketball at Oklahoma State and reception each against Kansas State (for nine yards, his season-long gain), Southwest Baptist University before playing professionally in Syria, Toledo (his first career catch, for six yards) and A&M. One of the recipi- Lebanon, Puerto Rico, China and Holland. His high school teammate and ents of the team’s Gold Group Commitment Award as selected by the childhood friend, Will Harlos, also signed with CU in the same 2011 coaches, as the honor recognizes excellence with class in a variety of recruiting class. areas. In the spring three full scrimmages, he caught one pass for two yards and saw action as a kick returner, returning five kickoffs for 80 yards (16.0 per return). 2008 (Fr.) —Redshirted; did not see game action but practiced all fall at wide receiver. He joined the team as a walk-on after the first day of DREW EBNER, WR classes. 5-11, 200, Fr., HS HIGH SCHOOL—He earned second-team All-State and first-team all-con- ference as a wide receiver, helping Pomona to a 7-4 record as a senior in Arvada, Colo. 2007. He had 42 receptions for 815 yards and nine touchdowns as a senior. (Pomona) He racked up over 1,000 receiving yards in his career, catching 18 passes 89 for 218 yards and two touchdowns as a junior and three catches for 36 AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.-RS)—He yards as a sophomore, giving him 63 catches for 1,069 yards and 11 touch- joined the team as a walk-on for spring downs in his career. An accomplished track and field athlete, he set two practices. He enters the fall as a reserve at school records in the 400-meter dash (49.25) and as a member of the the “Z” wide receiver position; he did not 1,600-meter relay team (3:24.07). As a senior, he earned first team all-con- have any catches in the three main scrim- ference in both the 1,600-meter relay and the 200-meter dash, when he mages. also took second-team all-conference in the 400-meter dash and honor- 2010 (Fr.)—He attended Colorado as a student, but was not a member of able mention all-conference in the 800-meter relay. As a junior, he earned the football team; however, his NCAA “clock” started once he enrolled second team all-conference in the 400 and honorable mention status in and started taking classes. the 200 and the 1,600-meter relay. As a sophomore, he was first team all- conference in the 1,600-meter relay and second team in the 800-meter HIGH SCHOOL—He earned honorable mention All-State (Denver Post) relay. He also competed in the high jump. and first-team All-Big 8 Conference honors as senior, when he had 45 receptions for 950 yards and three touchdowns; the 950 yards were the ACADEMICS—He is majoring in EBIO (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology) at second most by a receiver in school history. He also averaged just over Colorado. He earned first-team Academic All-Big 12 honors as a redshirt 10 yards on 15 punt returns. As a junior, he caught 35 passes for 520 yards freshman. He was first-team Academic All-State all four years in high and 15 touchdowns. Under coach Jay Madden, Pomona was 12-2 his school. senior season, losing in the state championship game to Mullen (27-24), and 10-2 his junior campaign. He also lettered four times in track (sprints, PERSONAL—Born March 3, 1990. His hobbies include wakeboarding and relays), with a team/personal best of 51.23 in the open 400-meter run as a water-skiing, and he owns a black belt in Karate. An older brother, Derek, senior, when he was a member of Pomona’s record setting 4x200 and is a model and actor; younger brother Drew joined the Buffs as a walk-on

61 this spring, also at receiver. An uncle, Skip Jeranko, and a cousin, Mark and All-Valley at cornerback. Under longtime Mean Moose head coach Jeranko, both played basketball at Fort Lewis College. He is interested in Manny Wasinger, Alamosa was 14-0 his senior year en route to winning the pursuing dentistry after college. 3A State Championship. He also lettered twice in basketball, as he was named second-team All-State his junior and senior seasons and was the RECEIVING High Games South Central League most valuable player during his junior campaign. Season G No. Yds Avg. TD Long Rec Yds 2009 83 15 5.0 0919 ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Communication at Colorado.

PERSONAL—Born March 12, 1988 in La Jara, Colo. Hobbies include play- ing basketball. He is a licensed financial advisor, as he took classes outside of CU on weekends to get certified. JASON ESPINOZA, WR RECEIVING High Games 5-8, 180, Sr., 3L Season G No. Yds Avg. TD Long Rec Yds 2008 2000.0 0000 Alamosa, Colo. 2009 11 13 136 10.5 1 27 8 109 (Alamosa) 2010 12 1 13 13.0 0 13 1 13 15 Totals 25 14 149 10.6 1 27 8 109 AT COLORADO: This Season (Sr.)—Enters ADDITIONAL STATISTICS—Punt Returns: 2-minus 1, -0.5 avg., 4 long (2008); 22-68, the fall listed third at the “Z” receiver posi- 3.1 avg., 15 long (2009). tion. He missed the second half of spring drills after suffering a deep hip contusion in practice. He caught two passes for 20 yards in the one major spring scrimmage he was able to participate in. 2010 (Jr.)—He played in all 12 games, including two starts (Hawai’i, VINCE EWING, DB Oklahoma), catching one pass for 13 yards and a first down against Texas 6-0, 205, Jr., 1L Tech. He finished the spring second on the depth chart (“H” receiver Carlsbad, Calif. spot), having caught 12 passes for 103 yards and a touchdown in the three main spring scrimmages. After working hard for two years, the coaches (Carlsbad) 27 placed him on scholarship beginning in the spring semester. He had the top bench press (322 lbs.) of all the wide receivers in spring conditioning AT COLORADO: This Season (Jr.)—He was tests, and his 3.90 time in the pro agility drill was the best figure on the unable to compete in spring practices as he entire team. finished up rehabilitation following knee 2009 (Soph.)—He played in 11 games, including starts in the first three surgery that sidelined him all of his sopho- (CSU, Toledo, Wyoming), missing the Texas A&M game due to an injury. more season. He caught 13 passes for 136 yards and a touchdown on the season; six 2010 (Soph.)—He had a solid spring and earned first downs, five of the grabs were for 10 or more yards, and his continued that into the fall, but in the first major scrimmage of camp long catch covered 27 yards. His top game was at Toledo, where he caught (Aug. 12), he went down late with a torn anterior cruciate ligament and eight passes for 109 yards and a touchdown; it was the 100th 100-yard was lost for the season. He had 18 tackles (11 solo), two third down stops, receiving game in CU history. He caught three passes for 18 yards versus a forced fumble and a recovery in the three main spring scrimmages; he Wyoming and two for nine yards against Colorado State. He was also CU’s had nine tackles and a forced fumble before being injured in the fall main punt return man, with 22 for 68 yards (3.1 average); the aim of the scrum. He had entered the fall listed second at strong safety. punt team, however, wasn’t so much on the return but to field all the kicks 2009 (Fr.-RS)—He saw action in six games, all on special teams (the first and prevent worse field position: he would often catch a ball and get hit and last three), recording one knockdown block on return unit duty. He practically at the same time. One of the recipients of the team’s Gold was the team’s Defensive Scout Player of the Week for the Kansas game. Group Commitment Award as selected by the coaches, as the honor rec- He had 10 tackles (five solo) and a third down stop in the three main ognizes excellence with class in a variety of areas. He was the Iron Buffalo spring scrimmages. Award winner for the receivers in the spring, presented to the player at 2008 (Fr.)—Redshirted; practiced at safety his true freshman year in col- each position who represents hard work, dedication, toughness and total lege. He was the scout team special teams player of the week for the poundage lifted in the weight room. He had a fantastic spring on the field, Eastern Washington game. leading all receivers in the three main scrimmages with 14 catches for 256 yards (18.3 per) and four touchdowns. HIGH SCHOOL—He earned All-West Region honors from PrepStar as a 2008 (Fr.-RS)—He missed the first five games of the year with a broken senior, when he was second-team All-CIF and first-team All-County and collarbone, returned to play in two games (against Kansas and Texas All-Avocado League. He was Carlsbad’s Lifter of the Year, as playing both A&M), and then missed the last three after suffering the same injury. In his safety and linebacker, he racked up 82 tackles, with eight for losses brief time back, he returned two punts, one for four yards and the other including one-and-a-half quarterback sacks, two fumble recoveries and a for a 5-yard loss when he muffed the catch. He switched to wide receiver forced fumble. He played in the inaugural All-Star Classic as a teammate from safety for spring drills, and had an excellent spring at his new posi- of fellow recruit Ryan Deehan. As a junior, he was named All-Avocado tion as well as emerging as a candidate to return kicks. He caught six League, leading his team with 100 tackles along with two quarterback passes for 110 yards and a touchdown in the three main scrimmages, also sacks, a forced fumble and made three interceptions playing primarily returning nine punts for 91 yards with a long runback of 45 yards. safety. As a sophomore, he had 63 tackles, a quarterback sack and a 2007 (Fr.)—Redshirted; practiced both as a safety and a wide receiver fumble recovery. His top games as a senior included a 12-tackle perform- over the course of the fall after joining the team as an invited walk-on for ance in a 27-24 win over Cathedral, and 14 tackles, a forced fumble and August drills. Though a defensive back on the roster, he was primarily recovery in a 24-20 loss to Rancho Buena Vista. As a junior, he had 14 tack- used in practices on the scout team at receiver, and did so well that the les in a 17-7 win over Vista. Under head coach Bob McAllister, Carlsbad coaches named him the recipient of the Offensive Scout Award. The went 8-2 his senior season, advancing to the first round of the playoffs, coaches also selected him as the scout team special teams player of the while his sophomore and junior teams both captured CIF championships: week for the Colorado State game. CHS was 10-2 in his sophomore year and 10-0-2 his junior year (when he had a 40-yard interception return for a touchdown in the championship HIGHSCHOOL—He was named first-team All-State, All-South Central game). In addition to his three letters in football, he also lettered twice in Conference and All-San Juan Valley his senior season as a wide receiver, track (high jump) and participated in basketball as a freshman. when he had 67 catches for 1,507 yards and 20 touchdowns, the latter two setting state records for all classifications. He also earned first-team All- ACADEMICS— He is majoring in Sociology at Colorado. He earned State and All-Conference honors at cornerback. As a junior, he was named Scholar-Athlete recognition his sophomore through senior years as he second-team All-State at receiver and first-team All-State, All-Conference maintained a 3.6 grade point average as a prep. 62 PERSONAL—Born December 19, 1989 in San Diego, Calif. Hobbies include and on the scout team after joining the team as a walk-on once enrolled at wakeboarding, snowboarding, music, working out and going to the beach. CU for the fall semester. He and his team volunteered for the Carlsbad 5K race every year. AT BARTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (2009, Fr.)—He attended Barton CC (Fort Riley, Kan.) for the spring semester to improve his academics, but the school does not field a football team and thus was a student only.

HIGH SCHOOL—As a senior, he earned honorable mention All-State (5A) SCOTT FERNANDEZ, TE honors from both the Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post, in addition 6-3, 250, Soph., 1L to being named a first-team All-Big 6 Conference performer at running back. He rushed for 1,348 yards and 19 touchdowns, averaging 9.1 yards Broomfield, Colo. per attempt as he ran for 100 or more yards in nine games. Topping that (Legacy) list was a 197-yard, two-TD effort in a win over Cherry Creek, while also 99 scoring five touchdowns in another outing. He was a breakaway threat as AT COLORADO: This Season (Soph.)— a receiver, with 13 catches for nearly 400 yards and three touchdowns. As Enters the fall listed fifth at tight end, a junior, when he earned second-team All-Conference honors, he had 688 though could see some action at fullback. yards and eight touchdowns, averaging 8.8 per try, with seven receptions He is down about 15 pounds from the for over 100 yards including three scores. He returned one kick during his weight he played at as a redshirt frosh. prep career—racing 87 yards with a kickoff for a touchdown against 2010 (Fr.-RS)—He played in 11 games, Montbello as a junior. As a freshman and sophomore, he played mostly on including one start at Missouri; he did not get into the Nebraska game. defense, as a lineman. He did rush for 134 yards on 16 carries as a sopho- Used primarily in a blocking role, he did not record any offensive statis- more. Mullen, winner of three league titles during his prep career, was tics. One week into fall practice, he was shifted from offensive line into the 12-2 his senior year (state 5A champions), and 13-1 his junior and sopho- tight end/H-back role, with the intent to shore up CU’s rushing game in more seasons under coach and former CU star Dave Logan. He also short yardage and goal line situations (he caught a 3-yard touchdown lettered three times in track (sprints and relays), with Mullen claiming the pass in such a situation in the fall’s first major scrimmage). Before switch- state championship his junior year. ing positions, he was the second fastest offensive lineman on the team in the spring with 4.90 speed in the 40-yard dash. ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Sociology at Colorado. 2009 (Fr.)—Redshirted; at first projected as a defensive lineman entering college, he moved over to the offensive line and practiced there most of PERSONAL—He was born April 24, 1991 in Denver. A regular churchgoer, the fall. He joined the team as an invited walk-on for August drills. he lists working out, debating friends and telling jokes among his hobbies. An uncle, Howard Ballage, lettered for CU from 1976-78 and as a senior, led HIGH SCHOOL—He lettered twice in football at Legacy High School as an the nation in kickoff returns with a 29.4 average. One of his idols as a prep offensive tackle under coach Wayne Voorhees. He rotated with the offen- performer was LenDale White, the former USC and Chatfield High School sive line his junior season and then started all 11 games as a senior when star, who was also coached by the same coaches he later would have at Legacy compiled a 9-2 record and he gave up just two sacks on the entire Mullen. He is active in the community and was the recipient of the season. Legacy was 18-5 in his two years there. He moved to Broomfield, Colorado Youth of the Year Award for his leadership in the Boys & Girls Colo. from San Diego, where he attended La Jolla High School his fresh- Club as a senior in high school. man and sophomore years. At La Jolla, he played football both years but did not letter and he also played baseball for two seasons and basketball one season. He participated in the track and field team at Legacy as a junior and senior, competing in the shot put. At the Colorado 5A Region 2 track meet he recorded his personal best throw of 40’-10½”, good for 12th place. DAVID GOLDBERG, DL 6-1, 245, Sr., 2L ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Sociology at Colorado. Aspen, Colo. PERSONAL—Born March 12, 1990 in Stockton, Calif. His hobbies include (Aspen/Penn State) snowboarding and golf and his favorite musician is Jack Johnson. His 55 father, Keith, also played football at Colorado but did not letter, though an AT COLORADO: This Season (Sr.)—He uncle, Charlie Fernandez, did, lettering at offensive guard in 1974. He moved to defensive end from outside line- chose to attend Colorado because of the academics, the football program backer for spring drills. He had nine tackles, and the town. He was a high school classmate of fellow CU freshman Nick five solo and three for losses, along with Kasa. two quarterback hurries in the three main spring scrimmages. He was placed on scholarship by the coaching staff following spring practice. 2010 (Jr.)—He played in all 12 games on special teams (kickoff return unit), and got into three on defense at outside linebacker. He had two solo tackles and a quarterback pressure in 11 snaps from scrimmage. He tied JOSH FORD, TB for ninth in special team points with 10, all coming on knockdown blocks 5-9, 195, Soph., TR that aided the return. He was the Scout Team Special Teams Player of the Week as selected by the coaches for the Colorado State game, and was Denver, Colo. (Mullen/Barton also named recipient of the Defensive Scout Award for the entire season. Community College) He won the John Wooten Award for spring practice, which was presented 42 by the coaches for outstanding work ethic. He had five tackles, including AT COLORADO: This Season (Soph.)— two quarterback sacks, in the three main spring scrimmages. Enters the fall listed third on the depth 2009 (Soph.)—He saw action in three games, including two on defense chart at tailback. He had a tremendous (Toledo, Wyoming) where he got in for six plays (did not record any spring, leading all runners in the spring stats); he played two snaps at Toledo and four versus Wyoming. He game with 164 yards on 17 carries (9.6 earned the Defensive Scout Team Award for the season, and was selected per), which included a 56-yard touchdown as the Scout Team Defensive Player of the Week for the Wyoming game. run. He also was tops for all three main spring scrimmages combined, He moved from inside linebacker to defensive end for spring drills. with 264 yards on 30 attempts (8.8), and he also made three receptions 2008 (Fr.-RS)—He did not see any action but dressed for seven games, for 35 yards. practicing most of the semester at “mike” inside linebacker position. He 2010 (Fr.-RS)—He did not see any action but did participate in practices was the scout team defense player of the week award winner for the Iowa 63 State game. He had two assisted tackles in the three main spring scrim- were district champions his freshman and sophomore (6-3) seasons; mages. Lamar was 4-6 his junior year. He also lettered once in track, participating 2007 (Fr.)—Redshirted; did not see any action. Though he transferred to in the 4x100 and 4x200 relays his senior year; his 4x100 team advanced to Colorado from Penn State and joined the team the first day of classes, his the regional meet after placing second in the district. “NCAA clock” never started at Penn State as school was not yet underway when he decided to transfer closer to home after suffering several knee ACADEMICS—He is interested in Integrative Physiology as his major at injuries. Colorado. A two-time District All-Academic Team member, the National Honor Society member boasted a 3.67 grade point average in high school. AT PENN STATE (2006, Fr.)—He was an invited walk-on, but after three knee surgeries and not participating in any football activities, he left PERSONAL—He was born May 30, 1993 in Pineville, La. His hobbies school after just 11 days, before classes started, and thus before his NCAA include working out and watching television, and does a good amount of “academic clock” started. community service, including as a volunteer with the Special Olympics. An older brother, Jeramy, played running back and wide receiver at Rice. HIGHSCHOOL—He earned first-team All-State (3A) and All-Western He hails from the same high school that produced CU All-Big 12 safety and Slope Conference honors at linebacker as a senior, when he racked up 120 eight-year NFL veteran Michael Lewis. His first name is Joseph; he was tackles, with 10 for losses, including four quarterback sacks. He forced given the nickname D.D. while growing up and it stuck. five fumbles and recovered two. As a junior, when he was an All- Conference performer, he recorded 100 tackles, with 14 for losses and eight sacks, while forcing four fumbles. Aspen was 2-6 his senior year and 1-6 his junior season under coach Travis Benson. He also lettered four times in hockey (forward), twice earning All-Conference honors.

ACADEMICS—He is majoring in History at Colorado. JUSTIN GORMAN, DB 6-0, 195, Fr., RS PERSONAL—He was born July 12, 1988 in Miami, Fla. Hobbies include music and most sports. Father (Michael) and an uncle (Steve) both Manheim, Pa. played football at Minnesota. Another uncle (Bill) played football at (Manheim Central) Georgia and in the NFL with the Atlanta Falcons, and also was a WWE star 14 (professional wrestling). Grandfather (Jed Goldberg) played football at AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.-RS)—He Harvard. Along with high school and current CU teammate David Clark, moved to defensive back (safety) for spring the two are the first to play Division I football from Aspen High School. practice, and is fourth at strong safety entering the fall. He likely will see the field TACKLES for certain on special teams, as he emerged Season G Plays UT AT-TOT TFL Sacks 3DS Hurr FR FF PBU Int 2009 2600—00- 0 0- 0 000000 as the first-team holder following the 2010 3 11 20—20- 0 0- 0 010000 spring. Totals 5 17 20—20- 0 0- 0 010000 2010 (Fr.)—Redshirted; he practiced primarily at quarterback and was a key scout team performer: he was the Scout Team Offense Player of the week for the Hawaii game as selected by the coaching staff, which also named him the recipient of the Offensive Scout Award for the entire season. He joined the team as an invited walk-on for August drills. D.D. GOODSON, ATH HIGH SCHOOL—He was a first-team All-Lancaster-Lebanon League per- 5-7, 165, Fr., HS former as a senior, and an honorable mention selection as a junior. As a senior, he had 3,237 yards of total offense, as he became just the sixth Rosenberg, Texas player in Pennsylvania history to rush for 1,000 yards and throw for 2,000. (Lamar Consolidated) He completed 152-of-266 passes for 2,116 yards with 20 touchdowns and 21 11 interceptions, completing 57.1 percent of his passes. He also rushed 177 times for 1,121 yards and 20 touchdowns, averaging 6.3 yards per AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.)—The attempt (long run of 61 yards); he had four 100-plus rushing games and final high school recruit in Jon Embree’s five games of 300 or more yards in total offense. As a junior, he completed first class, signing with the Buffaloes on 60-of-109 passes for 929 yards and six touchdowns (three picks), while June 8. Designated as an “athlete” instead of rushing for 280 yards on 69 tries and seven scores—one of which came on at a specific position, the 4.4-speedster will a 99-yard run against Cocalico. He also caught 10 passes for 178 yards and likely get a look at wide receiver as well as a score. He threw for 258 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 145 running back in addition to kick returner this fall as a true freshman in col- yards and two scores as a sophomore. Top games as a senior included a lege. 17-14 win over Cocalico, when he completed 24-of-40 passes for 304 yards and a touchdown; a 42-12 win over Lancaster Catholic (17-of-26, 270, 2 HIGH SCHOOL—He was selected as the District 23-4A Utility Player of TDs) and in a 49-0 rout of Garden Spot (12-of-13, 183, 2 TDs passing, 7-141, the Year, also earning first-team All-Area and All-District honors at wide 3 TDs rushing). As a junior, in a 45-14 win over Eastern Lebanon County, receiver. A four-year starter at wide receiver, he caught 30 passes for over he completed 11-of-14 throws for 271 yards and 3 TDs. Manheim Central 500 yards and two touchdowns as a senior, when he also rushed for 370 was 15-1, losing in the state championship game his senior year, 11-2 his yards and nine scores out of the wildcat formation. He was explosive junior season and 6-5 his sophomore year under coach Mike Williams; returning kickoffs, as he had around 30 returns with a 35.0-yard average MCHS were the district champions his junior and senior years. He also let- and a touchdown. As a junior, when he was All-Area and All-District, he tered once in track (personal best of 10.8 in the 100-meters) and one in caught 40 balls for 700 yards and seven touchdowns, with 25 catches for baseball (centerfielder). 300 yards and four touchdowns as a sophomore and two receptions for 46 yards and a TD as a freshman. He played defense in spots, at safety as ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Business (Financial Management) at a senior (two forced fumbles and two recoveries) and at cornerback as a Colorado. junior (one interception). One of his top games his senior year came in a wild 41-40 win over Angleton, when he rushed for over 100 yards and a PERSONAL—He was born May 4, 1992 in Lancaster, Pa. His mother touchdown while making three receptions for 75 yards and another score. (Sherri) played college basketball for Elizabethtown (Pa.), and an older Lamar was 4-6 his senior year under first-year head coach Ronald Patton; sister, Kelsey, is a senior midfielder on the soccer team at Messiah (Pa.) his coach his freshman through junior years was Lydell Wilson. Under College. Wilson, LCHS were the state champions his freshman year with a 13-2 record, defeating Copperas Cove, 20-14 in a game that Goodson said was one of his top prep highlights despite blocking for most of the game. They 64 PERSONAL—He was born October 31, 1988 in Columbia, Mo. His hobbies including playing golf; his best score is in the lows 80 on several occa- sions. His younger brother, Quinn, is a CU sophomore, one of the factors LOGAN GRAY, WR in his selecting CU for graduate school. 6-2, 190, Sr., TR RECEIVING High Games Columbia, Mo. Season G No. Yds Avg. TD Long Rec Yds (Rock Bridge/Georgia) 2008 (at Georgia) 13 00 0.0 0000 2 2009 (at Georgia) 12 00 0.0 0000 2010 (at Georgia) 13 9 105 11.7 1 26 3 42 AT COLORADO: This Season (Sr./Gr.)—He Totals 38 9 105 11.7 1 26 3 42 enrolled at Colorado as a graduate student for summer classes, taking advantage of an ADDITIONAL STATISTICS—Passing: 12-5-2, 31, 0 TD, 10 long (2009); Rushing: 2-21, 10.5 avg., 0 TD, 16 long (2008); 9-35, 3.9 avg., 0 TD, 20 long (2009); 1-5, 5.0 avg., 0 NCAA rule that grants a fifth year of football TD (2010). Punt Returns: 6-72, 12.0 avg., 0 TD, 17 long (2008); 1-minus 2, -2.0 avg., if you graduate within four years at your (2009); 6-39, 6.5 avg., 0 TD, 25 long (2010). original college institution and the desired postgraduate degree program doesn’t exist at that school. He is expected to bolster CU’s wide receiver corps and also get a shot at returning kicks.

AT GEORGIA: He earned three letters at Georgia after redshirted as a true freshman; in his four years as a Bulldog, UGA was 35-17 and participated in four bowl games, winning three (2008 Sugar, 2009 Capital One, 2009 Independence). He saw action in 38 games (no starts), including the CU- WOODSON GREER III, LB UGA game in Boulder in 2010, returning a punt for 1 yard. 6-2, 225, Fr., HS 2010 (Jr.)—He moved to wide receiver for the Bulldogs in the fall after Corona, Calif. battling for UGA’s starting quarterback job in spring drills; he was 10-of- 17 for 132 yards and a touchdown in the G-Day game. He played in all 13 (Junipero Serra) 37 games, mainly at receiver but also returning punts on occasion. He caught nine passes for 105 yards and a touchdown on the year, all but one catch AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.)— coming in the first four games of the year while teammate A.J. Green Projected as a linebacker, most likely on the served a four-game suspension. He opened the year with two catches for inside, as a true freshman in college. 32 yards, including a 26-yard touchdown pass from Hutson Mason in a 55- 7 win over Louisiana-Lafayette. He had season highs of three receptions HIGH SCHOOL—As a senior, he was named for 42 yards against Mississippi State and also had two grabs for 22 yards PrepStar All-Region and SuperPrep All-Far versus South Carolina. West team member, as the publication ranked him the No. 65 player in the 2009 (Soph.)—He was in 12 games, on offense and/or special teams, com- region (the No. 10 linebacker on that list). Scout.com ranked him as the pleting 5-of-12 passes for 31 yards with two interceptions. The most No. 48 outside linebacker in the nation, the seventh best from California. action he saw at quarterback came in a 38-0 homecoming win over He also earned first-team All-CIF Southern Section Western Division, first- Tennessee Tech, when he was 4-of-5 for 25 yards with a pick along with team All-Mission League and first-team All-South Bay Area honors. As a five rushes for 32 yards. At the end of spring drills, he was named the junior, he was first team All-Western League and All-South Bay after gar- Biggest Surprise of Spring on offense (he was 9-of-13 for 91 yards in the G- nering second team All-Western League accolades as a sophomore. For Day game) and also earned the Larry Munson Football Scholarship his career, he racked up 281 total tackles, which included 113 solo stops Award. and 12½ quarterback sacks. As a senior, he had 69 tackles (41 solo) and 2008 (Fr.-RS)—He was named one of UGA’s Newcomer of the Year Award one fumble recovery, which followed a monster junior year, which saw winner for special teams, as he appeared in all 13 games, returning six him record 140 tackles (41 solo) and 11½ sacks that totaled 76 yards in punts for 72 yards with a long of 17 against hated-rival and No. 18 Georgia losses. He also had one forced fumble and one recovery that season. As a Tech. He also rushed twice for 21 yards, both carries in the opener against sophomore, he had 72 tackles (31 solo), one sack and one interception. Georgia Southern. Under coach Scott Altenberg, Serra compiled a 42-2 record in his three 2007 (Fr.)—Redshirted; he practiced all season at quarterback. years there, winning three consecutive Mission League titles and 29 straight games sandwiched between playoff losses that ended his sopho- HIGHSCHOOL—As a senior, he was a PrepStar and SuperPrep All- more and senior seasons. Serra was 14-1 his senior year, winning the CIF American, while also making the ESPN Top 150 as the No. 7 rated Southern Section before losing in the state title game, 15-0 his junior quarterback in the nation; SuperPrep ranked him as the top quarterback season (CIF Southern Section and California state champions) and 13-1 and No. 7 overall prospect on its All-Midlands Team (the six ahead of him his sophomore year before falling in the CIF Southern Section title game. included current Buff OG Ryan Miller, Nebraska WR Niles Paul and Oklahoma WR ). Rivals.com ranked him as the No. 2 ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Integrative Physiology at Colorado and is prospect in the state of Missouri and the No. 10 QB in the country, interested in a career in physical therapy. Scout.com named him the quarterback on its Hot Midwest 100 team, while Tom Lemming also named him to his Top 100 squad; he also par- PERSONAL—He was born December 26, 1992 in Long Beach, Calif. ticipated in the prestigious Elite 11 QB camp. He earned first-team Hobbies include playing the piano (he has since he was six) and other All-State (Class 6) honors as a senior. A three-year starter at quarterback sports including basketball. He was very active in community service who also played some receiver as a prep, he threw for a school record 53 both through his high school and church, the majority of which included career touchdowns with 5,734 yards; he had 1,549 yards and 12 TDs as a outreach to the homeless. senior, rarely playing an entire game (also six rushing scores), with 2,169 yards and 25 touchdowns as a junior and 2,016 yards and 16 TDs as a sophomore. RBHS was 9-1 his senior year under coach A.J. Odofile, the former Missouri Tiger. He also lettered four times in basketball (rated as one of the state’s top seniors by Missouri Sports Online) and track (sprints, relays and long jump).

ACADEMICS—He was admitted into CU’s School of Education and is enrolled in the Curriculum & Instruction (C & I) Master’s program. He graduated in May 2011 from the University of Georgia with a B.A. degree in Speech Communication. A two-time Academic All-SEC team member and an honor roll student in high school.

65 second-team All-State honors in the latter. He was also a member of East’s state champion team in Ultimate (flying disc) as a senior.

ZACH GROSSNICKLE, P ACADEMICS—He is pursuing a double major in Business (International 6-2, 190, Soph., 1L Relations) and Economics (focus on International Development) at Colorado. In May 2011, he was enrolled in CU’s Maymester/Study Abroad Denver, Colo. program, where he studied in Florence, , for five weeks. A National (East) Honor Society member in high school, he owned a 4.22 grade point (on a 15 4.0 scale) and was enrolled in nothing but AP classes the spring semester AT COLORADO: This Season (Soph.)— of his senior year. Enters the fall atop the depth chart at punter; he punted well during the spring, PERSONAL—He was born September 9, 1990 (09-09-90) in Denver. though there was no live punting in any of Hobbies include playing soccer, longboarding, ultimate Frisbee, 3D ani- three full scrimmages. mation and hanging out with friends. His father (Reid) lettered in 2010 (Fr.-RS)—He became just the fourth swimming at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. His older player in CU history to serve as the team’s regular punter as a freshman, brother, Max, attends CU and is a junior physics major. In the Ray Guy joining Stan Koleski (’73), Andy Mitchell (’94) and Matt DiLallo (’06); his Academy (kicking camp) in Colorado Springs in July 2008, Zach drilled 60 punts the most ever by a Buff frosh. He averaged 39.5 yards per punt several kicks well over 50 yards, including a long of 61 (which set a camp (second best freshman figure at CU), with a net of 35.7. He placed 11 kicks record). He won regional and semifinal competitions in the National inside the opponent 20 (six inside-the-10 and three inside-the-50, with 22 Kicking Combine Series the same summer. Thanks to his soccer days, he balls fair caught and just two that went for touchbacks; just 23 kicks were might be one of the fastest kickers in the nation, as he has 4.55 speed in returned for an 8.0 average. He averaged 41.4 yards on 17 punts from the 40-yard dash. inside the CU 25, with his long punt being 52 yards (he had two 50-plus). He also handled CU’s two free kicks (both punts) after safeties. He aver- PUNTING In had Ret Net Net aged 35.6 yards on 18 punts in the three main spring scrimmages (but had Season G No Yds Avg Long 20 50+ TB blk Yds Yds Avg. considerably higher numbers in daily drills), while converting 5-of-9 field 2010 12 60 2368 39.5 52 11 22 2184 2144 35.7 goals (38 long) and both extra point tries. He earned the Bill McCartney ADDITIONAL STATISTICS—Special Team Tackles: 0,2—2 (2010). (Net Yards Award as the most improved special teams player in spring ball, and was includes touchback yardage.) the Iron Buffalo Award recipient among all specialists for hard work, ded- ication, toughness and total poundage lifted in the weight room. 2009 (Fr.)—Redshirted; practiced as both a punter and placekicker the entire fall.

HIGH SCHOOL—He was ranked as the top placekicker in the western GUS HANDLER, OL region, and second overall in the nation, by Ray Guy’s prokicker.com 6-3, 290, Soph., VR (which also pegged him as the No. 2 combo kicker/punter nationally). Scout.com ranked him as the No. 10 kicker in the nation, while Rivals.com Barrington, Ill. ranked him as the No. 21 kicker in the USA (the top kicker from Colorado (Barrington) and the No. 18 player overall in the state). He earned first-team All- 76 Colorado and All-State (5A) honors by the Denver Post (he was AT COLORADO: This Season (Soph.)— second-team All-State by the Rocky Mountain News) as a senior, when he Enters the fall listed third at center, but also also garnered first-team All-Central Metro League accolades (formerly will likely get a look at guard in the fall. known as the Denver Prep League for football; the league name did not He ended spring ball at around 270 pounds, change for other sports). As a senior, he made 12-of-13 field goals, his only down 20 or so from the fall, but regained the miss from 58 yards that had the distance but was wide right; the 12 makes weight by midsummer and will play around totaled exactly 500 yards (in order: 38, 37, 43, 53, 39, 44, 42, 35, 33, 47, 39, 290 this year. 50), or 41.7 yards per. His season long was 53 yards against Aurora Central 2010 (Fr.-RS)—Did not see any action, but dressed for eight games (all six (a Denver East school record, breaking the mark by a yard he had set as in Boulder, Colorado State in Denver and the Oklahoma game in Norman). a junior) and was 10-of-10 inside of 50 yards. He connected on 35-of-37 PAT 2009 (Fr.)—Redshirted; practiced the entire fall on the offensive line. kicks, his only two misses being blocked, thus he scored 70 points for the year, second most by a 5A kicker in the state. He averaged 40 yards per HIGH SCHOOL—He earned mention on Prep Star’s All-Midwest Region punt (39 kicks), with 10 over 50 yards and nine inside-the-20, while 92 per- squad and was ranked the No. 29 player from the state of Illinois by cent of his kickoffs went for touchbacks. As a junior, he made 5-of-7 field Rivals.com, coming in as the No. 7 offensive lineman on that list. ESPN goals, a long of 52, and 23-of-24 PAT kicks (the miss was blocked), scoring ranked him as the No. 52 offensive tackle in the country. Projected as a 39 points overall; his 52-yard kick was East’s only points in its second center in college, lettered twice as an offensive tackle at Barrington High round playoff loss to Thomas Jefferson. He averaged 39 yards for 12 punts School under coach Joe Sanchez. His senior season, he was named first- with a long of 56 (three inside-the-20), and 80 percent of his kickoffs were team All-State by the Champaign News-Gazette and the Illinois High School touchbacks. Top games his senior year included a 49-30 win over Football Coaches Association, second-team All-State by the Chicago Highlands Ranch, when he made three field goals, saw nine of 10 kickoffs Tribune and All-Area by the Chicago Sun-Times. He also earned first-team go for touchbacks, and punted twice for a 41.5 average; on one of those All-Mid-Suburban Conference honors and was named to the Great punts he made the tackle and forced a fumble in the process. When he Northwest 2008 Football offensive squad by the Pioneer Press. Barrington kicked his 53-yard field goal against Aurora Central, it opened the scoring compiled a 9-3 record his senior year and he played in and started every of an eventual 47-0 win after a scoreless first quarter, in which he had put game and also played every snap on offense. He lists his most memorable both his punts inside-the-20. He was East’s special teams most valuable games against Libertyville his senior season where Barrington won 21-14 player both years he lettered, and he never missed a field goal under 40 to open the season and christen a new stadium. He was named the team’s yards in his career. Under coach Ron Woolfork (the former Buff line- offensive player of the week against Rolling Meadows in the second game backer, 1990-93), East was 7-4 his senior year and 8-3 his junior season, of his senior season, a 20-13 win. As a junior, started at offensive tackle for advancing to the second round of the state playoffs both years. He also the 5-4 Broncos and played every snap on offense. He earned the team’s lettered twice in soccer, leading East to the state and DPL championships offensive player of the week honor against Conant in a 28-6 victory his as a senior (in fact, football and soccer are both fall sports in Colorado, junior season. He also played on special teams on the kickoff return unit so he played the pair simultaneously). He scored 13 goals and had seven and hands team both his junior and senior seasons and occasionally saw assists, ratcheting up his offense when it counted most, scoring three action on the punt team, as well. Also an honorable mention all-area per- times each in East’s first two playoff wins over Sand Creek and Liberty. He former in baseball, lettering four times; as a junior, he batted .330 and had was a first-team All-DPL performer his junior and senior years, garnering 10 home runs and 30 runs batted in playing first base, third base and out- field.

66 also the Iron Buffalo Award winner among the team’s quarterbacks for ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Business (Management) at Colorado. He hard work, dedication, toughness and total poundage lifted in the weight made the high school honor roll each of his eight semesters as a prep, room. when he earned academic all-league honors in both football and baseball. 2009 (Soph.)—He played in eight games overall, with seven starts (the last seven of the season). He completed 129-of-231 passes (55.8 percent) PERSONAL—He was born July 8, 1991 in Barrington, Ill. Hobbies include for 1,440 yards, with eight touchdowns and seven interceptions, while listening to music, reading and working with kids. His father, Fritz, played officially rushing for 61 yards on 84 attempts; eliminate 33 times he was both football (nose guard) and baseball (1B, P) at Valparaiso. His uncle, sacked for 275 yards, his true rushing was 51 tries for 336 yards, or 6.6 per Kurt Handler, played football at Ohio Northern and another uncle, Eric carry. He engineered 94 drives on the season, leading the team to 22 Handler, played football at Gettysburg (Pa.) and is the vice president of scores (16 TD, 6 FG). He had 23 rushes for five yards or more and 14 for communications for the YES Network, which covers the New York 10-plus, and led the team in first downs earned with 83 (18 rush/65 pass), Yankees and New Jersey Nets. One grandfather, Fred Handler, was the including 33 on third and fourth downs. He was CU’s Athlete of the Week baseball coach from 1958 through 1982 at St. Bonaventure, where he was for all sports for his efforts in CU’s 35-34 win over Texas A&M, when he also an assistant basketball coach (1958-74); his other grandfather completed 21-of-32 passes for a career-high 271 yards and a touchdown (mother’s side) played basketball at Carnegie Mellon. (the game winning TD pass to Patrick Devenny), along with 45 yards rush- ing and 17 first downs earned. He was the team’s co-Offensive Player of the Week for the Kansas game, when he was 14-of-25 for 175 yards (1 TD/1 INT) along with 11 rushes for 34 yards and another score. He had two other 200-yard games, against Nebraska (21-of-44, 269 yards, 3/3) and at Iowa State (18-of-38, 258, 1/1); in that game, he rushed for a season-high TYLER HANSEN, QB 50 yards on 12 carries, giving him 308 yards of total offense. One of the 6-1, 215, Sr., 3L recipients of the team’s Gold Group Commitment Award as selected by the coaches, as the honor recognizes excellence with class in a variety of Temecula, Calif. areas. He completed 26-of-44 passes for 337 yards and four touchdowns (Chaparral) (153.42 rating) in the three main spring scrimmages. He was the Iron 9 Buffalo Award winner for the quarterbacks in the spring, presented to the AT COLORADO: Career Notes—He enters player at each position who represents hard work, dedication, toughness his senior year 11th in career passing yards and total poundage lifted in the weight room. at Colorado with 2,822; he’s also eighth in 2008 (Fr.)—He did not play the first six games of the season and was likely completions (275), 10th in attempts (460), ticketed to redshirt, but he appeared against Kansas State late in the first 11th in touchdown passes (15) and 13th in quarter to jumpstart the offense. It was just the 11th appearance by a true total offense (3,185). He is 14th all-time freshman at quarterback for CU dating back to 1972. He then started for among CU quarterbacks for true rushing yards with 806; his 5.68 average the first time the next week at Missouri, becoming just the fifth true frosh per true carry (minus sacks) currently stands as the third best, trailing in school history to start a game at quarterback, and wound up playing in Kordell Stewart (1991-94, 7.04) and Bernard Jackson (2004-06, 6.21). five games (two starts, also starting against Iowa State). On the year, he This Season (Sr.)—Named CU’s starting quarterback at the conclusion of completed 34-of-65 passes for 280 yards, with one touchdown and four spring practice. He was named the team’s Joe Romig Award winner as the interceptions (81.3 rating). His TD pass was a 21-yard toss to Scotty top senior-to-be following spring practice, as he had a of McKnight that proved to be the winning points in CU’s 14-13 win over 188.9 in the three main spring scrimmages. He completed nearly 74 per- Kansas State. He set a school record for the most single-season rushing cent of his passes (39 of 53) for 531 yards and five touchdowns – with no yards by a true freshman quarterback, as he had 261 in just five games; interceptions – in those sessions (in one, he completed 18-of-19 with 3 the old best was 177 by Marc Walters (his father) in 1986 (5 games); TDs). He had four rushes for 37 yards, as he ran the ball much less than Darian Hagan had 175 in 1988 (also in 5 games). He finished as CU’s third earlier his career, but avoided taking a single sack. He’s the only player on leading rusher, and top games came against K-State (19 carries, 86 yards), the roster to have taken a snap at quarterback in college. Texas A&M (16-86) and Iowa State (9-48). He had performed well on the 2010 (Jr.)—He was named CU’s starter prior to the start of the season, scout team, and did a credible job in mimicking West Virginia’s Pat White but had his year cut short when he suffered a ruptured spleen against and won the scout team offense award for that game. Texas Tech in the seventh game (he started all seven before the injury; he likely could have returned to play in a bowl game had CU qualified for HIGH SCHOOL—He earned All-West Region honors from PrepStar and All- one). Prior to getting hurt, he had completed 112-of-164 passes for 1,102 Far West accolades from SuperPrep as a senior, when he was named yards, with six touchdowns and six interceptions and a 129.5 rating. His first-team All-CIF and All-Valley while being named the Southwestern completion percentage of 68.3 set a school record for minimums of both League Player of the Year. He also earned the Riverside County 100 and 150 passes in a single season, breaking the old mark of 65.1 by Sportsmanship Award and Chaparral’s offensive and team most valuable Joel Klatt in 2003. He completed over 70 percent of his passes in four player honors as the three-year letterman served as team captain his games and over 65 percent in six of his seven; his only time under the junior and senior seasons. He was an honorable mention All-CIF selection latter came at California, where despite having a rough go of it with three in addition to earning first team All-Valley and All-Southwestern League interceptions and being sacked six times, still completed 53 percent (18- honors his junior season. As a senior, when he was Chaparral’s High of-34) of his throws. He threw for 200-plus yards twice: in a 31-13 win over School Athlete of the Year (all sports), he completed 138-of-220 passes Hawaii, he was 19-of-26 for 200 yards and two scores (no picks, a healthy (62.7 percent) for 1,652 yards and 10 touchdowns against just four inter- 163.1 rating), and in a 31-25 loss to Baylor, he was 21-of-28 for 207 yards (1 ceptions. He also rushed for 570 yards and nine touchdowns. Showing his TD/1 INT). He opened the year strong against Colorado State in Denver, versatility, he was also asked to fill in at safety at times on defense (where going 17-of-25 for 192 yards (2 TD/1 INT, 150.9 rating), and before he left he had a fumble recovery). He was the MVP of the inaugural Navy Marine the Texas Tech game, he was 9-of-10 for 62 yards. His total offense high Corps All-Star Classic, as he threw for two touchdowns and ran for came against Hawaii (221 yards), followed by the Georgia game (209), another in leading his team to a 27-13 win. As a junior, when he was where he was 13-of-20 for 158 yards passing with 10 rushes for 51 yards, Chaparral’s offensive MVP, he completed 153-of-263 passes (58.1 percent) his season-rushing best. He ended the year with 41 net rushing yards, for 2,248 yards and 21 touchdowns (with 13 interceptions). He also scoring four touchdowns (he had 166 yards on 35 tries when removing rushed for 300 yards and six touchdowns, not including sacks. Top games sacks). In 73 drives engineered, he led CU to 19 scores (16 TD/3 FG), and as a senior included a 21-20 loss to Vista Murrieta, when he rushed for 120 he earned 68 first downs (61 passing, 7 rushing). On third/fourth downs, yards and two touchdowns and passed for 150 yards and a third score; he he was fairly sharp, completing 37-of-54 passes for 447 yards (4 TD/1 INT), completed 11-of-15 passes for 182 yards and two scores while rushing 13 a solid rating of 158.8. He had a slight edge heading into the fall for the times for 74 yards in a 24-21 win over Temecula Canyon, as he threw a 22- starting job after having a solid spring, completing 45-of-73 passes for 408 yard game winning touchdown with just 42 seconds left to rally his team yards (6 TD/2 INT) in the three main spring scrimmages, a 130.2 passer for the win. In his junior year, against Valley View he passed for 342 yards rating; he led the Gold squad to a 37-27 win in the spring game. He was a and five touchdowns in a 40-21 win, and threw for 236 yards (on 12-of-16 co-recipient of the Greg Biekert Award for spring practice, as selected by passing) and three touchdowns in a 38-24 win over Temecula Valley. the coaches for those players with the greatest attention to detail. He was Under coach Tommy Leach, Chaparral went 9-4 during his senior season,

67 advancing to the semifinals, and was 11-3 his junior year, losing to Norco part of the 4x400-meter relay team that set a school record where he ran in the CIF Championship. He was the backup on his sophomore squad, a 49-second split. which posted a 4-6 mark. He also lettered twice in baseball (pitcher/first base) and once in track (sprints). ACADEMICS—He is interested in majoring in Business at Colorado. He was named to the Academic All-State team in high school where the min- ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Communication at Colorado. A 2008 imum required grade point average in Texas was a 92. Riverside County Chapter/National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete, he was on the honor roll throughout high school. He was named to the PERSONAL—He was born June 3, 1992 in San Antonio, Texas. His hobbies Southwestern League All-GPA Team as both a junior and senior, in both include fishing and hunting. His mother, Lark, played basketball at Baylor baseball and football. and Texas State and an older sister, Kasey, is a junior guard on the bas- ketball team at St. Edwards University (Austin, Texas). An uncle, Jim Bob PERSONAL—Born December 6, 1989 in Escondido, Calif. Hobbies include Taylor, was one of Sonny Detmer’s first quarterback prospects and went basketball and golf, and he is involved with his church youth group. His on to play at Georgia Tech and then for the Baltimore Colts, and an aunt, father (Rick) played quarterback for San Diego State from 1978-83. He was Marsha Smith, played basketball at SMU. A cousin, Cooper Taylor, is a signed by the Chicago Bears after his senior season and narrowly missed junior safety at Richmond. He is very active in his community through his making the team as he was cut on the last day of training camp. His church and was nominated for a Methodist Leadership Award. His high mother (Pamela) was an NCAA All-American sprinter/hurdler for SDSU’s school teammate and childhood friend, Stevie Joe Dorman, also signed track team. He throws right-handed even though he writes left-handed. He with CU in this class. goes by the nickname “T.”

PASSING RUSHING Season G Att-Com-Int Pct. Yds TD Long Att Yds Avg. TD Long 2008 5 65- 34- 4 52.3 280 1 29 63 261 4.1 0 24 2009 8 231-129- 7 55.8 1,440 8 58 84 61 0.7 1 31 2010 7 164-112- 6 68.3 1,102 6 73t 51 41 0.8 4 39 EVAN HARRINGTON, FB Totals 20 460-275-17 59.8 2,822 15 73t 198 363 1.8 5 39 5-11, 230, Sr., 1L ADDITIONAL STATISTICS—NCAA Rating: 114.7 (career), 81.3 (2008), 113.6 (2009), 129.5 (2010). Sacked/Yards Lost: 8/43 (2008), 33/275 (2009), 16/125 (2010). Washington, D.C. (Bowie, Md./ College of the Canyons) 49 AT COLORADO: This Season (Sr.)—Enters the fall listed first at fullback. He moved over from inside linebacker to the position WILL HARLOS, DB for spring practices. 2010 (Jr.)—He saw action in all 12 games on 6-3, 185, Fr., HS special teams, and played in two briefly on Somerset, Texas defense (six snaps total, no tackles). On the kickoff coverage unit on spe- cial teams, he was in on seven tackles (three solo, one inside-the-20) and (Somerset) 28 caused one penalty. He arrived on campus in the summer after attending junior college the spring semester and with three years to play two in eli- AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.)— gibility. Projected as a defensive back as a true freshman in college. AT COLEGE OF THE CANYONS (2008, 2009/Fr., Soph.)—He earned first- team All-Northern Conference honors as a sophomore at College of the HIGHSCHOOL—As a senior, he was Canyons in Santa Clarita, Calif. in 2009. He led Canyons with 85 tackles on ranked the No. 13 outside linebacker in the defense, including 11.5 tackles for loss and seven sacks. He also had 10 state of Texas by ESPN (he was the No. 21 from the state by Scout.com). quarterback hurries, three forced fumbles and one interception. His inter- He was the 3A Region IV District 27 Defensive Most Valuable Player and ception was key, as it came in overtime against rival Pasadena was named first-team All-San Antonio Area. He earned mention on the Community College and ended the game after Canyons took a 29-22 lead Texas Sports Writers Association preseason first-team All-State team and with the first possession of the extra period. As a freshman, he recorded was part of the Texas Super 50 team. He was named to the 3A Region IV 42 tackles, including four for a loss and one sack, helping Canyons to a 12- District 27 first-team as a junior when he garnered second-team All-Area 1 record, including a perfect 6-0 mark in conference action. He also lists honors. He was invited to the Under Armour All-America High School his most memorable game that season against Pasadena, when he game but declined to concentrate on basketball. In his career, he recorded 13 tackles, one sack and one pass breakup as Canyons again recorded over 300 tackles, with 23 quarterback sacks, 21 passes broken won in overtime. He was a gray shirt and arrived on campus in the spring up and made 14 interceptions. As a senior, he totaled 164 tackles (12.6 per of 2008. In his final collegiate game he went head-to-head with future Buff game), including 51 behind the line of scrimmage for losses with 16 sacks. and fellow signee Eric Richter, who played for Saddleback College as their He also had eight pass break-ups, six fumble recoveries, five forced fum- two teams met in the Western State Bowl. bles, four interceptions and one safety on defense and caught nine passes for 120 yards on offense. His junior year, he had 110 tackles (74 solo) with HIGHSCHOOL—He earned first-team 4A All-Prince George’s County, 41 for losses including six sacks. He forced 14 fumbles as a free safety and first-team All-Met by the Washington Post and first-team All-Big School as had 13 pass break-ups and six interceptions. On offense, he caught five a senior at Bowie High School in 2006, helping the Bulldogs to a 7-4 record passes for 113 yards and three touchdowns and also had a 2-point con- and playoff appearance. He recorded 112 tackles on defense and also version. His sophomore season he had 59 tackles (39 solo) with four played running back, rushing 93 times for 650 yards and 10 touchdowns. interceptions and two sacks. Under legendary high school coach Sonny Bowie also finished 7-4 his junior year and he recorded 50 tackles on Detmer, Somerset compiled a 23-11 record his final three years, 10-3 as a defense and started at fullback on offense, serving as a primary blocker senior, 6-4 as a junior and 7-4 as a sophomore, improving upon a 2-8 for a 1,000-yard rusher. His most memorable game came his junior year record his freshman season before Detmer’s arrival as coach. His senior when he was a lead blocker on offense and recorded 11 tackles defen- season, Somerset won the 3A Region IV District 27 Championship, the Bi- sively as Bowie defeated arch rival Eleanor Roosevelt for the first time District Championship and the San Antonio Area Championship, reaching since 2001. He lettered four years in football and started his final two the quarterfinals of the state playoffs. He also lettered in baseball, bas- years at linebacker, his junior year at fullback and his senior year at run- ketball and track. He earned All-District honors on the hardwood and was ning back. the most valuable player as a sophomore and junior on the track team, competing in sprints, jumps and relays. His time of 10.47 seconds in the 100-meters was at one time the fastest in the state his senior year. He was

68 ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Sociology at Colorado, as he has a keen in a friend’s music video. He has modeled in a few shows for local photog- interest in administrative and criminal justice. raphers in the D.C., Maryland and Virginia area. He helped his mom move out into a better part of Washington, D.C., and helps pay rent, but he fre- PERSONAL—He was born February 6, 1989, in Washington, D.C. His hob- quently visits his old neighborhood to encourage kids to make the right bies include playing the piano and spending time with his family. His aunt, decisions. Great sources of inspiration to him are his father, who he lost to Donna Harrington, played basketball at Old Dominion and started as a prostate cancer in July 2010, and his best friend, who was killed in the same freshman for the 1985 NCAA Championship squad. She also participated year; his father never told him he was dying and that he was only sick, but in the 1992 Olympics and played overseas for several years and for one in his final weeks and days taught him several invaluable life lessons. year in the WNBA with the Indiana Fever. A cousin, Krystle Harrington, was the Maryland Player of the Year and played basketball collegiately at Loyola (Md.). Another cousin, Ebony Evans, played basketball at . He lists his inspiration as his late brother, Darrell Harrington, Jr., who was killed in a bicycle accident at age 15 when he was eight years old. At Canyons, three times he helped with the LETMESAIL program, a lifestyle enrichment program for special-needs individuals. He helped ref- JACK HARRIS, OL eree a flag football game for kids with special needs and read books to 6-5, 295, Soph., VR elementary school kids (he has family members with special needs, so it was especially meaningful for him to participate). Parker, Colo. (Chaparral) TACKLES 75 Season G Plays UT AT-TOT TFL Sacks 3DS Hurr FR FF PBU Int 2010 2600—00- 0 0- 0 000000 AT COLORADO: This Season (Soph.)— Enters the fall atop the depth chart at right ADDITIONAL STATISTICS—Special Team Tackles: 3,4—7 (2010). tackle, and could also slide over to guard as well, as he practiced at both spots as a red- shirt freshman. 2010 (Fr.-RS)—He did not see any action; he had entered fall camp listed third at right tackle, and was practicing as well as any lineman the first 10 days of fall camp but was sidelined by a shoulder sprain he suffered in drills on August 16. He couldn’t dress for SHERRARD HARRINGTON, DB the first three games due to injury and rose to second on the depth chart 6-1, 175, Fr., HS at right guard by the end of the season. He was the co-recipient of the Joe Romig Award as selected by coaches for the most improved offensive Washington, D.C. lineman in spring practice. (Howard D. Woodson) 23 2009 (Fr.)—Redshirted; practiced on the offensive line the entire fall. AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.)— HIGH SCHOOL—He earned All-America honors from PrepStar and All- Projected as a defensive back as a true Midlands Region accolades from SuperPrep as a senior, when he was also freshman in college. named first-team All-Colorado and All-State (5A) by both the Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News. One of 13 offensive linemen named to the pres- HIGHSCHOOL—As a senior, he earned tigious Tacoma News-Tribune’s Western 100 list. SuperPrep ranked him as SuperPrep All-Mid Atlantic honors, as the the No. 53 player from the Midlands Region, the No. 14 offensive lineman, publication ranked him as the No. 36 player in the region and the seventh No. 6 offensive tackle and No. 7 player from Colorado on that list. The No. best cornerback and 11th best overall player from the Washington D.C. 223 overall prospect on the Rivals 250 list, ranked as the No. 19 offensive area. He was also selected as a first-team Pigskin All-Metro team member tackle and the No. 2 player overall and top offensive lineman from at cornerback, and was the first-team All-Metro Return Specialist of the Colorado by Rivals.com. Scout.com tabbed him as the No. 42 offensive Year. ESPN ranked him as the No. 40 cornerback and the No. 7 player from tackle in the country. He was and first-team All-Southern League as a Washington D.C. and was the second cornerback on that list. As a senior, junior and senior, and earned second-team honors as a sophomore. A he was in on 55 tackles, five for losses including two quarterback sacks. three-year letterman in football under coach John Vogt, lists his most He had three interceptions, returning two for touchdowns, and 13 passes memorable game in his senior season against Douglas County when he broken up. He averaged around 20 yards per punt return, including two racked up 16 pancake blocks. Chaparral won nine games both his sopho- for touchdowns, one that covered 93 yards. As a junior, he had 30 tackles more and senior seasons and with a 9-3 mark in 2008, finished second in and 16 pass break-ups with four interceptions, three returned for scores. the Southern League and advanced to the third round of the state play- On offense as a wide receiver, he had 19 receptions for 305 yards and six offs. He anchored an offensive line that produced a balance offensive touchdowns and he returned punts on special teams. His sophomore attack averaging 171.6 yards rushing and 155.5 yards passing per game in season, playing primarily on offense, he had 22 receptions for 408 yards 2008 and Chaparral’s running backs averaged 5.8 yards per carry collec- and two touchdowns. His top and most memorable game came his senior tively. He also played basketball at Chaparral, participating on the league year: in a 44-12 win over Dunbar for the city championship, he was in on championship team as a freshman and earning a letter as a sophomore 10 tackles, two for losses with one sack, and had two pass break-ups and before concentrating on football. what he termed three “monster hits.” In a 33-18 loss at Glen Mills in Pennsylvania, he had 12 tackles, one for a loss, and had two pass break- ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Sociology at Colorado. ups in the game where he returned the punt 93 yards for a TD. His best offensive game came his junior year in a 39-7 win over Roosevelt when he PERSONAL—He was born May 11, 1991 in Littleton, Colo. Hobbies caught five passes for 120 yards and two touchdowns. Under coach Greg include fishing, camping, weight lifting and playing video games Fuller, Howard D. Woodson compiled a 29-10 record his three years there (favorites include Xbox, Halo and NCAA Football). A cousin, M.J. Flaum, (10-3 as a senior, 9-4 as a junior, 10-3 as a sophomore) and won the was an offensive lineman at Nebraska. A grandfather, John Boice, played Washington D.C. City Championship all three years. for the Chicago Bears as a tight end/defensive end.

ACADEMICS—He is interested in majoring in Business Management at Colorado and would like to earn a minor in Film Studies. He was a member of the National Honor Society in high school, as he maintained above a 3.5 grade point average.

PERSONAL—He was born June 11, 1992 in Washington, D.C. His hobbies include acting and modeling. He has auditioned for a few major productions including the HBO original show The Wire and he made a cameo appearance

69 Ratkevich, Northeast was 11-16 during Hartigan’s three years, including 5- 5 his senior season.

JOSH HARTIGAN, DE ACADEMICS—He earned his B.A. degree in Sociology in December 2010, 6-1, 215, Sr., 3L and is in the process of earning a second major in Ethnic Studies. He owned a 3.0 grade point average in high school. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Northeast) PERSONAL—He is a native of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. His father, Sterling 17 Palmer, was a linebacker/defensive end for Florida State (1989-92), and AT COLORADO: This Season (Sr.)—Figures was a fourth round draft choice (101st player overall) by the Washington to be CU’s starting left defensive end, Redskins; he spent three seasons with the Redskins (1993-96). Hobbies despite missing the last week of spring include pick-up basketball games and listening to music. He also enjoys practice with a sprained ankle; he had four fixing up cars and taking his ’95 Mercury Grand Marquis to car shows like tackles, including a sack, in the two main the East Coast Ryders. He aspires to play in the NFL, but when his football scrimmages he participated in. Phil Steele’s career is finished he would like to start a kennel and breed show dogs as College Football placed him on its preseason third-team All-Pac 12 squad. well as rescue others from being euthanized. 2010 (Jr.)—He earned second-team All-Big 12 honors from the Associated Press, with the league coaches selecting him to their honorable mention TACKLES squad; the state’s chapter of the NFF/College Hall of Fame tabbed him as Season G Plays UT AT-TOT TFL Sacks 3DS Hurr FR FF PBU Int second-team All-Colorado. He played in 11 games, including nine starts; 2008 1200—00- 0 0- 0 000000 he suffered an ankle sprain early in the Baylor game (after playing just 2009 6 71 21—30- 0 0- 0 000000 2010 11 380 18 6— 24 8-47 7-46 820111 nine snaps), and missed the remainder of that game as well as the Texas Totals 18 453 20 7— 27 8-47 7-46 820111 Tech game the following week; his being out dealt a severe blow to CU’s defensive efforts, particularly the pass rush, as the Buffs lost both games ADDITIONAL STATISTICS—Special Team Tackles: 2,1—3 (2008); 0,1—1 (2009). Interception Return Yards: 1-2, 2.0 avg., 0 td (2010). by a combined nine points. He eased back into the lineup for the next two games and returned to full health and started the three games of the year. For the year, in 380 plays from scrimmage, he recorded 24 tackles, 18 solo, with one-third of those stops going for tackles for loss (8), including a team-high seven quarterback sacks, which were the fifth-most in the Big 12 Conference and tied him for 50th nationally. He also had a team-best eight third down stops, along with a forced fumble, a pass broken up and JONATHAN HAWKINS, CB his first career interception (the latter at Missouri, when he also had two 5-11, 195, Sr., 3L tackles including a sack to earn CU’s Male Athlete of the Week honor). He Perris, Calif. had a career-high five tackles against Kansas State (all solo, including three quarterback sacks for 20 yards in losses and two third down stops), (Rancho Verde) 18 matched it with five in the season finale at Nebraska, and had three solo versus Georgia: all third down stops with two huge sacks for 17 yards. He AT COLORADO: This Season (Sr.)—Enters had two tackles, including a sack, in the three main spring scrimmages as the fall listed second at right cornerback in he continued to learn the nuances of his new position (defensive end, a secondary where not much will be settled after switching from inside linebacker midway during the 2009 season). In until the near the end of fall camp. He spring conditioning tests, he had the best pro agility time (4.18) of all the missed the last six spring practices after defensive linemen. suffering a concussion in drills on March 31. 2009 (Soph.)—He played in all 12 games, mostly on special teams, but did 2010 (Jr.)—He saw action in all 12 games and in nine on defense, includ- get into six games on defense where he played 71 snaps. He switched ing his first career start which came against Texas Tech (as the nickel positions midway through the year, moving from inside linebacker to back). In 200 plays from scrimmage, he recorded 15 tackles (10 solo, two defensive end where he played the remainder of the season. He recorded third down stops, one for a loss), adding a quarterback chasedown (near- three tackles, two solo, with a quarterback chasedown (near-sack). He sack) and a pass deflection. He made his first career interception against earned four special teams points, with an assistant tackle, two knock- Hawai’i (in the fourth quarter), when he played a career-high 41 snaps at down blocks on return units and a wedge break. the time. He exceeded that count in his start, seeing action for 63 plays in 2008 (Fr.-RS)—He saw action in all 12 games on special teams and the Texas Tech game, posting a career-high six tackles (four solo). He had appeared in one on defense (two snaps from scrimmage versus Texas). He his tackle for loss in that game, a 3-yard stuff of tailback Eric Stephens on earned five special team points on the season, on the strength of three third down that did force TTU’s game-winning field goal try to come from tackles (two solo, one inside-the-20) and a for a pressure that altered the 36 yards with 2:08 remaining. He tied for ninth in special team points with course of an opponent punt. He was the special teams scout team player 10, on the strength of six solo tackles, two inside-the-20, a first downfield of the week for the Kansas State game. He moved inside from outside line- credit that altered the return path and a caused penalty. He had eight backer for spring drills. He missed most of springs practice due to neck tackles, six solo, and two third down stops in the three main spring scrim- injury he suffered early in drills. mages. 2007 (Fr.)—Redshirted; he practiced primarily at outside linebacker the 2009 (Soph.)—He saw action in the last five games of the season, all on entire fall. The coaches selected him as the scout team defense player of special teams; he earned five special team points on the strength of three the week for the Texas Tech game. He enrolled at Colorado in January and tackles, two solo and one inside-the-20, and a knockdown block on return participated in spring practices with the team. unit duty. 2008 (Fr.-RS)—He saw action in nine games on special teams, and in one HIGH SCHOOL—A three-year letterman, he was named second-team All- on defense (Eastern Washington; he was in for three snaps, no stats Broward County and was a team captain his senior year. Playing recorded). He had a wedge break on kickoff return coverage on special linebacker on defense in a 4-4 scheme, he had 100 tackles, including 10 for teams. losses and one quarterback sack, two fumble recoveries and seven 2007 (Fr.)—Redshirted; practiced the entire fall in the secondary. He passes broken up. He played a limited role on offense, catching five enrolled at Colorado in January, as he was a gray-shirt from the 2006 passes for 60 yards and a touchdown at wide receiver. Playing defensive recruiting class, and thus participated in spring drills. He relocated to end as a junior he was an honorable mention All-Broward County selec- Boulder the previous fall and worked a part-time job. tion, when he made 40 tackles (six sacks) and four passes broken up; he also played a blocking fullback on offense. As a sophomore he was mostly HIGH SCHOOL—A PrepStar All-West team member, as he was one of 35 a back up at defensive end making 10 tackles and grabbing an intercep- defensive backs named to the squad. As a senior, he earned first-team all- tion. His top games came in his senior season: against Ft. Lauderdale, he Southwest Conference honors, in addition to being designated as one of made 15 tackles in a 28-6 win. In a loss against Cyprus Bay, he made 10 the top 25 cornerbacks in Southern California (as selected by the Los tackles and had four catches for 40 yards. Under head coach Adam Angeles Times). He played safety most of the time, although he played

70 some games at cornerback, depending on the opposition’s personnel. He participating in the 100-meter dash and 4x100-meter relay his junior and totaled 90 tackles, six for losses including one quarterback sack, three senior seasons. He was a first-team All-League performer in the 100- forced fumbles, two interceptions and five passes broken up. He also meters. started one game at running back, gaining 80 yards on the ground. As a junior—in his first year playing football—he was named second-team all- ACADEMICS—He is interested in Business (Marketing) as his major at league, as he recorded 60 tackles, six for losses with three sacks, five Colorado. He exceeded a 3.5 grade point average in high school and was forced fumbles, one interception and eight passes broken up. Top career on the principal’s Honor Roll all four years. games included 12 total tackles and two passes broken up in a 24-12 loss to Temecula Valley as a senior; in a 24-21 win over Murrieta, he had an PERSONAL—He was born December 27, 1992 in Los Angeles. His hobbies interception, six tackles and two pass deflections, also as a senior; and as include playing the drums. He participated in a program through his a junior, his best game came in a loss against Arroyo Valley, when he church to help feed the homeless in the Los Angeles area. recorded 12 tackles and an interception. Under coach Pete Duffy, Rancho Verde was 4-6 his senior tear and 5-5 his junior season. He also lettered four times in basketball (guard) and in track; he advanced to the CIF Finals in the triple jump and long jump, earning third-team All-State honors as a junior. NICK HIRSCHMAN, QB ACADEMICS—He is just a couple of credits shy of earning his B.A. degree 6-3, 230, Fr., RS in Sociology from Colorado, and is earning a second major in Ethnic Studies and will graduate this December. He owned a 3.8 grade point aver- Los Gatos, Calif. age in high school, was named his school’s Academic Player of the Year as (Los Gatos) a senior and was on the honor roll his freshman through senior years. 8 AT COLORADO: This Season (Soph.)— PERSONAL—Born March 9, 1988 in Harbor City, Calif. Hobbies include a Enters the fall second on the depth at love to dance and he considers himself very artistic (drawing). An uncle, quarterback, with the charge from the Joe Caldwell, played for the ABA Carolina Cougars/Spirits of St. Louis in coaching staff that he needs to keep push- the early 1970s. As a senior, he won first place in an AVID writing compe- ing Tyler Hansen for the top spot. He tition. Every student in Riverside County had to write a paper on completed 22 of 43 passes for 274 yards and segregation in the school system and Hawkins’ paper was chosen over all three scores in the three spring scrimmages, with no interceptions, a of them. passer rating of 127.7. TACKLES 2010 (Fr.)—Redshirted; practiced all fall at quarterback and played a sig- Season G Plays UT AT-TOT TFL Sacks 3DS Hurr FR FF PBU Int nificant role on the scout team. In the spring game, he completed 10-of-23 2008 1300—00- 0 0- 0 000000 passes for 164 yards and a touchdown, which was an 83-yard throw to 2010 9 200 10 5— 15 1- 3 0- 0 200011 Andre Simmons (that was his only pass in the game, and thus his passer Totals 10 203 10 5— 15 1- 3 0- 0 200011 rating for the contest was an off-the-chart 1,127.20). He graduated from ADDITIONAL STATISTICS—Interception Return Yards: 1-0, 0.0 avg. (2010). Special high school early, and thus began attending CU in the spring semester. Team Tackles: 2,1—3 (2009); 6,0—6 (2010). HIGHSCHOOL—He earned All-Region honors from PrepStar and SuperPrep, where he is listed as the No. 58 player from California, Hawai’i and Nevada and is the eighth quarterback on that list. He is ranked the No. 26 quarterback by ESPN, the No. 42 by Scout.com and the No. 48 pro- style quarterback by Rivals.com. He lettered three years at Los Gatos GREG HENDERSON, DB high school under coach Butch Cattolico, and started two years leading 5-11, 185, Fr., HS the team to a 20-6 record in those two years and a pair of Central Coast Section championships. In his career, he completed 278-of-434 passes Corona, Calif. (64.1 percent) for 5,223 yards, 50 touchdowns with just eight intercep- (Norco) tions and had a career passer rating of 199.5. He set a school record for 20 career touchdowns. He ran 44 times for 265 yards and five touchdowns. AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.)— As a senior, he was named the Central Coast Section most valuable player Projected as a defensive back as a true and Cal-Hi Sports named him the Central Coast Section offensive player of freshman in college. the year. He also earned the De Anza League most valuable player honor. He was also first-team All-Central Coast Section and first-team All-De Anza HIGHSCHOOL—As a senior, he was League by the San Jose Mercury News, helping Los Gatos to a 10-3 record ranked the No. 10 cornerback in California and Central Coast Section Championship. He completed 154-of-225 and the No. 122 corner in the nation by ESPN. He earned first-team All- passes (68.4 percent) for 2,887 yards, 34 touchdowns and just three inter- State, All CIF Southern Section, first-team All-Riverside County and ceptions for a passer rating of 223.4. He set school records for passing first-team All-Big VIII honors (earning latter his junior year as well). In his yards and touchdowns in a season and also for most passing yards in a career, he totaled over 100 tackles and had 22 passes broken up and nine game, which he did against Saratoga when he completed 12-of-17 passes interceptions, returning one for a touchdown. A double-digit average for 413 yards and five touchdowns with no interceptions in a 47-0 victory return man, he returned three punts for touchdowns in his career (all as and his quarterback rating for that game was 371.7. He also punted nine a junior) and added another score in spot duty at receiver. His senior year, times, averaging 37.6 yards per punt while pinning two inside the oppo- he had 65 tackles (46 solo), 13 pass deflections, seven interceptions, two nent 20 yard line. He threw at least two touchdown passes in every game forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries. As a junior, when he was also and three or more in seven games. He opened the season against Menlo- first-team All CIF, he had 45 tackles (32 solo) and came up with a pair of Atherton by completing 9-of-10 passes for 222 yards with four interceptions and seven pass break-ups. In spot duty on offense, he had a touchdowns and no interceptions (408.5 rating). He ran 15 times for 119 handful of receptions including one for a TD and rushed five times for 22 yards and a touchdown, which came on an 82 yard scamper against yards. As a sophomore, he had 13 tackles in backup duty. He lists his Homestead in a 49-14 win where he also completed 13-of-20 passes for 231 biggest game as against Crenshaw his senior year: in a 25-21 win, he had yards and a pair of touchdowns with no interceptions. He completed 6-of- 13 tackles, three PBU’s and an interception. Against Redlands in a 34-17 7 passes for 188 yards and three touchdowns in a 54-10 win over win, he had an interception and broke free for a 50 yard punt return. Lynbrook. He earned first-team All-De Anza League by the San Jose Against Poly in a 42-21 win, he had six tackles (four solo), an interception Mercury News as a junior when Los Gatos went 10-3 and won the Central he returned 60 yards and a forced fumble. Under coach Todd Gerhart, Coast Section championship. He completed 114-of-192 passes (59.4 per- Norco was 28-10 his three years on varsity and 20-5 his final two years as cent) for 2,191 yards and 15 touchdowns with five interceptions and a a starter on defense, winning the CIF Southern Section Big VIII League quarterback rating of 175.8. He also punted 45 times with an average of championship both seasons. He also lettered in track (sprints/relays), 35.9 yards per punt and had 19 punts inside the opponent 20 yard line. He 71 had his first 300-yard game in a 42-35 loss to Mipiltas, when he completed 16-of-29 passes for 311 yards and three touchdowns with one intercep- tion. He closed out the season strong against Palo Alto, completing 10-of-16 passes for 203 yards and a touchdown with no interceptions RYAN IVERSON, LS while running six times for 24 yards and two touchdowns and converting 6-0, 215, Soph., 1L on a two-point conversion in a 29-23 win. In spot duty as a sophomore, he completed 10-of-17 passes for 145 yards and a touchdown with no inter- Newport Beach, Calif. ceptions and had two rushes for 10 yards. He threw his first touchdown (Newport Harbor) in a 48-0 win over Santa Clara when he completed 4-of-6 passes for 79 69 yards. His sophomore season, the team went 11-1 and won the De Anza AT COLORADO: This Season (Soph.)—He League championship. figured to again be CU’s long snapper on punts, but could like assume the role for all ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Communication at Colorado. placement kicks as well; he was atop the depth chart at both long and short snapper PERSONAL—He was born June 20, 1992 in Los Gatos, Calif. Hobbies following spring practice. include ceramics (wheel working). An older brother, Max, plays football 2010 (Fr.)—He played in all 12 games, all as for Chapman University and an older sister, Ali Dotson, is a member of the the long snapper on the punt unit on special teams. He handled all 63 track & field team at Yale. snaps, only one of which was mishandled. He was not shy about getting downfield after the snap: he recorded three tackles (all solo), with one credit each for a downed punt, forced fair catch and a first downfield to alter the return path for a total of six special team points (tied for 15th on the team). He was one of just seven true freshmen to play for Colorado in 2010, and the only one of the seven who was a walk-on; he had joined the team as an invited walk-on for August drills.

HARRISON HUNTER, DB HIGHSCHOOL—He earned first-team All-Sunset League honors as a 5-10, 175, Soph., TR senior, when he was Newport’s Defensive Player of the Year. He was a two- Fountain, Colo. year starter at outside linebacker, racking up 82 tackles (46 solo) as a senior, when he also forced six fumbles, with two recoveries, to go with (Fountain-Fort Carson) three passes broken up and a quarterback sack. He had 43 tackles as a 29 junior (23 solo), with a force fumble, a recovery and a sack. He started his AT COLORADO: This Season (Soph.-RS)— senior season at tight, but was primarily used as a blocker; he caught six He joined the team as a walk-on prior to passes for about 60 yards. He earned three letters in all, as he also served spring practice, enrolling at CU in January as the team’s top long snapper his sophomore through senior seasons. after transferring from Fort Lewis College; Under coach Jeff Brinkley, NHHS was 6-4 his senior year, 8-4 his junior he is ineligible to play this fall due to NCAA campaign and 7-4 his sophomore season. transfer rules as he must sit out one season. He had a very good spring, racking up six tackles (five solo), with two ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Environmental Sciences at Colorado. He third down stops and a pass deflection in the three main scrimmages. was the recipient of Newport Harbor’s Scholar-Athlete award as both a junior and senior in high school. AT FORT LEWIS (2010, Fr.)—In 10 games for Fort Lewis (Durango, Colo.), he recorded 60 tackles, including a team-high 42 solo, along with other PERSONAL—He was born February 24, 1992 in Newport Beach, Calif. His team bests of nine passes broken up and three fumble recoveries (return- hobbies include fishing, golfing, bodysurfing and snowboarding. ing one 15 yards); he also caused one fumble. He was named the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference’s player-of-the-week in a 14-7 win over Adams State in Alamosa, when he had 10 tackles (four solo) and three pass deflections. He also had 10 tackles (7 solo) and two break-ups in a 30- 27 win at Western New Mexico, with five or more tackles in four other games, including seven, all solo, at Montana State. Fort Lewis was 3-7 ARTHUR JAFFEE, DB under coach Cesar Rivas. 5-11, 215, Sr., 2L

HIGH SCHOOL—He lettered one year in football at Fountain-Fort Carson, Boulder, Colo. earned first-team All-Conference honors as a senior when recorded 92 (Fairview) tackles (60 solo) with two interceptions and four passes broken up play- 22 ing cornerback. He also saw spot duty returning kicks, averaging 20 yards AT COLORADO: This Season (Sr.)—He on two kickoff returns. FFCHS was 8-4 his senior year. He lettered three enters the fall atop the depth chart at right times as a point guard in basketball and was a two-year starter at the posi- cornerback, but nothing in the secondary tion, helping his team to league titles his sophomore and senior seasons. will be settled until fall camp. He had a solid spring, with 14 tackles (nine solo) in the ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Math at Colorado. He was a three-time, three main scrimmages. He has 27 career first-team All-Academic team member for basketball his sophomore tackles on special teams (16 solo, 11 through senior years in high school, also earning Academic All-State assists), tying him for seventh on CU’s all-time list; with 67 career special recognition for football as a senior. team points, he’s fifth on that list, needing just 20 to move into second (Ryan Sutter leads with 123). PERSONAL—He was born November 14, 1991 in Colorado Springs. His 2010 (Jr.)—He played in all 12 games (no starts), as he saw action specif- hobbies include playing chess, watching movies (a big fan of all four Die ically on special teams. He was presented with the Bill McCartney Award Hard flicks) and writing poetry. Father (Derek) lettered at wingback and by the coaching staff, honoring special teams achievement over the cornerback for the Buffaloes in 1980-81. course of the entire season. He led the team in special teams points with 40, as he racked up points in 11 different categories: he had 14 tackles, eight solo and four inside-the-20, nine knockdown blocks to help spring return men, five forced fair catches, four first down field credits that altered the path of the return man, a forced fumble, a recovery, a downed punt and a caused penalty. He also returned 14 kickoffs for 336 yards (24.0 per), including an 89-yard jaunt against Iowa State early in the second quarter that he returned to the Cyclone 9; the longest play of the season for Colorado, it set up a go-ahead touchdown two plays later and CU went

72 on to win, 34-14. He was CU’s Special Teams Player of the Game against yards and five touchdowns and returned 17 kickoffs for 341 yards and one Georgia, when he had three big plays on the unit. He shifted inside to touchdown. As a senior, he was the Gatorade New Jersey Player of the safety from corner during spring practice, when he had eight tackles in Year while The New Jersey Star-Ledger named him the New Jersey Player the three main scrimmages (with two third down stops and a pass deflec- of the Year, first-team All-State, Non-Public-League Player of the Year, first- tion). team All-Non-Public League, Bergen County Player of the Year and 2009 (Soph.)—He played in all 12 games on special teams (no starts; he first-team All-Bergen County. He earned North Jersey Record Tri-County did not get in on defense) and was one of the team’s best performers on Player of the Year, first-team All-Tri-County and first-team All-Conference several units. He finished the year second in special teams points with 28, honors as a senior, as well. He rushed 174 times for 1,387 yards and 34 on the strength of 13 tackles (eight solo, three inside-the-20), with four touchdowns, caught 13 passes for 226 yards and a touchdown and had 13 forced fair catches, three knockdown blocks, two wedge breaks, two firsts kickoff returns for 226 yards and a touchdown. His 34 rushing touch- downfield (that altered returns) and a downed punt. One of the recipients downs and 36 overall touchdowns set new school records. He also of the team’s Gold Group Commitment Award as selected by the coaches, blocked one kick on special teams. He was named the North Jersey Record as the honor recognizes excellence with class in a variety of areas. He Player of the Week four times and also earned the U.S. Army All-America switched to cornerback from offense (tailback) for spring drills. He had a Bowl National Player of the Week honors after a win over Prattville High productive spring at his new position, racking up 11 tackles (five solo, two School in Alabama, when he rushed 22 times for 220 yards and three on special teams) in the three main scrimmages. touchdowns in a game that secured Don Bosco Prep as the nation’s best 2008 (Fr.-RS)—He saw action in one game on special teams (West team. He scored at least two rushing touchdowns in every game, three or Virginia) and dressed for six others, while missing two due to illness. He more touchdowns in seven games and four touchdowns three times. Don had a solid spring, and led all players in the three main scrimmages with Bosco Prep put itself on the map early in the season his senior year, open- 148 yards rushing on 21 carries (7.1 per) with a touchdown despite ing the season by traveling across the country to play De La Salle out of seldom running behind the first-team offensive line. Concord, Calif., and earning a 30-6 victory behind Jones’ performance of 2007 (Fr.)—Redshirted; he practiced at tailback the entire fall. He joined 21 carries for 91 yards and three touchdowns. He closed out his career the team as an invited walk-on for August drills. with 31 carries for 218 yards and four touchdowns against St. Peter’s Prep to win the Non-Public League Championship. He scored six total touch- HIGH SCHOOL—He was named the Boulder County Player of the Year by downs in that game, as he had one kickoff return for a 90 yards and two the Boulder Daily Camera as a senior, as he overcame an early knee injury catches for 71 yards and a score. He put up the numbers his senior season to rush for 1,233 yards and 13 touchdowns on 222 carries (averaging 5.5 despite not playing in the second half of six games. As a junior, he earned yards per attempt). He also earned honorable mention All-State (5A) second-team Non-Public Group 4 honors from the North Jersey Record honors and was a first-team All-Centennial League performer. One of despite having a shortened season with a broken collar bone. In eight Fairview’s captains, he was also the Knight’s offensive and overall team games, he rushed 41 times for 271 yards and four touchdowns, and had most valuable player. He added two more scores catching balls out of the five receptions for 77 yards. He earned third-team All-Bergen County from backfield. As a junior, he rushed for 922 yards and 23 touchdowns, as he the New Jersey Record as a sophomore when he rushed 72 times for 487 was FHS’ offensive and team MVP. Under coach Tom McCartney (and yards and 15 touchdowns. He also had 11 receptions for 106 yards and position coach Larry Runnels), Fairview was 6-4 his senior year, 6-4 his two touchdowns and returned eight kickoffs for 171 yards. He opened his junior season and 6-5 his sophomore campaign. He also lettered four sophomore campaign by rushing 11 times for 102 yards and three touch- times in lacrosse (midfielder). downs in a 34-20 victory against St. Joseph’s (Pa.). As a freshman, he had 56 rushes for 463 yards and eight touchdowns while catching 10 passes ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Environmental Studies at Colorado. for 72 yards and a touchdown. He opened his career as a freshman with 11 carries for 60 yards and a touchdown in a 31-28 win over St. Joseph’s PERSONAL—Born April 7, 1989 in Aspen, Colo. Hobbies include surfing, (Pa.) and had his first 100-yard game against St. Joseph Regional with just wakeboarding, snowboarding and playing the harmonica and guitar. His three carries compiling 100 yards that included a 63 yard touchdown. Don mother (Melissa) is an artist; a life-long Buffalo fan, his family has had Bosco recorded 12-0 records his freshman, sophomore and senior sea- season tickets since he was in first grade and turned down some scholar- sons and an 11-1 record his junior season. He also participated in track ship offers to attend CU as a walk-on. (sprints, relays) as a freshman.

STATISTICS—Kickoff Returns: 14-336, 24.0 avg., 0 TD, 89 long (2010). Special Team ACADEMICS—He is undecided on his major, but is interested in Tackles: 8,5—13 (2009); 8,6—14 (2010). Communication or Broadcast News; his ideal career after football would be as a broadcaster on ESPN.

PERSONAL—He was born March 15, 1992 in Paterson, N.J. He enjoys play- ing video games and studying to keep his grades up. He volunteered for St. Joseph’s hospital as a transport assistant, helping deliver patients TONY JONES, TB throughout the hospital, where he worked for five hours every Sunday for 5-7, 175, Fr., RS seven months prior to his senior season. As a senior in high school during the holiday season, he worked for a landscape nursery helping trim and Paterson, N.J. deliver Christmas trees. (Don Bosco Prep) 26 AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.-RS)— Enters the fall listed second at tailback after having an outstanding spring. In the three main scrimmages, he rushed 36 times for NICK KASA, DE 189 yards (5.3 avg.) and two touchdowns; 6-6, 270, Jr., 2L those number included the spring game, Thornton, Colo. when he picked up 53 yards on 12 tries with a 1-yard touchdown run. 2010 (Fr.)—Redshirted; practiced all fall in the offensive backfield and (Legacy) played a key role on the scout team. 44 AT COLORADO: This Season (Jr.)—Enters HIGH SCHOOL—As a senior, he earned third-team All-America honors by the fall listed third at left defensive end, EA Sports. He started all four years at Don Bosco Prep under coach Gary mainly because he went down with a Toal, helping the team to a 47-1 record, four Non-Public Group 4 state severely sprained knee in the fourth prac- championships and a consensus national championship in 2009. Don tice of the spring and missed the remainder Bosco Prep won the mythical national championship by finishing in the of the drills. top spot in the USA Today Super 25 poll and the National Prep Football 2010 (Soph.)—He played in all 12 games, including one start (versus Poll (and three other polls or rankings). In his career, he rushed 343 times Texas Tech), and saw action for 286 snaps from scrimmage. He was in on for 2,608 yards and 61 touchdowns. He also caught 39 passes for 481 18 tackles for the year, 12 solo and two for losses, including one quarter-

73 back sack, and two tackles for zero. He had a career-high four tackles PERSONAL—He was born November 5, 1990 in Rochester, N.Y. Hobbies (three solo) at Oklahoma, with three against Missouri; he had two in four include snowboarding, swimming, playing Xbox and hanging out with other games. He registered his first career sack and third down stop on friends. Father (Larry) played tackle and linebacker at the University of the same play against Iowa State (a 9-yard loss). He was the recipient of New Haven. (Last name is pronounced Cah-suh.) the Dan Stavely Award for being the most improved defensive lineman during spring drills as selected by the coaches. In the spring, he was the TACKLES second fastest defensive lineman on the team with 4.67 speed in the 40- Season G Plays UT AT-TOT TFL Sacks 3DS Hurr FR FF PBU Int yard dash. 2009 4 47 20—21- 3 0- 0 000000 2010 12 286 12 6— 18 2-10 1- 9 100000 2009 (Fr.)—He suffered a knee injury in the first fall scrimmage (August Totals 16 333 14 6— 20 3-13 1- 9 100000 13), but it did not require surgery. He did miss the first three games of the season, but returned to play in the next four (West Virginia, Texas, Kansas, Kansas State), but was then sidelined for the final five due to mononucleosis. Despite the unique set of circumstances, because he played four games in the middle of the season, NCAA rules state that he would not qualify for a medical redshirt. He saw action for 47 snaps in the ALEX KELLEY, OL four games, recording two solo tackles (one each at West Virginia and 6-3, 295, Fr., HS Texas), with the one against the Longhorns for a 3-yard loss. Prior to the knee injury, the coaches felt that he would have competed for a starting Oceanside, Calif. job. (Vista) 74 HIGHSCHOOL—He earned All-American honors from PrepStar and AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.)—He was projected to be an offensive SuperPrep as a senior, when he was a U.S. Army All-American and played lineman, most likely a center, as a true freshman in college, but will delay in the all-star game in San Antonio. EA Sports selected him to its All- his enrollment until January after he suffered a broken ankle playing America second-team. SuperPrep ranked him as the No. 5 player overall recreational football on a beach near his home. Thus, he will be a from the Midlands region and the top player from Colorado, also placing “grayshirt” and still count back to the 2011 recruiting class. him No. 41 on its Elite 50 list. He made the prestigious Long Beach Press- Telegram’s Best-In-The-West team (the second of four defensive ends). HIGH SCHOOL—As a senior, SuperPrep named him to its All-Far West The Orange County Register named him to its “Fab 15” second-team. One team, ranking him the No. 98 player overall in the region, the No. 15 offen- of 14 defensive linemen named to the prestigious Tacoma News-Tribune’s sive lineman but the first center on the list. Scout.com ranked him as the Western 100 list. Rivals.com slotted him in as the No. 42 player overall in No. 122 player from California and No. 22 center in the country (the top the nation, classified him as the best defensive end against the run, center in California and the No. 2 center in the west). ESPN also ranked ranked him third on the list of strong-side defensive ends and the No. 5 him the No. 122 player from California, the No. 16 center in the country defensive end nationally; Scout.com tabbed him as the No. 4 defensive (No. 2 from California). He also earned first-team All-CIF San Diego Section end in the USA. The Sporting News ranked him No. 68 (the eighth DE) on and second-team All-State (by Cal-Hi Sports) honors. He garnered first- its 2009 Top 100 List. He earned All-Colorado and All-State (5A) honors team All-League honors twice, in the Avocado League as a senior and in from both the Rocky Mountain News and The Denver Post as a junior and the Palomar League as a junior; Vista switched leagues for the 2010 senior, with both papers selecting him as the state’s defensive player of season. He recorded 108 pancake blocks his senior year, anchoring an the year for 2008. He was also a three-time, first-team All- offensive line that helped Vista score 34.2 point per game (30 or more League performer his sophomore through senior years. He went straight points in eight games). The offense racked up 416.8 yard of offense per to the varsity team upon entering high school, and would conclude his game (234.7 rushing), totaling over 3,000 net yards rushing for the year, Legacy career as the Lightning’s all-time leader in both tackles for loss featuring a 1,500-yard rusher. His junior season, he had 60 pancake blocks (46) and quarterback sacks (31½) and as the second-leading tackler (207, as Vista averaged 31.3 points per game and 343 yards per game on offense which included the third most solo tackles, 130). He also set the marks for (226 on the ground). As a sophomore, he had 30 pancake blocks. His top season (10) and single-game (3) sacks. A four-year starter at defensive game his senior year came when Vista defeated heavily favored Torrey end, as a senior he was in on 59 tackles (40 solo, 13 for losses including 10 Pines 24-21 in the CIF semifinals en route to the championship. His junior sacks) and had one fumble recovery. He also started at offensive tackle on year, his favorite moment came when Vista defeated La Costa Canyon, 47- offense, where he did not allow a sack and did not receive a penalty while 7, snapping its 23-game win streak in the CIF semifinal match-up. Under averaging three pancake blocks per game. He made 63 tackles as a junior coach Dan Williams, Vista was 29-9 in his three seasons there, including (42 solo, 14 for losses with 8½ sacks), chased down Montbello’s punter two championship seasons his junior (10-3 record) and senior (12-1) for a 22-yard loss and a safety, had an interception and a fumble recovery; years. VHS won the Avocado League and CIF San Diego Section Championship in 2010 after claiming the Palomar League title his junior on offense, he was a “powerback” (fullback), primarily used in blocking year, when they advanced to the CIF San Diego Section championship situations; while he did not get to carry the ball, he did catch a 2-point game. He also lettered three times in wrestling, earning first-team All-CIF conversion pass. He had 59 stops as a sophomore (33 solo, 16 for losses, San Diego Section honors as a junior and senior and a three-time, first- 9½ sacks) and recovered one fumble, and as a freshman, he had 17 tack- team All-Palomar League performer as a heavyweight. les (11 solo, 3 sacks). The school didn’t keep track, but he had numerous quarterback hurries, forced fumbles and passes broken up. He was also ACADEMICS—He is undecided on a major at Colorado but is interested the school’s backup punter all four years, but was never called upon to in sports medicine or coaching as a possible career after football. As a punt in a game. Top games as a senior included a 6-0 win over Greeley senior in high school, he was named to the 2010 All-Academic Team by West, when he was in on 11 tackles (eight solo), four for losses including the San Diego Union-Tribune for maintaining above a 3.0 grade point aver- three sacks, and a 21-14 win at Poudre, another 11-tackle game (six solo) age. and a sack. As a junior, top contests came in a 19-6 win versus Fort Collins (seven tackles, two sacks and an interception) and in a 38-21 win over PERSONAL—He was born December 1, 1992 in Madrid, Spain, where his Rocky Mountain (five tackles, all solo, with three sacks). Under coach parents were working as missionaries. His hobbies include hanging out Wayne Voorhees, Legacy was 31-13 in his four seasons (9-2 his senior year, with friends and going to the beach. His father (Karry) lettered three 9-3 as a junior, 7-3 as a sophomore and 6-5 as a freshman). He also has let- times at offensive tackles for the Buffaloes from 1976-79, starting his tered three times in track and will go for a fourth this spring, and despite senior year; an older brother (Hal) completed his career at Cal Poly-San his size, he is a sprinter with career bests of 11.1 in the 100-meter dash Luis Obispo in 2010, where he started at center for two seasons. He spent and 23.7 in the 200-meter. He also played basketball as a freshman and two weeks in the summer of 2010 in Haiti passing out supplies to earth- sophomore but did not letter. quake victims and helping build an orphanage.

ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Communication at Colorado.

74 in the third round of the playoffs. On defense, he played defensive tackle and recorded 25 tackles, with six for losses including four quarterback sacks and one fumble recovery. He lists the top game of his career against KEEGAN LAMAR, SN Busha, a 22-21 victory in the second round of the playoffs. Busha scored 6-1, 265, Fr., HS first in overtime to go ahead 21-14. Mountain Pointe promptly scored and while attempting the extra point, Busha jumped off sides and after the Boulder, Colo. penalty, they went for and made the two point conversion to win the (Fairview) game. The team won its 5A East Valley championship with a 26-23 win 65 over Marcos de Niza in the final regular season game, another one of his AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.)—An top games. As a junior, he earned first-team All-City and first-team All-5A invited walk-on, he reported for fall camp; East Valley honors when he played both offensive guard and defensive projected as a snapper as a true freshman tackle; he had nine tackles and forced one fumble that year. He also let- in college. tered in lacrosse at Mountain Pointe.

HIGHSCHOOL—He earned All-Colorado ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Sociology at Colorado. honors (Denver Post) at long snapper as a senior, when he also garnered first- PERSONAL—He was born April 21, 1992 in Phoenix, Ariz. His father (Bill) team All-State honors and second-team All-State honors on the offensive played football at Nebraska and was the No. 191 overall pick by the Los line (center). He was a first-team All-North Metro League performer as a Angeles Raiders in the 1986 NFL Draft and had a seven-year career, play- junior and senior. He was Fairview’s long snapper for four years, and took ing 71 games with the L.A. Raiders, Arizona and New England; he also at over the starting chores at center four games into his freshman year after one time considered playing for Denver. A late growth spurt runs in his the player ahead of him was injured. As a four-year starter and in over family: he grew six inches between his sophomore and junior seasons and 2,000 plays from scrimmage (every snap his sophomore through senior then two more between his junior and senior years. years), he allowed just three sacks (none as a senior, one as a junior) and was called for just eight penalties (one his senior season). He centered balls both under center and in the shotgun formations. Under Coach Tom McCartney, the one-time CU graduate assistant and son of former Buff head coach Bill McCartney, Fairview was 5-6 his senior year, 12-2 his junior season (reaching the state semifinals), 5-5 his sophomore year and 2-8 his freshman season. He also played four years of basketball (power BRIAN LOCKRIDGE, TB forward), lettering as a senior when he averaged 5.0 points and 5.0 5-7, 180, Sr., 3L rebounds per game. Trabuco Canyon Calif. ACADEMICS—He plans on majoring in Business (Finance) at Colorado. A (Mission Viejo) member of Fairview’s All-Academic team as a prep. He aspires to own a 20 sports medicine complex after graduation. AT COLORADO: This Season (Sr.)—He did not participate in spring practices, as he PERSONAL—He was born Sept. 2, 1992 in Barrington, Ill. His hobbies continued rehabilitation for an ankle injury include playing most sports. His father (Kevin) played football (offensive suffered the in the fourth game of his junior line) at Stanford and in the NFL with the (in 1987) and then year; he wasn’t yet ready for planting and briefly with the San Francisco 49ers. His father was on the field for per- cutting, key moves for a tailback/return haps the most famous play in college football history—he was on the man. It was hopeful that he would be 100 percent by the start of fall drills kickoff coverage unit for Stanford in the California game when the Bears as he figures in the mix at tailback and returning kicks. He enters his scored as time ran out—through the Cardinal band. An older brother senior year seventh on CU’s all-time kickoff return yards list with 917 and (Kyle) played football and lacrosse at CSU-Pueblo. He has volunteered for 101st in rushing yards with 412; he has 1,397 all-purpose yards. He is look- the YMCA during the summers in high school. ing to become the 101st different player in Colorado history to accumulate at least 1,000 yards in a single statistical category. The last time he took part in conditioning tests before his injury, he had 4.34 speed in the 40-yard dash. 2010 (Jr.)—He played in five games, including one start against Georgia; he suffered a muscle tear in an ankle in that game, and tried to give it a go the following week at Missouri but had season-ending surgery on Oct. 15. ALEXANDER LEWIS, OL He still finished the year as CU’s second leading rusher with 146 yards on 6-6, 270, Fr., HS 35 carries (4.2 per), the bulk coming when he earned CU’s Male Athlete of the Week honor for his efforts in the 31-13 win over Hawai’i: he rushed 14 Tempe, Ariz. times for a career-high 109 yards and six first downs; he also returned two (Mountain Pointe) kickoffs for 44 yards. He caught two passes for 33 yards, the longest cov- 71 ering 35 yards against Georgia; he took that ball to the 1-yard line, where AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.)—He he scored his only touchdown of the season on the very next play (he had enters the fall listed second at left tackle a career-high 16 carries against UGA, netting 36 yards against the stingy after a productive spring practice after Bulldog defense). He also returned 10 kickoffs on the season, averaging enrolling in classes at Colorado in January. 21.8 yards per with a long return of 39 yards, and had a first downfield He is officially a member of CU’s 2010 credit on special teams coverage duty. Phil Steele’s College Football recruiting class, but he was “grayshirted” tabbed him as the fourth-team kick returner on its preseason All-Big 12 and thus delayed his enrollment. team. He was the recipient of the Award, as selected by the coaches, for outstanding toughness during spring drills. HIGH SCHOOL—As a senior, Scout.com ranked him as the No. 86 offen- 2009 (Soph.)—He played in all 12 games, with one start (at Kansas State). sive tackle in the country. A three-year starter at offensive tackle, he By the end of the year, he emerged as CU’s regular kickoff return man, with earned first-team All-State, first-team All-City and first-team All-5A East 30 runbacks for 699 yards, a 23.3 average (the 699 yards were the fifth- Valley as a senior for Mountain Pointe under coach Norris Vaughan. In a most for a single season in school history). He had one touchdown, a run-oriented offense, MPHS averaged 315.7 yards per game on the ground 98-yard effort at Oklahoma State; that tied for the ninth longest kickoff and 66.7 yards passing that season. The team featured a pair of 1,700-yard return (and the 14th longest play of any kind) in the CU record books. On rushers and those two players combined for 51 touchdowns behind offense, he rushed 12 times for 53 yards, and a touchdown (CU’s first Lewis and the rest of the offensive line. The team went 12-1 (going 10-0 in score of the year, a 7-yard run against Colorado State); he caught three the regular season) and earned the regional championship before falling passes for 35 yards as well. He also tied for seventh in special teams

75 points with 10, on the strength of four tackles (one solo, one inside-the- RUSHING High Games RECEIVING High Games 20), two forced fair catches, one wedge break, one first downfield to alter Season G Att Yds Avg. TD Long Att Yds No Yds Avg. TD Long Rec Yds a return and one downed punt. One of the recipients of the team’s Gold 2007 8 38 213 5.6 1 47 14 90 000.0 0000 Group Commitment Award as selected by the coaches, as the honor rec- 2009 12 12 53 4.4 1 13 2 20 3 35 11.7 0 17 1 17 ognizes excellence with class in a variety of areas. He also was presented 2010 5 35 146 4.2 1 19 16 109 2 33 16.5 0 35 1 35 with the Derek Singleton Award for spirit, dedication and enthusiasm. He Totals 25 85 412 4.9 3 47 16 109 5 68 13.6 0 35 1 35 was the Iron Buffalo Award winner for the running backs in the spring ADDITIONAL STATISTICS—Passing: 1-0-0, 0 (2007). Kickoff Returns: 30-699, 23.3 (recipients chosen on the basis of hard work, dedication, toughness and avg., 1 TD, 98 long (2009); 10-218, 21.8 avg., 0 TD, 39 long (2010). Special Team total poundage lifted). Tackles: 1,3—4 (2009). 2008 (Soph.-RS)—Redshirted; he was second on the depth at tailback but then missed the last week of spring practice after being diagnosed with a sports hernia, which he likely suffered the previous fall. He had surgery in late April and though returned nearly to full health within weeks, he sat out the season. He was a co-recipient of the Offensive Scout Award, rec- ognizing his contributions to practice, and was the scout team offensive player of the week on two occasions, for the Colorado State and Iowa PATRICK MAHNKE, ILB State games. He also was a recipient of the Gold Group Commitment 6-1, 210, Sr., 3L Award. 2007 (Fr.)—He saw action in nine games including the Independence Bowl Parker, Colo. (one start, at Kansas State), as he showed a small glimpse of what might (Mountain Vista) be in store for the future. He was the third leading rusher on the team with 12 213 yards, averaging 5.6 yards per carry with one touchdown. He had CU’s AT COLORADO: This Season (Sr.)—He two longest runs of the season, a 47-yard run that set up a touchdown at enters the fall atop the depth chart at the Iowa State, and a 43-yard scoot for a touchdown that closed the scoring “will” inside linebacker position. He had a against Miami-Ohio. He had his best games against those two schools, as very good spring, recording nine tackles versus Miami he rushed 14 times for 90 yards and the score (with another (six solo, one for a loss) along with two TD run of 56 yards called back due to a holding penalty), while netting 61 third down stops, two hurries and a pass yards on five tries at Iowa State. He missed the Oklahoma game after suf- broken up in the three main scrimmages. fering a concussion in practice the previous Tuesday; he wanted to play 2010 (Jr.)—He played in all 12 games, including three starts (Missouri, so badly, he hid the injury until seeking out the training staff two days Baylor, Texas Tech), seeing action for 378 snaps from scrimmage. He was later. He earned 10 first downs, earning three of them on third down in in on 35 tackles (20 solo, with quarterback sack), along with five third four attempts. The coaches selected him as the Scout Team Offense down stops, two tackles for zero, three passes broken up, a forced fumble Award winner for the Colorado State game. In the bowl game against and a recovery, a caused interception and two quarterback chasedowns Alabama, he had two rushes for minus-8 yards, but caught one pass for 22 (near-sacks). He had a career-high eight tackles (three solo) with a third yards. down stop and a pass deflection in his first start of the year at Missouri; that followed the Georgia game where he had six stops (two solo, one for HIGH SCHOOL—A three-year letterman, he was named first-team All-CIF a tackle for zero and the other for a third down stop). Against Iowa State, (Pac-5 Division), All-South Coast League and All-Orange County as a he had a quarterback sack (his lone tackle), forcing a fumble on the play, senior. He received team most valuable player honors as he rushed for along with two passes broken up. He at least one tackles in all 12 games, 1,383 yards on just 151 carries (9.2 per) and 16 touchdowns. He also had three or more in six contests. On special teams duty, he had one knock- four catches for 120 yards on the year; his numbers would have been down block. He moved to inside linebacker from safety for spring greater but due to MVHS’ win margins (33-plus points), he saw little practices. He had 10 tackles (seven solo, one for a loss), two third down second half action in many games. As a junior, he was second-team All- stops and a fumble recovery in the three main spring scrimmages. His 38- League and was named the team MVP while accumulating 1,000 yards inch vertical leap was not only tops among all linebackers in spring rushing and eight touchdowns. He was named the team’s best running testing, it was the top mark on the team; he also had linebacker bests of back as a sophomore as he rushed for 1,220 yards and 12 scores. His top times in the 40-yard dash (4.57) and the pro agility test (4.07). games as a senior include a 195-yard, three-touchdown performance in a 2009 (Soph.)—He saw action in 11 games on special teams and in four on win against Los Alamitas. Against Mater Dei, he rushed for 183 yards and defense, including two starts (Toledo, West Virginia); he missed the CSU a touchdown in a loss. In his sophomore season, he ran for 150 yards and game due to a sprained ankle he suffered two days before the game. He scored two touchdowns in a 35-21 victory over De La Salle. Under head was in for 126 snaps from scrimmage and recorded 12 tackles (six solo), coach Bob Johnson, Mission Viejo went 9-3 his senior season, making it to and had one pass deflection. Against Toledo, he had a season-high seven the second round of the playoffs. In his junior year, his team went 12-1 and tackles (three solo) and the PBU, and came back with four tackles (two advanced to the third round of the playoffs, while his sophomore year, solo) the following week in the win over Wyoming. He had one wedge they were Division II Champions with a 9-0-1 mark. He also lettered three break on special teams duty. He had a solid spring and has bulked up times in track and field, participating in sprints and relays, the high jump some 10 pounds from his playing weight as a freshman. and the long jump. His 4x100 relay team broke the school record and was 2008 (Fr.)—He played in all 12 games (one start), first appearing on spe- the No. 3 team in California his junior year. cial teams, but eventually working his way into the lineup in the secondary for seven games, polished off with a start in the season finale ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Communication and is pursuing a minor at Nebraska. He played 150 of his 157 snaps in the final two games, as he in Business at Colorado; he is interested in corporate sales with Victaulic replaced an injured Ryan Walters after just one play versus Oklahoma (mechanical pipe manufacturer) after graduation. He owned a 3.2 grade State and then played all 77 snaps against the Huskers. He had five tack- point average in high school. les (all solo), with a third down stop and two passes broken up in the OSU game, and then closed the year with a career-high nine tackles (four solo) PERSONAL—He was born January 31, 1989, in Lancaster, Calif. His hob- with a third down stop and a quarterback sack in Lincoln. He appeared to bies include playing the piano and guitar, fishing, drawing and have made the play that would have sent CU to a bowl game when he snowmobiling. Heavily involved in community service work, he was CU’s sacked Nebraska quarterback Joe Ganz for a 15-yard loss on second down nomination for the 2011 AFCA Good Works Team that is selected every with a little over two minutes remaining, but alas, NU trotted out its Alex September (the team is comprised of 11 players) as well as for the annual Henery and he made good on a 57-yard field goal for the win. He had 15 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award. He taught himself to play the instruments tackles (10 solo) for the year, adding six tackles (three solo, two inside- starting as a 5-year old and can write and play his own music; he can’t the-20) on special teams duty, as he tied for third in special team points read music, though, but he “makes up my own songs based on feelings.” with 13; his other points came from two knockdown blocks on returns He would like to start his own business or get into commercial real estate and three wedge breaks. The coaches named him one of the recipients of after college. He started his own clothing line in Orange County with the Gold Group Commitment Award (for achieving excellence with class friends from school; the clothing line is called S.F.C. (Stay Fresh Crew). A in several areas). CU teammate, Matt Bahr, was one of his key blockers during his prep days at Mission Viejo. 76 HIGH SCHOOL—As a senior, PrepStar named him to its All-Midlands team Mizzou), two passes broken up and a key fumble recovery. Against while Scout.com ranked him as the No. 14 Colorado prospect and the No. Georgia, with 1:55 left and CU nursing a 29-27 lead, he scooped up the ball 99 safety nationally, while Rivals.com pegged him the No. 24 player in the after B.J. Beatty forced a fumble at CU’s 30-yard line, ending UGA’s come- state. Locally, he was named All-Colorado (Denver Post, Rocky Mountain back attempt; he also had eight tackles (four solo) in the game. He 10 or News), along with garnering first-team All-State and All-Continental League more tackles three times, including career-highs of 13 overall and nine honors. A three-year letterman and team captain, he was in on 100 tackles, solo at Missouri and 12 against Tech before he was injured (six solo). He including 18 for losses with eight quarterback sacks, along with three earned the CU’s Defensive Player of the Week nod for the Colorado State forced fumbles, eight recoveries and four blocked kicks (three punts, one game, when he racked up 10 tackles (eight solo), two third down stops field goal) at safety. He played some spot fullback on occasion and usually and two tackles for zero. He had at least eight tackles in five games, and in a blocking role, but the one carry he had he scored on a 2-yard touch- led or shared the lead in tackles by the Buffs in four of those games. He down run. As a junior, he was named first team All-Conference, as he had a good spring, with 18 tackles (nine solo, four for losses, another four recorded 95 tackles, two quarterback sacks, three fumble recoveries, four for zero gains, two sacks) along with three third down stops and an inter- interceptions (two returned for scores) and a blocked kick. He also started ception in the three main spring scrimmages. as a sophomore, racking up 40 tackles and two blocked kicks on the season. 2009 (Fr.-RS)—He eased back slowly into things after major knee surgery As a freshman, he was named Gatorade Rookie of the Year at Mountain canceled out his true freshman season, getting more playing time by the Vista. Top games as a senior included a 33-14 win over Arapahoe, when he end of the year after being slowed midseason by a sprained knee and recorded 11 tackles, three for losses, two forced fumbles, a fumble recov- shoulder. He saw action in seven games (six on defense, no starts), play- ing 110 snaps from scrimmage. He was in on 13 tackles, nine solo, with ery and three passes broken up; he also had 10 tackles, two behind the line, four third down stops and a quarterback hurry; he added a solo tackle on in a 14-9 loss to Douglas County. As a junior, he had 12 tackles, three losses special teams coverage duty. He had a season-best four tackles (all solo) and two interceptions, returning one for a touchdown in a 27-7 win over at Iowa State, with three against Wyoming (two unassisted). He was a Arapahoe. Under coach Ric Cash, Mountain Vista went 8-3 his senior recipient of the Gold Group Commitment Award, selected by the CU season, advancing to the second round of the playoffs, 10-2 his junior year, coaches, which recognizes excellence with class in a variety of areas. He losing in the third round of the playoffs and 6-4 his sophomore campaign. participated on a limited basis during spring drills (non-contact work), as He lettered four times in track (sprints), serving as team captain; he owned he completed rehabilitation following knee surgery the previous August. career prep bests of 11.4 in the 100-meter dash and 22.82 in the 200. He 2008 (Fr.)—He had worked his way into second-team status on the depth played basketball as a freshman and sophomore. chart after just a week of practice but went down with a torn ACL in a non- contact drill on August 13; he subsequently had surgery on September 2 ACADEMICS— He is majoring in Communication at Colorado. He main- and was lost for the season. The coaches named him one of the recipients tained a 3.0 grade point in high school. of the Gold Group Commitment Award (for achieving excellence with class in several areas). PERSONAL—Born January 27, 1990 in Milwaukee, Wis. He enjoys working out, playing leisure sports and video games. He has done some commu- HIGH SCHOOL—Considered by most as the top high school senior in the nity service, including working as a volunteer at Mountain Vista’s football state of Colorado in 2007 (he had over 50 scholarship offers from around camp for middle school kids. He was the first commit of the 2008 the nation). As a senior, he was a Parade All-American and Colorado’s Colorado recruiting class, pledging in early June. (Last name is pro- Gatorade Player of the Year, perhaps the top two of all his honors. He was nounced main-key) a member of PrepStar’s Dream Team, as the publication ranked him as the No. 19 player overall (and as the nation’s No. 3 linebacker). SuperPrep TACKLES named him to its All-America team (ranking him as the No. 8 player in the Season G Plays UT AT-TOT TFL Sacks 3DS Hurr FR FF PBU Int Midlands region, the third linebacker), and EA Sports tabbed him as a 2008 7 157 10 5— 15 1-15 1-15 200020 third-team choice (its picks significantly fewer players for its teams). The 2009 4 126 66—12 0- 0 0- 0 000010 Tacoma News-Tribune named him to its Western 100 team (one of 12 line- 2010 12 378 20 15 — 35 1- 6 1- 6 511130 backers), and was named to the prestigious Long Beach Press-Telegram’s Totals 23 661 36 26 — 62 2-21 2-21 711160 Best-In-West Team. Scout.com ranked him as the No. 1 Colorado prospect ADDITIONAL STATISTICS—Special Team Tackles: 3,3—6 (2008). and the third-ranked linebacker nationally, while Rivals.com pegged him the top player in the state and the No. 9 linebacker in the country. Locally, he was named All-Colorado (Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News), along with garnering first-team All-State and All-Continental League honors. Ponderosa’s team captain, Mustang of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, following the season he played in the Under Armor All-American Game in Orlando. As a senior, he had a monster year as he racked up 153 JON MAJOR, OLB tackles (83 solo), 23 tackles for losses including eight quarterback sacks, 6-2, 230, Jr., 2L along with 18 quarterback hurries, 10 forced fumbles, six recoveries, two interceptions and 11 passes broken up. On offense, he had 17 rushes for Parker, Colo. 172 yards and three touchdowns playing some spot running back. As a (Ponderosa) junior, when he earned second team All-State and first-team All- 31 Conference recognition, he recorded 107 tackles, 19 tackles for losses AT COLORADO: This Season (Jr.)—Fully with two sacks, eight forced fumbles, two recoveries and an interception recovered from a knee injury that prema- in being named his team’s Defensive Player of the Year. As a sophomore, turely ended his sophomore season, he was he was named second team All-Conference, as he tallied 109 tackles (41 moved from inside to outside linebacker solo), 10 tackles for loss with four sacks, five forced fumbles, three recov- during spring drills and responded well to eries and an interception. He thus had 367 career tackles, 52 for losses the change (he could always slide inside in with 14 sacks and 13 fumble recoveries. His top game as a senior came some formations as well). Consensus Draft against Regis when he accounted for 20 tackles, two passes broken up Services placed him on its honorable mention preseason All-America and a fumble recovery while scoring two rushing touchdowns on offense team, with Lindy’s College Football selecting him as a preseason second- in Ponderosa’s 14-0 win. He also had a 20 tackle game as a junior in a 10-3 team All-Pac 12 performer. Phil Steele’s College Football ranked him as the loss to Highlands Ranch. Under coach Randy Huff, Ponderosa went 5-5 his No. 56 outside linebacker in the country. sophomore through senior years, advancing to the first round of the state 2010 (Soph.)—He was having an all-league caliber season when he went playoffs each year. He also lettered twice in baseball. down with a severe MCL sprain against Texas Tech (Phil Steele’s College Football had selected him second-team All-Big 12 at the midseason point). ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Business (Finance) at Colorado. A 2007 He still garnered second-team All-Colorado honors from the state chapter Colorado Chapter/National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete (one of of the National Football Foundation. At the time of his injury, he was lead- 12 honored by the organization). He earned second-team Academic All- ing the Buffs in tackles with 57 (32 solo, 8.1 per game), a number that still Big 12 Conference honors as both a sophomore and as a redshirt placed him fifth on the team by season’s end. In 371 snaps from scrim- freshman. He maintained a 3.5 GPA in high school and was on the Honor mage, he also tied for second on the team in tackles for zero (8) and third Roll throughout. down stops (7), in addition to recording two tackles for loss (both at

77 PERSONAL—Born July 6, 1990 in Newport Beach, Calif. He enjoys playing video games and hanging out with friends. He has logged many hours of volunteer work and community service, including coaching kindergarten basketball in Parker. His father (Ken) played football at Rice and was TYLER McCULLOCH, WR named an honorable mention All-American; he was also one of his 6-5, 205, Fr., HS school’s assistant coaches. An older brother (Justin) is one year ahead of him and attends CU. Albuquerque, N.M. (Eldorado) TACKLES 87 Season G Plays UT AT-TOT TFL Sacks 3DS Hurr FR FF PBU Int 2009 6 110 94—13 0- 0 0- 0 410000 AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.)— 2010 7 371 32 25 — 57 2- 3 0- 0 701020 Projected as a wide receiver as a true Totals 13 481 41 29 — 70 2- 3 2- 3 11 110 2 0 freshman in college. ADDITIONAL STATISTICS—Special Team Tackles: 1,0—1 (2009). HIGH SCHOOL—He earned first-team All- State honors from the coaches at both wide receiver and defensive back, along with first-team All-District 2-5A acco- lades. He was ranked as the No. 14 player overall in the state of New Mexico (the third wide receiver) by NewMexicoPreps.com. As a junior, he was first-team All-District 5-5A at wide receiver. As a senior, he missed all JORDAN MARQUEZ, DB but five games after suffering a lacerated liver and spleen early in the year, 6-1, 185, Fr., RS though he was able to return by the end of the season and participate in the playoffs. Despite missing just over half the season, he still caught 40 Arvada, Colo. passes for 570 yards and nine touchdowns. On defense, he played both cornerback and safety, racking up 42 tackles, with five passes broke up, (Arvada West) 36 two fumble recoveries and a caused fumble. As a junior, he hauled in 52 passes for 720 yards and 11 touchdowns. His two top games as a senior AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.-RS)— bookended the season: in a 46-26 win over West Mesa in the opener, he Enters the fall listed third at strong safety. caught 11 passes (three one-handed) for 130 yards and a touchdown, and He made the only interception in 121 pass in a 28-27 loss to Las Cruces in the quarterfinals of the state playoffs, he plays in the three main spring scrimmages, had seven receptions for 186 yards and all four Eldorado touchdowns (53, returning it 33 yards for a touchdown in the 7, 19 and 6 yards); Eldorado went for two points with 1:18 left but could- spring game. He also had four tackles, all n’t convert. Under coach Charlie Dotson, Eldorado was 9-3 his senior solo. year, 6-6 his junior season, and 12-1 and District Champions his sopho- 2010 (Fr.)—Redshirted; joined the team as an invited walk-on for August more year. He also lettered twice in baseball (pitcher/outfield), and drills and practiced the entire fall in the secondary and was a member of played basketball as a freshman. the scout team. ACADEMICS—He is undecided on a major at Colorado, but is interested HIGHSCHOOL—He earned honorable mention All-South Metro in Kinesiology and Broadcast Journalism. Owner of a 3.9 grade point aver- Conference honors as both a junior and senior. He played running back as age in high school, he was an Academic All-Albuquerque Metro Team a freshman on the varsity, then slot receiver as a sophomore and junior member as a senior and an Academic All-District honoree as a junior and and then safety his senior season. He had five interceptions and 10 passes senior. broken up his senior year, when he also forced three fumbles, recovered three, and was in on 40 tackles, two for losses. On offense, he rushed PERSONAL—He was born April 8, 1993 in Albuquerque. Hobbies include seven times for 33 yards. As a junior, he caught 11 passes for 143 yards weightlifting, playing , basketball and Xbox. His uncle is and two touchdowns, with 13 carries for 79 yards and two touchdowns. Tommy Sheppard, the former Denver Nuggets media relations director He had 10 receptions for 109 yards as a sophomore (3-28 rushing). Arvada who is currently the vice president of basketball operations for the West was 11-2 his senior year, 7-4 his junior season and 8-3 his sophomore Washington Wizards (his mother, Barbara, is Tommy’s sister). As a third year under coach Casey Coons. He also lettered four times in track, earn- grader, he was earned the President’s Physical Fitness Award. (Last name ing second-team All-Conference honors as a senior and honorable is pronounced Muh-cull-ock_). mention accolades as a junior.

ACADEMICS—He is undecided on his major at Colorado. He earned hon- orable mention Academic All-State honors as a sophomore and junior in high school.

PERSONAL—He was born September 20, 1991 in Denver. His hobbies include bowling (best score is 269). His father, Mike, is a former Buff who RYAN MILLER, OG lettered at three years at halfback (1985-87) and was a key player when 6-8, 295, Sr., 4L the Buffaloes made the switch to the wishbone offense that turned Littleton, Colo. around the program’s fortunes. He, too, was a walk-on but earned a schol- arship after his first semester in Boulder. (Columbine) 73 AT COLORADO: This Season (Sr.)—CU’s starting right guard, he was selected as a preseason first-team All-American by Blue Ribbon College Football, College Sports Madness and Phil Steele’s College Football; Athlon Sports and The Sporting News selected him to their third-team preseason squads (the same five publi- cations selected him on their preseason first-team All-Pac 12 squads). He is one of 65 players on the official preseason watch list for the Outland Trophy, which is presented to the nation’s most outstanding interior line- man (one of 14 guards to make the list); he also is on the official watch list for the Lombardi Award, which has 15 guards among its 125-man list. Phil Steele’s ranked him as the No. 1 guard in the entire nation, with Rivals.com

78 ranking him as the No. 63 overall player (all positions) on its preseason opener at Kansas State. When all was said and done, he played in 10 season National Top 100 team. He enters the season with a team best 35 games and started seven, including the Independence Bowl, at right offen- career starts, and tied for the longest streak of consecutive starts at 24. sive tackle in earning first-team Freshman All-America honors from The He will become the ninth player at Colorado to earn five letters in a foot- Sporting News (he was second-team by scout.com and third-team by col- ball (a rare opportunity in any single sport), since he earned one his legefootballnews.com). TSN also selected him first-team Freshman All-Big sophomore year in 2008 which came to an end after four games due to a 12. He became the first tackle to play as a true frosh at Colorado since broken fibula. Being a fifth-year senior, with the coaching change, he is Bryan Campbell, who played as a reserve behind Mark VanderPoel on the now being coached by his third position coach in five years (Jeff Grimes 1989 and 1990 teams, and when he started, that made him just the ninth for his first two, then Denver Johnson for two, and now Steve Marshall). true freshman to start a game on the offensive line at Colorado since The coaches selected him as the Iron Buffalo Award winner following freshmen were allowed to play again in 1972. He played 514 snaps from spring practice, the honor going to the player with the most outstanding scrimmage, grading out to better than 80 percent four times. His top game strength and conditioning numbers. grade was 83 percent against Oklahoma. He also had three touchdown 2010 (Jr.)—In starting all 12 games at right offensive guard, he earned blocks to give him a 54.0, allowed just one quarterback sack and was honorable mention All-Big 12 honors from both the Associated Press and called for four penalties. Considered the top recruit in CU’s 2007 class, as the league coaches. He earned first-team All-Colorado honors from the he was unequivocally the top prep in the state of Colorado, it was state’s chapter of the National Football Foundation (NFF) for the second assumed, and correctly, that he would play as a true freshman. straight season. He was one of two Buffaloes, along with Nate Solder, on the official watch list for the Outland Trophy (one of 63 candidates; Solder HIGHSCHOOL—Colorado’s Gatorade Player of the Year, he earned a was CU’s second finalist in history so Miller will be gunning to be the host of All-America honors for his senior season, including Parade, USA third). He played every snap on offense, 847, joining Solder as the only Today (first-team), SuperPrep, Rivals.com, PrepStar and MaxPreps. He was two players to do so; with 753 positive plays, he graded out to 88.9 per- selected to play in the prestigious U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San cent for the season, third-best on the team. He had the second-most Antonio after the season (January 6), and he helped the West to a 24-7 finishing/knockdown (83) and touchdown (6) blocks, while allowing just win. Nationally, he was among the top five lineman in the nation by two quarterback sacks and flagged only twice for penalties. He graded out Rivals.com (No. 3), Scout.com (No. 3) and SuperPrep (No. 5), the latter at 90 percent or higher in 11 games, with his top game grade of 96 percent ranking him as the No. 2 overall player at any position in the Midlands and coming against Kansas State, when he also had a season-high 13 finishing placing him on its Elite 50 squad. The Sporting News ranked him as the No. blocks (he had five or more in a game nine times). In the preseason, he 46 player in the nation overall. Rivals.com pegged him as the No. 23 over- was ranked as the No. 12 guard in the nation by Phil Steele’s College all player in the nation (one of 29 players awarded five stars). He was an Football, which also selected him as a preseason first-team All-Big 12 per- All-Colorado selection by the Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post (one former (as did The Sporting News). College Football Insiders.com selected of just two repeat selections), All-State (5A) and All-South Metro him as a preseason honorable mention All-American. Conference. He was one of five finalists for the state’s high school athlete 2009 (Soph.-RS)—He earned honorable mention All-Big 12 Conference of the year for all sports in 2006 by Mile High Sports Magazine. He earned honors from the league coaches, while collegefootballnews.com selected All-Colorado, All-State, all-league honors as a junior, when he was a him to its sophomore All-American squad (second-team). He also earned Student Sports Underclassmen All-American and listed among the first-team All-Colorado honors from the state’s NFF chapter. He started all Rivals.com Underclassmen Top 100. As a senior, he started all 14 games 12 games, seven at right guard where he opened the season, and five at at offensive tackle, averaging well over 10 pancake blocks per game, did right tackle when the line was shuffled for assorted reasons. He played not allow a quarterback sacks, was flagged for just one penalty and had 851 snaps from scrimmage (all but one of CU’s total on offense), plus five direct touchdown blocks. On defense, he exhibited solid skills at another 27 plays on the FG/PAT unit on special teams and several others defensive end in registering 31 tackles, 20 solo with 12 for losses includ- on the defensive unit (he blocked a field goal at Texas). He graded out to ing five sacks, with 10 hurries, four passes broken up, two fumble 83.8 percent on the season, second best among all the offensive linemen, recoveries with one forced. As a junior, he started all 13 games at tackle with his 66 finishing/knockdown and five touchdown blocks also the on offense, averaging over 10 pancake blocks per game, and saw spot second most on the team. He topped 80 percent or better for a game duty at defensive end, making 12 tackles, three sacks and a pass broken grade nine times, and have five or more F/K’s on seven occasions. He up. He started seven games as a sophomore at offensive tackle (no turned heads against Nebraska’s all-everything defensive end, defense). Top career games included a 13-10 win in the state 5A champi- Ndamukong Suh, who he neutralized as good if not better than any offen- onship game over Mullen his senior year, when he had four tackles, sive lineman in the nation; Suh had five tackles, one of which was ruled a including a quarterback sack that stopped one scoring drive, and two sack that replays showed should have been a batted ball instead of an hurries, one of which caused an interception. He also chased down intentional grounding call. His game grade against the Huskers was a Mustang running back Phil Morelli after an 80-yard gain, stopping him at season-high 89 percent, and his top F/K game came against Kansas when the 13; another score was saved when Mullen fumbled two plays later, he had 11. He was moved inside from tackle once he returned from a preserving a 7-3 lead prior to halftime. In the state playoffs against Cherry broken fibula that forced him to miss the entire Big 12 Conference sched- Creek his junior year, he had 15 pancake blocks and helped the Rebels ule the previous year. In the preseason, he was ranked as the No. 12 guard rush for over 400 yards in the win. Under coach Andy Lowry, Columbine in the nation by Phil Steele’s College Football. was 13-1 his senior year (state champs), 11-2 his junior season (losing to 2008 (Soph.)—He was granted a medical hardship after missing the bulk Douglas County in the state semis) and 10-2 his sophomore season of the 2008 season due to injury, thus he picked up an extra year of eligi- (reaching the second round of the playoffs). He also lettered three times bility. He started the first four games at right offensive tackle but was lost in wrestling, posting a 13-3 record as a junior in the 285-lb. weight class, for the season when he went down with a broken fibula on the second but had to give it up once he exceeded the maximum weight. He will letter play of the second half against Florida State in Jacksonville. He had four times in track this spring (throws), with career bests of 48-9 in the racked up 30.5 knockdown blocks in just 258 snaps from scrimmage (10 shot put and 147-0 in the discus. alone against West Virginia), when he graded out to his season-best 86 percent. He did not allow a quarterback sack and allowed just three pres- ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Anthropology at Colorado. An Honor Roll sures. The coaches named him one of the recipients of the Gold Group student in high school. Commitment Award (for achieving excellence with class in several areas), despite missing two-thirds of the season, speaking to his positive attitude PERSONAL—Born July 6, 1989 in Littleton, Colo. His hobbies include out- and approach. They had named him the recipient of the Joe Romig Award door sports such as four-wheeling and camping, playing the drums and as the most improved offensive lineman in spring ball, and he also was the line dancing; he also is an avid kite flyer, something he’s done since he Iron Buffalo Award winner among the offensive linemen for hard work, was four years old, and was a Boy Scout, where he picked up another dedication, toughness and total poundage for spring strength and condi- hobby, making arrowheads out of stone. He also loves jazz and knows sign tioning. Phil Steele’s College Football tabbed him on its preseason language. His maternal grandfather, David Peterson, was an end on second-team All-Big 12 team, also ranking him as the No. 40 offensive Colorado’s 1960 freshman team. He mentored younger students as a tackle in the nation. junior and senior in a special program at Columbine. He committed to 2007 (Fr.)—He played for the first time in the fourth game of the season Colorado midway through his senior season (October 25). against Miami-Ohio and cracked the starting lineup in the second half

79 JOSH MOTEN, CB DANIEL MUNYER, C 6-0, 195, Fr., RS 6-2, 290, Fr., RS Carson, Calif. Tarzana, Calif. (Narbonne) 39 (Notre Dame) 52 AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.-RS)— AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.-RS)— Enters the fall listed fourth at left Enters the fall tied atop the depth chart at cornerback. He had four tackles, two solo, center after an eye-opening spring. The and a third down stop in the three main coaches selected him as the Dan Stavely scrimmages. Award winner following spring practice, 2010 (Fr.)—Redshirted; practiced in the the honor going to the top redshirt fresh- defensive backfield and was on the scout team. A member of the 2009 man-to-be. recruiting class, he was grayshirted and enrolled in January, and thus was 2010 (Fr.)—Redshirted; he practiced all along the offensive line as a still a true freshman. He participated in spring drills and practiced in the member of the scout team. He earned the Offensive Scout Team Award for defensive backfield, mostly at corner. He had 12 tackles (nine solo, two for the Colorado State game. losses with a sack) and two third down stops in the three main spring scrimmages. HIGH SCHOOL—As a senior, he earned All-State, All-Area (Los Angeles and San Fernando Valley), All-Sierra League and All-Pac 5 Conference HIGH SCHOOL—He earned SuperPrep All-Far West honors as a senior, honors. He garnered All-Far West honors from both PrepStar and ranked as the No. 139 player in the region (west coast plus Hawai’i). SuperPrep, the latter ranking him as the No. 129 player from the region Scout.com ranked him as the No. 95 quarterback in the nation. He was the (California, Hawai’I, Nevada), the 13th offensive lineman on that list. most valuable player of the Marine League, with 3,340 yards of total Scout.com listed him as the No. 61 offensive guard in the country. A three- offense in accounting for 33 touchdowns, and earned MVP honors in the year starter at offensive line and one year starter on the defensive line, he state championship game (a 21-21 tie with San Pedro). He was first-team helped Notre Dame to a 28-7 record in his career. His senior year, he All-Area at quarterback and a team captain as a senior, and as a junior, he helped anchor a line that averaged 198.7 yards rushing and 188.3 yards was the first-team All-Area all-purpose performer and was the offensive passing per game on offense, helping Notre Dame (9-3) to the Sierra player of the year in the league. He set the Narbonne record for the most League championship and second-round appearance in the playoffs starts by a quarterback, as he started all 38 games from his sophomore under coach Kevin Rooney. On defense, he had 53 tackles, 17 for losses through senior seasons (compiling a 29-8-1 record). As a senior, he com- including four sacks, three pass break-ups and two forced fumbles. His pleted 189-of-285 passes for 2,734 yards and 26 touchdowns, completing top game came when the team flew to Dallas to play Klein Oak at the 66.3 percent of his passes while throwing just six interceptions. He was brand new Cowboys Stadium and he had five tackles for loss in a 37-7 win. dual threat, rushing 85 times for 609 yards and seven scores, averaging 7.2 Against Crespi, Notre Dame won 23-21 on a 53-yard field goal on the last yards per carry. As a junior, he completed 145-of-217 passes for 2,115 play of the game, and against Birmingham, he had two sacks as Notre yards and 20 scores, owning a completion percentage of 66.8 with just six Dame turned a 14-10 halftime lead into a 48-10 victory. He was a team cap- picked off. He rushed 60 times for 527 yards (8.8 per) and five scores. He tain and member of the team council, leading his group of linemen as a was 81-of-155 for 923 yards as a sophomore, with seven touchdowns and liaison with the coaching staff. As a junior, he earned All-State and All- three interceptions, while rushing for 508 yards on 79 ties and nine Sierra League honors helping Notre Dame to an undefeated regular scores. Prep totals were impressive, as he passed for 5,772 yards, com- season and final record of 11-1 after winning the Sierra League. That pleted 63.2 percent of his passes and owned a touchdown-to-interception season, Notre Dame averaged 274.5 yards passing and 180.7 yards rush- ratio of 53-15. He rushed for 1,644 career yards with 21 touchdowns. He ing per game. He saw limited action on the defensive line that season and punted on occasion in high school, but did not play any defense. Top had 16 tackles and two sacks. He also lettered in track and field (throws); games his senior year included a 55-0 win over Gardena when he com- he was the CIF Section champion in the shot put as a junior with a career- pleted 14-of-19 throws for 274 yards and four touchdowns (with another best throw of 55-0. 41 yards rushing); a 45-35 playoff win over Birmingham, when he was 13- of-19 for 179 yards with 96 yards rushing; and 56-34 win over Westchester, ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Communication at Colorado. He when he passed for 295 yards and touchdown with another 59 rushing earned All-Academic team mention for his high school for both football yards and two TDs. In a 41-28 loss to Los Alamitos, he was 15-of-20 pass- and track & field and was honored by maintaining a 3.0 or higher grade ing (176 yards, 2 TD) and dazzled on the ground with 75 yards and score point average. on just seven carries. As a junior in a 47-39 win over Mira Costa, he com- pleted 10-of-16 passes for 117 yards and two touchdowns, and ran 11 PERSONAL—He was born March 4, 1992 in Harbor City, Calif. He enjoys times for 184 yards (16.7 per carry) and another two scores. And in a 65- playing video games, handing out with friends and watching movies and 7 win over Los Angeles Marshall, he had 430 yards of total offense, lists the best movie he has seen recently as the Book of Eli. He volun- completing 13-of-17 passes for 355 yards and three touchdowns while teered about 30 hours of his time to help his school host a Renal Prom for rushing three times for 75 yards. Under coach Manuel Douglas, Narbonne local kidney patients who can’t regularly attend high school. He also vol- was 12-1-1 his senior season, Marine League champions and city co- unteered at his high school’s youth sports camps for the last two champs of Los Angeles as it fought to a 21-21 tie in the title game against summers. San Pedro (city rules forbid overtime in championship games). NHS was also 10-2 his junior season, league runner-ups, and 7-5 his sophomore year. He also lettered four times in track, participating in sprints and relays; he owns a prep best of 48.9 in the 400-meter dash.

ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Sociology at Colorado.

PERSONAL—He was born November 23, 1991 in Torrance, Calif. Hobbies include working out, and he has often volunteered his time helping out at community fundraisers. Father (Sherman) played strong safety at Arizona State. His full first name is Joshua, with his nickname “Mo-Mo.” (Last name is pronounced Moat-un.)

80 tackles (44 solo) with 11 quarterback sacks, two forced fumbles, two recoveries and one pass break-up. On special teams, he kicked off 35 times with three touchbacks and also returned a kickoff 10 yards. His MARC MUSTOE, OL junior season he had 36 tackles (27 solo) with one fumble recovery while 6-7, 280, Fr., HS he kicked off twice. Top career games included a 30-6 win over St. Anthony when he had seven tackles and four sacks, and in a 42-8 loss to Broomfield, Colo. Paradete, he had 12 tackles and three sacks. He also lettered in basketball (Arvada West) (Alpha League’s best defender as a junior), soccer (defender) and vol- 72 leyball (front row/middle blocker). AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.)— Projected as an offensive lineman in his ACADEMICS—He is interested in majoring in International Business at true freshman year in college. Colorado. He was a member of his high school’s Honor Roll all eight semesters as a prep, maintaining better than a 3.5 grade point average. HIGH SCHOOL—A SuperPrep All-American and All-Midlands team member, as the pub- PERSONAL—He was born December 7, 1991, in Douala, Cameroon. His lication ranked him as the No. 32 player in the region and he was the No. hobbies include watching movies, television sitcoms and football and 3 offensive lineman and No. 2 player from Colorado on that list. PrepStar basketball games, art, and marial arts (Tai Chi). He partici- named him All-Region. He was named to the prestigious Tacoma News- pated in a program through Montclair Prep to help feed the homeless up Tribune Western 100 as one of 21 offensive linemen on the list. Scout.com to twice a week and says it is his dream to come to the United States and had him as the No. 33 offensive tackle in the country, while Rivals.com make enough money to go back to Africa and help the needy. (Name is ranked him as the No. 51 offensive lineman in the country and the No. 5 pronounced steff-on name-bot.) player from Colorado. ESPN ranked him the No. 45 offensive tackle and the No. 4 player from Colorado. He was an All-Colorado selection by the Denver Post as a senior, when he was also first-team All-State (5A) and All- Big 6 Conference. He earned second-team All-Big 8 honors as a junior. Playing offensive tackle as a senior, he helped Arvada West average 343.6 yards of total offense (202.5 yards passing and 141.1 yards rushing per game). As a junior, the team averaged 30.3 points and 291.2 yards of ANDRE NICHOLS, DE offense per game. He sat out his sophomore season due to state transfer 6-4, 215, Fr., HS rules because he began the fall camp at another school. His freshman season, he lettered on the offensive line at Broomfield High School. Under Colorado Springs, Colo. head coach Casey Coons, Arvada West went 17-7 his two seasons as a (Rampart) starter, including 11-2 his junior season when A-West won the Big 8 58 Conference championship and advanced to the state semifinals. His AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.-RS)—He freshman season under coach Gary Davies, Broomfield compiled a 12-1 joined the team as a walk-on for spring record, winning the 4A Northern League Championship and advancing to practices. He enters the fall listed third at the state semis. right defensive end; he had three tackles (one solo) in the three main spring scrim- ACADEMICS—He is undecided on a major at Colorado but is interested mages. in Integrative Physiology for a possible career in sports medicine. He was 2010 (Fr.)—He attended Colorado as a student, but was not a member of twice named Academic All-Colorado in high school for maintaining a the football team; however, his NCAA “clock” started once he enrolled grade point average above 3.8. and started taking classes.

PERSONAL—He was born January 31, 1992 in Denver. His hobbies HIGH SCHOOL—He lettered three years in football first playing running include anything where he can enjoy the mountains including hiking, back and then both tight end and defensive end at Rampart. As a senior, camping, skiing and other outdoor activities. He also enjoys reading. when he was team captain, he had 20 solo tackles, six for losses including three quarterback sacks, while catching three passes for 80 yards on offense. He rushed for over 700 yards combined with seven touchdowns as a freshman and sophomore, with a long run of 60 yards. RHS was 5-5 hos sophomore year and 2-8 both his junior and senior seasons under coach Dan Morse. He also lettered three times in track (sprints, relays); STEPHANE NEMBOT, DE as the team captain, he led his 4x100 and 4x200 relays teams, as both qual- 6-8, 280, Fr., HS ified for the state championships his senior year.

Van Nuys, Calif. ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Psychology at Colorado. He was a (Montclair Prep) member of the Honor Roll his sophomore through senior years in high 90 school. AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.)— Projected as a defensive end in his true PERSONAL—He was born January 29, 1992 in Richmond, Va. His hobbies freshman year in college. include music, trivia, playing Xbox and keeping up on technology.

HIGH SCHOOL—As a senior, he was an All- Region selection by PrepStar and All-Far West team member by SuperPrep, the latter publication’s No. 74 player in the region, the No. 69 player from California and No. 11 defensive end in the region. ESPN ranked him as the No. 45 defensive tackle in the country and the No. 49 player from California (the sixth DT in the state). Rivals.com ranked him the No. 51 defensive end nationally, No. 80 in California (the eighth strong side DE statewide), while Scout.com ranked him the No. 70 offensive tackle in the nation, No. 97 player from California (fifth OT in the Golden State). The Alpha League most valuable lineman, he also earned first-team mention. Rivals.com tabbed him, “the most intriguing prospect in the west.” He earned second-team All-Alpha League as a junior, his first year playing football. As a senior, he totaled 61

81 on the freshman team at Iolani as the team went a perfect 11-0. He also plays basketball at Palo Verde and did so at Iolani School, as well. He earned second-team All-Sunset League as a junior at Palo Verde averaging LILOA NOBRIGA, OLB 11.9 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game. This season he is aver- 6-2, 240, Soph., 1L aging 6.1 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game as he got a late start on the basketball season with the football team’s run to the state Summerlin, Nev. championship game. At Iolani, he earned honorable mention All-State (Palo Verde) honors as both a freshman and sophomore by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. 48 Iolani won a State Championship his freshman season and prior to soph- AT COLORADO: This Season (Soph.)— omore year, he was named one of the top 10 basketball players in the Enters the fall listed second at outside state by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. linebacker, though he could see time on the inside where he finished his redshirt frosh ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Communication at Colorado. season. He saw limited action during spring practice after suffering a severe hamstring PERSONAL—He was born August 10, 1990 in Honolulu. He grew up in strain in winter conditioning (Feb. 24), the injury bothering him off and on Kailua, the same town on Oahu as CU associate head coach Brian Cabral. through the end of drills. He has bulked up some 25 pounds since the He enjoys playing basketball, hanging out with friends and going to the summer of 2010. beach when he lived in Hawaii. An uncle, Robert Faleafine, played quar- 2010 (Fr.-RS)—He saw action in 11 games (he didn’t make the Cal trip), terback at Washington State in the ’70s and backed up Cougar great Jack starting the final five games of the season at the “will” inside linebacker Thompson. A cousin, Nu’u Faaola, played running back at Hawaii and spot after Jon Major was lost for the year with a knee injury; he played in then in the NFL from 1986-89 for the New York Jets and Miami Dolphins. nine on defense and in all on special teams. In just 298 snaps from scrim- He is also related to Alvis Satele, Hercules Satele, Samson Satele and mage, he registered 46 tackles (23 solo), tying for sixth most on the team, Brashton Satele, who all played collegiately at Hawaii. Samson Satele was as only one other player with less than 300 snaps had over 19 tackles. He drafted in the second round of the 2007 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins had six tackles for zero yardage, one for a loss and one third down stop, and Alvis Satele played in the NFL for the San Diego Chargers. Hercules along with a forced fumble and three passes broken up. In his five starts, Satele signed with the Arizona Cardinals in 2008 but did not play. (First he recorded 35 tackles, including a career-high 11 at Kansas (eight solo) name is pronounced lee-low-ah, last name no-brigg-uh.) and 10 at Nebraska (seven unassisted). He also had eight stops against Texas Tech and batted away passes against Kansas, Iowa State and TACKLES Kansas State. He earned five special teams points on the strength of a solo Season G Plays UT AT-TOT TFL Sacks 3DS Hurr FR FF PBU Int tackle, a knockdown block, a wedge break and two caused penalties. He 2010 9 298 23 23 — 46 1- 1 0- 0 100130 earned the CU’s Special Teams Player of the Week nod for the Hawai’i ADDITIONAL STATISTICS—Special Team Tackles: 1,0—1 (2010). game and was CU’s Linebacker of the Game against Kansas State (six tack- les and the one pass broken up). He had 10 tackles (eight solo, two for losses) in the three main spring scrimmages. 2009 (Fr.)—Redshirted; practiced at linebacker the entire fall.

HIGHSCHOOL—He was named the No. 74 weak-side linebacker by Scout.com and the No. 87 outside linebacker by Rivals.com, where he was PARKER NORTON, WR the No. 11 player from the state of Nevada and the No. 3 linebacker from 6-0, 190, Fr., HS the state on that list. ESPN ranks him as the No. 141 outside linebacker in the country. He earned first-team All-State honors by the Nevada Prep Costa Mesa, Calif. Report and the Las Vegas Review-Journal was a first-team All-Sunshine (Newport Beach) Region selection when Palo Verde won the Sunset League Championship 23 and lost in the state championship game by a score of 13-12. As a senior, AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.)— he led the state of Nevada with 185 tackles, including 10 for losses (four Projected as a wide receiver as a true sacks); he also had one fumble recovery and an interception. He was a key freshman in college; he joined the team as part of a defense that allowed just 11.4 points per game en route to a 14- an invited walk-on for August drills. 1 record under coach Darwin Rost. He was also Palo Verde’s punter, earning first-team All-Sunset League honors and had 26 punts with an HIGH SCHOOL—He earned first-team All- average of 37.5 yards per punt and 16 punts inside the opponent 20 yard Orange County honors as a senior, when he also garnered the Sunset line. He had a 77-yard punt that came at a key moment with Palo Verde League’s Defensive Most Valuable Player honor. In earning three letters, stuck inside its own 10 yard line and he kicked it 20 yards over the return he started for three seasons at wide receiver and for two at cornerback. man’s head. He also had 11 kickoffs on special teams action. He had 19 He caught 64 passes for 674 yards and six touchdowns as a senior, when tackles against McQueen in the state championship game, 20 tackles he was voted Newport’s MVP, basically serving as the slot receiver and against Arbor View in a 48-21 victory and had 12 or more tackles in 10 caught many of his balls underneath; he also rushed 15 times for 102 games. Against Cimarron-Memorial, he had seven tackles, one sack and yards. He racked up 81 tackles on defense, with five interceptions (return- an interception. His interception came in overtime on the opponent’s five ing one for a touchdown), 12 passes broken up, three fumble recoveries yard line, and Palo Verde swung the momentum and won the game 17-14 (one caused) and three tackles for loss. One of his top games came on the next drive. As a junior with Palo Verde compiling a 12-1 record with against Mira Costa, when he hauled in 12 catches for 138 yards and a TD. a Sunset League Championship and another loss in the state champi- As a junior, he caught 36 passes for about 400 yards and five scores, with onship game, this one by a 24-20 score, he was named the Co-Sunset 68 tackles, five interceptions, 10 pass deflections, two forced fumbles and League Defensive Player of the Year and earned second-team All-State by one recovery on defense. NBHS was 6-5 his junior and senior years and 7- the Las Vegas Review-Journal and was also named first-team All-Sunset 3 his sophomore season under coach Jeff Brinkley. He also played League both on defense and as punter. He compiled 121 tackles with 11 basketball for one year (on the freshman team). sacks, two fumble recoveries, one interception and one blocked punt. He punted 30 times with an average of 33.7 per punt, a long of 58 and had 14 ACADEMICS—He is undecided on his major at Colorado, but is interested punts inside the opponent 20 yard line. Against Spring Valley his junior in Communication and History. He was an Honor Roll student in high season, he had seven tackles, two sacks and an interception. Against school (junior and senior years), graduating with a 3.4 grade point aver- Western, he had six tackles and three sacks and he had 15 tackles against age. Cimarron-Memorial and 14 against Sierra Vista that season. In two sea- sons at Palo Verde, the team went 26-2 and he had 306 tackles, 15 sacks PERSONAL—He was born January 29, 1992 in Newport Beach, Calif. His and two interceptions. He attended Iolani School in Honolulu his fresh- hobbies include going to the beach, playing basketball and golf and going man and sophomore seasons before moving with his family to Nevada. He on vacations with his family. did not play football his sophomore season. He won a state championship

82 2010 (Jr.)—He played in all 12 games (no starts), seeing action at defen- sive tackle for 10 games where he got in for 64 snaps from scrimmage. He recorded four tackles, three solo, for the season, posting one each against DARRAGH O’NEILL, P/PK Colorado State, California, Missouri and Iowa State. He was a member of 6-2, 180, Fr., HS the defensive field goal/PAT rush squad on special teams, playing all 63 Louisville, Colo. snaps for that unit. He added 20 more pounds to his 6-foot-3 frame in the off-season, increasing to some 50 pounds heaver than when he first (Boulder Fairview) 90 landed on the Boulder campus (240). In spring conditioning tests, he tied for the second-best power clean (391 pounds) on the team and owned an AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.-RS)—He impressive 31-inch vertical leap for his size. joined the team as a walk-on in spring prac- 2009 (Soph.)—He saw action in 11 games (all but Kansas), seven on tices, trying out as a punter; this is the first time he has ever played organized football. defense and in most on the FG/PAT Defense unit on special teams; on the 2010 (Fr.)—He attended Colorado as a stu- latter, he had a blocked field goal at Oklahoma State. He played 23 snaps dent, but was not a member of the football on defense but did not record any tackles; he started the year at end, but team; however, his NCAA “clock” started once he enrolled and started was moved inside for the latter part of the season. taking classes. 2008 (Fr.-RS)—He saw action in five games (no starts), making one solo tackle for the season; that came in the Kansas game. He had four tackles HIGH SCHOOL—He lettered three times in both basketball and soccer including a quarterback sack in the three main spring scrimmages. for Boulder’s Fairview High. He was the Max Preps Player of the Year as a 2007 (Fr.)—Redshirted; he practiced the entire fall at defensive end. The senior in basketball, earning first-team All-Colorado, All-State (5A) and coaches selected him as the Scout Team Defense player of the week for All-Front Range League honors in leading Fairview to a 22-6 record and to the Miami-Ohio and Oklahoma games, and also presented him with the the state championship game (where the Knights lost to Regis, 68-58). He Scout Team Defense Award at the postseason team banquet. averaged 23.4 points per game (609 total in 28 games), with a career-high of 42 against Chatfield, a game in which he went 21-of-23 from the free HIGHSCHOOL—A SuperPrep All-Dixie team member, despite missing throw line. He had nine games with 30 or more points, eclipsing 40 on two most of his senior season after tearing a tendon in his hand (he played in occasions. In fact, he made 191 of 213 free throws on the year (89.7 per- just four games); he was ranked as the No. 28 player in Georgia, the No. 4 cent), shot 49 percent from the field (30-of-85 three pointers, 35 percent) defensive end by the publication, the same positions they ranked him and also averaged 3.9 rebounds, 3.0 steals and 2.2 assists per game. As a going into the season. Scout.com tabbed him as the No. 55 defensive end junior, he averaged 10.5 points, 2.1 assists, 2.0 rebounds and 1.2 steals per in the nation, despite just playing 14 games at the varsity level. He was game as Fairview was 26-1, not losing until the state semifinal game ranked No. 104 overall by ESPN Insider heading into his senior season, against George Washington (76-74). FHS was 62-18 in his three varsity sea- and still ranked in the top 150 even after sitting out two-thirds of the year. sons under coach Frank Lee, which included back-to-back 11-0 records in As a senior, at defensive tackle, he recorded 15 tackles, two quarterback Front Range League play his junior and senior years. In soccer, playing sacks and forced two fumbles and was just starting to learn the tight end forward for coach Stan Jozwiak, he scored 35 goals in his three-year position on offense before his hand injury. As a junior, he was named hon- career, including 13 his senior season when he earned honorable mention orable mention All-State and first-team All-Gwinnett County, as he was a All-State honors. He had 12 goals as a junior and 10 as a sophomore. two-time county Player of the Month and was a four-time Grayson Player of the Week. Playing defensive end, he registered 65 tackles, 14 for losses ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Business (undecided on sequence) at including six sacks, two fumble recoveries, a pass broken up and a Colorado. blocked field goal. He played on the junior varsity squad as a sophomore in his first year of organized football. His top games came in his junior PERSONAL—He was born December 21, 1991 in Cork, Ireland (the south- season: He had eight tackles and two sacks in a 23-17 loss to South ernmost major city in the country, about 10 miles inland from the Celtic Gwinnett, and recorded 14 tackles and three quarterback pressures in a Sea). His family moved to the United States when he was three, but all loss to Parkview. Under head coach Mickey Conn, Grayson was 6-6 in his their relatives are still in Ireland and they visit there every summer. His senior campaign, making it to the second round of the state 8-5A playoffs, father, Colm, is the owner and proprietor of Boulder’s popular restaurant, and was 4-6 his junior year. He also lettered as a freshman and sophomore Conor O’Neill’s, located on 13th Street just off Boulder’s famous Pearl in basketball. Street Mall. The University of Denver recruited him as a basketball player. (First name is pronounced Dar-uh.) ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Ethnic Studies at Colorado. PERSONAL—Born December 21, 1988 in College Park, Ga. His hobbies include playing video games and working out; he is also skilled at pro- gramming computers. After his football career he has aspirations of becoming an international environmentalist. (Last name is pronounced oh-bee.) CONRAD OBI, DT TACKLES 6-3, 290, Sr., 3L Season G Plays UT AT-TOT TFL Sacks 3DS Hurr FR FF PBU Int 2008 5 12 10—10- 0 0- 0 000000 Grayson, Ga. 2009 7 23 00—00- 0 0- 0 000000 (Grayson) 2010 10 64 31—40- 0 0- 0 000000 93 Totals 22 99 41—50- 0 0- 0 000000 AT COLORADO: This Season (Sr.)—After simply a fantastic spring, he enters the fall atop the depth chart at nose tackle. He had a tremendous spring and was cited by sev- eral media entities as CU’s breakout player for the 2011 season. In the three main spring scrimmage, he racked up 20 tackles, 17 of the solo variety with 10 for zero or minus yardage (six for losses), including three quarterback sacks and four third down stops. He also had a forced fumble and a hurry as the coaches selected him as the John Wooten Award winner following spring practice, the honor going to the most improved player.

83 AYODEJI OLATOYE, DB WILL OLIVER, PK/P 6-1, 190, Soph., 1L 5-10, 195, Fr., HS Dublin, Ohio Los Angeles, Calif. (Dublin Scioto) 25 (Harvard-Westlake) 91 AT COLORADO: This Season (Soph.)— AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.)—He will Enters the fall listed second at left get immediate looks at both punter and cornerback, but the secondary is basically placekicker in his true freshman year in col- wide-open heading into fall camp. lege. 2010 (Fr.-RS)—He saw action in 10 games, in each one on special teams and in six of HIGHSCHOOL—As a senior, he was them on defense; he sat out the Georgia game and was nursing a mild ranked the No. 31 kicker in the nation by ESPN, No. 5 from California; kick- injury for the finale at Nebraska. He was in for 48 snaps from scrimmage ing “guru” Chris Sailer ranked him as the No. 12 kicking prospect in the in recording seven tackles (four solo), with his season/career-high of country when he was named first-team All-Mission League as a kicker and three coming versus Texas Tech (one solo). He was a key contributor on first-team All-Area as a punter. As a junior, he was a first-team All-Del Ray special teams, finishing fourth on the team in special team points with 16; League performer before his school switched league affiliations. In his he earned those with six tackles (four solo, two inside-the-20), a forced prep career, he connected on 18-of-23 field goals and 50-of-50 PAT kicks for fumble, four forced fair catches and three knockdown blocks on returns. 104 total points; his senior season he made 6-of-9 field goals and all 25 He had a productive spring with nine tackles and three third down stops extra-point kicks for 43 points. Two of his field goals came from 40-plus in the three main scrimmages. yards and his kickoffs resulted in touchbacks 85 percent of the time. He 2009 (Fr.)—Redshirted; practiced mainly at cornerback the entire fall. punted for the first time as a senior, averaging 38.0 yards per punt, pin- ning nine inside-the-20 (with a long of 59). As a junior, he hit 6-of-8 field HIGH SCHOOL—A three-year letterman on the football field, he earned goals with four makes from 43 yards or longer, including kicks from 51 and special mention on the All-Central District Division II as a senior for 50 yards. He made good on all 10 point after touchdown tries, with 80 per- Dublin Scioto High School under coach Karl Johnson. He didn’t start play- cent of his kickoffs resulting in touchbacks. As a sophomore, he was ing football until his sophomore season of high school. As a senior, he perfect: 6-of-6 on field goals and 15-of-15 PAT’s, for 33 points. He was the played in seven games and compiled 49 tackles, 21 solo and two for National Kicking Event Prep Camp Champion in the summer of 2010, and losses. He also had one interception which he returned for a touchdown the year before, he was a two-time finalist in the field goal kicking events and three pass break-ups. On offense as a wide receiver, he caught eight at two separate Chris Sailer camps. He also lettered in lacrosse and passes for 151 yards. He finished the year strong, as in the last three soccer, the only student at H-W in each of his sophomore, junior and games of the season against Olentangy Liberty, Dublin Jerome and senior seasons to be a three-sport varsity athlete. In lacrosse, as a junior Marysville, he averaged nine tackles per game defensively and combined he tallied 31 goals and one assist and was named the offensive most valu- to catch seven passes for 136 yards. Top games: to open the season, he able player. As a sophomore, he injured his thumb after just three games had six tackles and an interception return for a touchdown against Grove but had already scored nine goals. He also lettered in hockey, but for City. Against Dublin Jerome, he had nine tackles on defense and five Venice High School because there weren’t enough kids to compose a receptions for 72 yards. As a junior, he played in 10 games and compiled hockey team at Harvard-Westlake. Prior to settling on those four sports, 22 tackles, one for a loss, and had five pass break-ups, two interceptions in middle school he also played water polo, baseball, tennis and ran track. and a forced fumble on defense. Offensively that season, he had 15 recep- tions for 150 yards and he also had one kickoff return for 11 yards on ACADEMICS—He plans on majoring in Business (Marketing) at Colorado special teams. He lists his best game that season as being against and is interested in sports management or sports marketing as a career Marysville when he had six receptions for 63 yards on offense and three choice. He was a member of the Honor Roll in high school maintaining tackles on the defensive side of the ball. His sophomore season, in seven above a 3.2 grade point average at Harvard-Westlake, which in April 2010 games he had 14 tackles. He also lettered in basketball (three times) and was ranked the No. 12 prep school in the country by Forbes and the top in soccer and track and field once each. In basketball, he was the team’s one of its kind west of the Mississippi River. starting power forward as a senior and averaged 7.4 points, 5.8 rebounds, 2.6 blocks and 1.8 steals per game. In track, he set the school record in the PERSONAL—He was born November 23, 1992 in Santa Monica, Calif. His high jump with a mark of 6-4 and also ran the third leg in the 4x400 relay. hobbies include playing the viola in his school’s symphony orchestra and playing most other sports. His family owned a house until he was 10 years ACADEMICS—He is interested in majoring in Communication at old in Aspen, where he learned to both play hockey and ski. He worked Colorado. He maintained a 3.3 grade point average as a prep and was a for two years as an usher at the Hollywood Bowl, the famous amphithe- member on Dublin Scioto’s student scholar list each from his sophomore ater set against the backdrop of the famous Hollywood sign and hills. He through senior years. also dedicated some of his spare time to the Riviera Foundation and vol- unteers teaching kids how to play tennis. PERSONAL—He was born July 20, 1991, in Cleveland; he is first genera- tion born in America among his family, as his parents were born and raised in Nigeria before moving to the U.S. He is an accomplished soccer player, having played through is freshman year in high school. His teams won four state championships and he was a team captain and won most valuable player of a couple of tournaments. He played on a team that PARKER ORMS, DB twice traveled to Europe to play, one time to Amsterdam and another to 5-11, 190, Soph., 1L Spain. He enjoys sleeping, eating, hitting the weight room and hanging out with his friends playing backyard football and street basketball. He is Wheat Ridge, Colo. active in the community and his most memorable experience was when (Wheat Ridge) he visited the East Side Community Center and spent time with the kids. 30 (Name is pronounced Eye-oh-day-ghee Oh-la-toy-ye). AT COLORADO: This Season (Soph.)—He did not participate in spring practices as he TACKLES completed rehabilitation following knee Season G Plays UT AT-TOT TFL Sacks 3DS Hurr FR FF PBU Int 2010 6 48 43—70- 0 0- 0 000000 surgery six months earlier. He still landed atop the depth chart at left cornerback ADDITIONAL STATISTICS—Special Team Tackles: 4,2—6 (2010). heading into fall drills.

84 2010 (Fr.-RS)—He had entered the fall third at free safety, but had a great in baseball, he batted .325 as a junior all-league performer, with eight camp and zoomed into the starting nickel back role. He did start the home runs, 24 runs batted in and 10 stolen bases; he repeated as an all- opener against Colorado State, but on the third play from scrimmage, he conference performer his senior year (.366, 6 HR, 12 SB). WRHS won went down with a torn ACL and had season-ending surgery three weeks league titles his sophomore and senior years and was the state runner-up later on Sept. 24. Before he suffered the tear, which was non-contact (he in 2007 and third place finisher for 2009. was making cut), he did manage to record a quarterback pressure. He was also in the mix to return kicks. He won the Hale Irwin Award for being the ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Communications at Colorado. He earned most improved defensive back in spring practice. He led the team with 24 Honor Roll status his sophomore through senior years, and was recog- tackles (10 solo) in the three main spring scrimmages, along with team- nized as a Denver Post Student-Athlete of the Week and an 850 bests of six tackles for loss (two quarterback sacks), five tackles for zero, KOA/Denver Broncos IBM High School Hero of the Week. four third down stops and three hurries (and tied for the team lead with two pass deflections). After arriving at CU just a tad over 160 pounds, he PERSONAL—He was born April 12, 1991 in Denver. Hobbies include play- bulked up in the weight room and put 30 pounds of muscle on his frame. ing most sports and spending time with his local Christian youth group. 2009 (Fr.)—Redshirted; practiced at safety the entire fall. An older brother, Dylan, will be a senior quarterback this fall at Northern Colorado, where his mother, Katherine, lettered in softball in the mid- HIGH SCHOOL—He was selected as the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame 1970s. Two uncles played college football, Bill Korosec at Eastern Illinois High School Athlete of the Year for 2008. An All-Midlands performer by (running back, EIU’s leading rusher in 1992) and Joe Korosec at Fort Lewis both SuperPrep and PrepStar as a senior, ranked as the No. 79 player in the (linebacker, played for former CU head coach Gary Barnett in 1983-84). region (the ninth defensive back) by SP with Rivals.com ranking him as the No. 87 safety in the nation (the second in Colorado, where he was TACKLES pegged as the No. 10 ranked player in the state). He earned All-Colorado Season G Plays UT AT-TOT TFL Sacks 3DS Hurr FR FF PBU Int honors from both the Rocky Mountain News (as an athlete) and the Denver 2010 1300—00- 0 0- 0 010000 Post (at defensive back). Both newspapers also selected him first-team All-State (4A), the News at running back and the Post at safety; the News also tabbed him as the state’s offensive player of the year. He was a three- time All-State performer on defense, and earned All-West Metro League honors at both running back and safety as a senior (the league MVP on both sides of the ball) and All-Mountain Plains Conference honors as a JUDA PARKER, DE junior on both offense and defense and as a sophomore (on defense). As 6-3, 250, Fr., HS a senior, he led the state in rushing with 2,813 yards on 274 carries (10.3 average per), scoring 32 touchdowns with a long run of 80 yards. Add to Aiea, Hawai’i those numbers 15 receptions for 260 yards and three more scores (and a (St. Louis) long of 70) and eight touchdowns on kick returns (five punt, three kickoff) 2 with gaudy averages for each. He gained 100 or more yards in 12 games, AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.)—He is 200-plus eight times and 300-plus once (his two sub-100 games came projected as a defensive end in his true against very weak opponents and he was pulled from the game quickly; in freshman year in college. one of those games, he carried twice for 81 yards and two TDs). On defense, he was in on 102 tackles (66 solo), with 12 passes broken up, four HIGH SCHOOL—A SuperPrep All-Far West interceptions, four forced fumbles, three quarterback sacks and two selection, as he was the No. 51 player in recoveries. He returned two of the picks for touchdowns, giving him an that region (No. 4 from Hawai’i) and the fifth-rated defensive end overall. overall total of 45 on the season. He did not allow any completions in man Rivals.com ranked him the No. 28 defensive end in the country and No. 1 coverage. His junior year, he ranked 37th in the state with 1,290 rushing player from Hawai’i while Scout.com ranked him the No. 36 defensive end yards on 176 attempts (7.3) with 17 touchdowns, with 13 receptions for in the country and No. 2 player in the state. He earned mention on the 102 yards and a score. He had nine games over 100 yards and one 200-yard prestigious Tacoma News-Tribune Western 100 team as he was one of 19 effort. On defense, he racked up 75 tackles (50 solo) with four intercep- defensive linemen. He participated in the Army All-American Bowl and tions, one for touchdown. He had 37 carries for 269 yards and a five was a headliner in the game, recording six tackles, a fumble recovery and touchdowns as a sophomore, with seven receptions for 123 yards and a had two big special teams plays, blocking one field goal and tackling the score, along with 57 tackles and five interceptions on defense. He finished kicker for a sack on a fake kick attempt. At the National Underclassmen his career with a school record 4,372 yards and 54 touchdowns rushing, Football Combine, the coaches placed him on the offensive line, where he with 21 games over 100 yards (and nine over 200). He was a three-year had never played, and he came away with the OL Most Valuable Player starter on offense (tailback, wide receiver) and defense (safety) and was Award for the camp. The Honolulu Advertiser named him the state’s the team’s punter his last two seasons. Top games as a senior included Defensive Player of the Year and the No. 4 prospect from Hawai’i. He several in Wheat Ridge’s run for the state title, including the 35-31 win earned the ILH Defensive Player of the Year honors as well, and was over Greeley West in the championship game when he was named the named first-team All-State and All-ILH; he had earned second-team All-ILH game’s most valuable player. He had 412 all-purpose yards, rushing 38 honors as a junior. He had a monster senior season, recording 65 tackles times for 275 yards, including the game winning 56-yard TD run on fourth- which included 24 for losses and 16 quarterback sacks; he added three and-2 with 19 seconds left in the game. He scored all five of his team’s forced fumbles, several batted passes and what he termed, “too many touchdowns and logged 137 kick return yards in earning ESPN/Rise quarterback hurries to count.” St. Louis’ defense allowed 13 points or National Player of the Week honors. In a 21-16 win the previous week over less in seven games and just one score in five games to go with one Dakota Ridge in the semifinals, he rushed 38 times for 210 yards and all shutout. One of his top games as a senior came against Iolani, when he three scores, including the game winner in the fourth quarter that posted 11 tackles, two sacks, at least eight pressures and a forced fumble snapped a 14-14 tie (thus, he scored all eight Wheat Ridge touchdowns in in an all-around dominant performance. St. Louis was 11-1 and the ILH and the semifinal and title games). In a first round win over Rock Canyon (59- state champions under coach John Hao. He transferred to St. Louis his 27), he had 28 carries for a prep career best 350 yards and two scores, senior season after his previous school since seventh grade, Word of Life caught one pass for 30 yards and a score, and had another 77 yards on Academy, a school with under 300 students, was in the process of clos- kick returns for 457 all-purpose. Top game as a junior was an overtime win ing down mainly due to financial issues. over Standley Lake, when he rushed for 257 yards and four TD and had an interception in overtime to set up his team’s win. Under coach Reid Kahl, ACADEMICS—He is interested in Communication as his major at Wheat Ridge was 14-0 his senior year, 6-4 his junior season and 13-1 his Colorado. He earned mention on his high school Honor Roll every semes- sophomore campaign, winning the 4A state and West Metro League titles ter as a prep and maintained a 3.5 grade point average. his senior year and the state crown and the Mountain Plains Conference championship his sophomore year. He also lettered three times each in PERSONAL—He was born May 11, 1993 in Honolulu, Hawai’i. His hobbies basketball and baseball: playing point guard in hoops, he averaged 6.4 include lifting weights and hanging out with his friends. An uncle, Brian points, 4.8 assists and 3.9 steals per game as a senior, after owning marks Norwood, played football at Hawai’i and is currently the associate head of 5.4, 4.3 and 2.6, respectively, his junior year. The Farmers’ centerfielder coach and defensive coordinator at Baylor. A cousin, Jordan Norwood,

85 was on the practice squad for the Cleveland Browns as a wide receiver in HIGH SCHOOL—He earned All-Midlands honors from both Prep Star and 2010, and also was on the ’ roster after his collegiate SuperPrep, the latter ranking him as the No. 70 overall player in the region. career at Penn State. Another cousin, Levi Norwood, plays football at Rivals.com ranked him as the No. 8 player in Colorado and the No. 33 line- Baylor and an older cousin, Gabriel Norwood, is a professional basketball backer in the nation, while Scout.com pegged him as the No. 10 performer player in the Philippines. He has completed numerous hours of commu- in the state and the No. 26 middle linebacker nationally. The Tacoma nity service through his church and high school, spending time with News-Tribune named him to its Western 100 team at linebacker (one of children during Sunday School and helping feed the homeless during the 12). Closer to home, he was named All-Colorado by the Denver Post (for holidays. He was part of an ambassador’s program at St. Louis and served his play at linebacker), along with garnering first-team All-State, All- as a host and tour guide to new students. Centennial League (at both positions) and All- Region honors (the latter from the Boulder Daily Camera). As a junior team captain, he was named first-team All-Centennial League and second-team All-State (Rocky Mountain News) on defense, and was All-Region on offense at tight end. At tight end, he was named to the Daily Camera All-Region team and earned second team All-Centennial League honors. Boulder’s overall Most Valuable Player and captain as a senior, he caught 33 passes for 283 yards WILL PERICAK, DT and two touchdowns, while at fullback, he had 23 rushes for 110 yards 6-4, 285, Jr., 2L and three scores. At linebacker, he recorded 118 tackles, 6.5 quarterback sacks, three forced fumbles and three recoveries. As a junior, he caught Boulder, Colo. 18 passes for 168 yards and two touchdowns on offense; he was the team (Boulder) MVP on defense as at linebacker, he recorded 126 tackles (96 solo) with 83 five quarterback sacks, two forced fumbles and two recoveries. As a soph- AT COLORADO: This Season (Jr.)—Enters omore, he received the team award for Hardest Working Underclassman, the fall atop the depth chart at defensive as he had 89 tackles, playing mostly linebacker, and also had 18 tackles as tackle. Phil Steele’s College Football selected a freshman after being called up to varsity. He lettered three times in bas- him to its preseason second-team All-Pac 12 ketball, playing center, and was team captain as a junior and senior. He squad, ranking him as the No. 37 defensive also lettered twice in track, participating in the 100-meter dash and tackle in the nation; College Sports Madness throws (discus, shot put); he was a state qualifier in the shot as a senior. named him to its third-team preseason Pac-12 unit. 2010 (Soph.)—He started all 12 games at nose tackle, earning honorable ACADEMICS— He is majoring in Business (Finance) at Colorado. He mention All-Big 12 honors from the Associated Press and the league earned first-team Academic All-Big 12 Conference honors both as a soph- coaches (he was second-team by the Dallas Morning News and third-team omore and redshirt freshman. He maintained a 3.97 GPA in high school, by Phil Steele’s). He shared the team’s Regiment Award with Rodney earning an academic letter three years and CHSAA Academic All-State Stewart, presented by the coaches for the greatest contribution with the honors as a junior and senior. A member of the 3.5-4.0 Honor Roll all four least recognition. In 621 plays, he was in on 45 tackles over the course of years in high school, he graduated 40th in his class of 460. the season, 30 of the solo variety which included a team-best 16 at or behind the line of scrimmage (the most tackles for zero, 11, with five for PERSONAL—Born December 30, 1989 in Boulder. He enjoys spending negative yardage including two quarterback sacks). He also had six third time with his family, and his hobbies include playing pickup basketball down stops, four quarterback hurries and three QB chasedowns, or near- games, pottery and fly-fishing; his favorite fishing destinations are Green sacks. He had season-highs of seven tackles at California (six solo, River, Wyo., and Sitka, Alaska, where his family has visited several times. including a team single-game best of three third down stops) and against He took part in the 2008 New Year’s Day Polar Bear Plunge at Boulder Kansas State (five unassisted), with two for losses in each game; he had Reservoir in 20-degree temperatures. He regularly volunteers with foot- at least one tackle for zero in nine games. He earned the CU’s Special ball and basketball youth camps at Boulder High School and tutors Teams Player of the Week nod for the Colorado State game, when he middle school kids in pottery classes. His mother (Wynn) is the assistant blocked a Ram 37-yard field goal attempt as the first half ended to pre- to the vice president of administration for the CU system, and he has an serve a 17-0 CU lead. He was also the team’s Lineman of the Week for the older brother (Tom) and sister (Zoe) who already attend CU. (Last name Hawai’i game, when he had two tackles, one for a loss, with both being is pronounced pre-check) third down stops. He was a preseason, fourth-team All-Big 12 Conference selection by Phil Steele’s. TACKLES Season G Plays UT AT-TOT TFL Sacks 3DS Hurr FR FF PBU Int 2009 (Fr.-RS)—He earned third-team Freshman All-American team honors 2009 12 556 24 12 — 36 6-33 3-21 602120 from both collegefootballnews.com and Phil Steele’s College Football, 2010 12 621 30 15 — 45 5-17 2- 9 640000 while The Sporting News and Rivals/Yahoo! Sports named him first-team Totals 24 1177 54 27 — 81 11-50 5-30 12 421 2 0 Freshman All-Big 12. He also was named first-team All-Colorado by the state’s chapter of the National Football Foundation. He started all 12 games at defensive tackle, the first freshman (true or redshirt) to start every game for an entire season in CU history; Leonard Renfro had the previous high with seven starts his redshirt frosh season in 1990. (He was the first to even start one game since Brandon Dabdoub in 2001.) He was in for 556 snaps from scrimmage, recording 36 tackles (24 solo, six for ANTHONY PERKINS, DB losses including three quarterback sacks and three for zero gains) to go 5-10, 200, Sr., 3L with six third down stops, two fumble recoveries, two passes broken up and a forced fumble. He had a season/career-high eight tackles at Iowa Northglenn, Colo. (Community State (five solo, two for losses with a sack), and he closed the year with Christian/Northglenn) six tackles (three solo, one sack) versus Nebraska. He added a wedge 7 break on kickoff coverage duty on special teams. He was a recipient of the AT COLORADO: This Season (Sr.)—Enters Gold Group Commitment Award, selected by the CU coaches, which rec- the fall atop the depth chart at strong ognizes excellence with class in a variety of areas. He added 35pounds to safety, where he was starting as a junior his frame between arriving on campus as a freshman and the start of the until suffering a season-ending knee injury. 2009 season. He missed spring practices completing 2008 (Fr.)—Redshirted; initially projected as a tight end as a true fresh- rehabilitation following surgery to repair man, he was moved to defensive tackle just three days into camp the knee last October. With 156 career tackles (91 solo), he’s poised to practices. A valuable contributor on the scout team, he earned the crack the school’s top 200 list and move up as the season progresses. Defensive Scout Team Award for his effort over the entire fall, which also 2010 (Jr.)—He started the first five games of the season until he suffered earned him a Gold Group Commitment Award from the coaches. a torn ACL at Missouri; he had season-ending surgery on October 22. At the time he went down, he was leading the team in tackles with 38 (7.6 per

86 game), a figure that was 10th on the team by season’s end, despite play- touchdowns while also rushing for 1,500 yards and 17 touchdowns. On ing just 296 snaps from scrimmage. He also had three third down stops, defense, he saw limited action in the secondary. He played wide receiver two passes broken up, two touchdowns saves, an interception, a tackle as a sophomore, racking up 300 receiving yards, but also rushed for 400 for loss, one fumble recovery and one tackle for zero. He had a season- yards and four scores. Defensively that season, he played cornerback and high 11 tackles at California (six solo), after posting nine in the opener racked up 50 tackles. His top games in his junior season include a 42-24 against Colorado State (four solo); he also made his interception against win against Boulder when he had 18 carries for 270 yards and five touch- the Rams at the start of the fourth quarter. He earned honorable mention downs to go along with 90 passing yards. In a win against Horizon, he had Jim Thorpe Defensive Back of the Week honors for his efforts in CU’s 31- 200 rushing yards, four rushing touchdowns and 70 passing yards on 13 win over Hawai’i, when he had seven tackles (five solo), a pass broken offense to go along with two interceptions on defense. As a senior, his top up and a fumble recovery, the latter coming at the Buffs’ 2-yard line that game against Horizon, as he had 23 carries for 340 yards and three touch- squelched a UH scoring threat on the first possession of the game. On downs. He also had four receptions for 70 yards and a touchdown. Under special teams duty, he earned six points on the strength of four forced fair head coach Vince Veiyra, Northglenn went 5-6 his senior season, advanc- catches on punts, a solo tackle and a knockdown block. The coaches pre- ing to the second round of the playoffs; NHS was 4-6 and missed the sented him with the Eddie Crowder Leadership Award at the team’s playoffs in his junior season, but as a sophomore, it won the Front Range postseason banquet. In the spring, he was the co-recipient of the same League championship before losing in the first round of the playoffs with award, also selected by the coaches, for outstanding leadership during a 7-3 record. He also lettered four times in basketball and was named All- the spring. His 37-inch vertical leap was second-best on the team in spring Region as a sophomore and junior and was a three-time first-team conditioning tests. all-league performer (and honorable mention All-State as a junior). He let- 2009 (Soph.)—He played in all 12 games, including nine starts, all at free tered four times in track (sprints, relays), earning All-District and safety, and was a key special teams performer as well. He was in for 552 All-Region honors as a sophomore and All-District honors as a junior. plays from scrimmage, racking up the third-most tackles on the team with 78; 48 of those were solo stops, including two tackles for zero and a quar- ACADEMICS—He has already earned his B.A. degree in Integrative terback sack. He had six third down stops, three passes broken up, a Physiology (December 2010) and is working toward a second major in forced fumble and touchdown save. He had two interceptions on the year, History. He owned a 3.9 grade point average and was on the honor roll as he picked off throws against Texas A&M and Oklahoma State; the theft throughout high school. against A&M ended the Aggies last possession of the game with 1:31 to play and the Buffs nursing a 35-34 lead. He was third on the team in spe- PERSONAL—Born January 18, 1989, in Leonardtown, Md. He was married cial team points with 25: he was in on 15 tackles (13 solo, one in May 2010 (Janessa). His hobbies include playing basketball, working inside-the-20), with four knockdown blocks, three forced fair catches, a out and most recently, golf. He helps coach his little brother (Cederro) fumble recovery and a first downfield to alter a return. Top games and his football team. His grandfather, Don Perkins, was an All-American included when he had a career-high 14 tackles (10 solo) and a forced running back at New Mexico (1956-59), and was later drafted by the Dallas fumble at Iowa State; 10 tackles, four solo with the interception at Cowboys where he played from 1960-68 (he was the 1961 NFL Rookie of Oklahoma State; nine tackles (five solo) with the pick versus A&M; and the Year, was a six-time pro bowler and is in the Cowboy’s Ring of Fame). nine tackles, five solo at Texas. Overall, he had seven or more tackles in He was the first player to commit in the 2007 class, doing so on April 24, eight games. He was a recipient of the Gold Group Commitment Award, 2006. selected by the CU coaches, which recognizes excellence with class in a TACKLES variety of areas. Season G Plays UT AT-TOT TFL Sacks 3DS Hurr FR FF PBU Int 2008 (Fr.-RS)—He saw action in all 12 games, including 11 on defense and 2008 11 314 21 19 — 40 0- 0 0- 0 200100 four starts, as he took over the free safety spot the last two games of the 2009 12 552 48 30 — 78 1- 6 1- 6 600132 season when D.J. Dykes was ill. He played 314 snaps from scrimmage, 150 2010 5 296 22 16 — 38 1-10 0- 0 301021 of those in the final two games against Oklahoma State and Nebraska. He Totals 28 962 91 65 —156 2-16 1- 6 11 012 5 3 was in on 40 tackles (21 solo), with two third down stops and a forced ADDITIONAL STATISTICS—Interception Return Yards: 2-0, 0.0, 0 long (2009); 1-9. fumble. He posted a season-high 11 tackles (five solo) against West 9.0, 9 long (2010). Virginia in his first career start, and came back with five and the fumble Special Team Tackles: 3,2—5 (2008); 13,2—15 (2009); 1,0—1 (2010). force the next week against Florida State in his second straight start. He had seven tackles (five solo) in the OSU game, and wrapped the year with nine stops (five solo) in Lincoln. He finished sixth on the team in special team points with 12, on the strength of five tackles (three solo, two inside- the-20), three knockdown blocks on returns, a wedge break and a fumble recovery (versus OSU). He benefited in the spring with starter Ryan Walters healing from shoulder surgery by gaining most of the snaps with NICK PLIMPTON, FB the first unit. He was selected by the coaching staff as the recipient of the 5-11, 220, Fr., HS Hale Irwin Award, presented to the most improved defensive back during Scottsdale, Ariz. spring drills. He had 20 tackles (14 solo, one for a loss) and a pass deflec- tion in the three main spring scrimmages. (Chaparral) 38 2007 (Fr.)—Redshirted; he practiced all fall in the secondary. He dressed for 10 of CU’s 13 games, including the Independence Bowl. AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.)—He is projected as a fullback as a true freshman in HIGH SCHOOL—Attended Community Christian High School, but was a college. An invited walk-on, he reported for three-year letterman playing for Northglenn (through the co-ops pro- fall camp on the 105-man roster. gram) where he was considered a one-man wrecking crew. A PrepStar honorable mention All-American his senior year, when he was also a HIGH SCHOOL—He earned first-team All- SuperPrep All-Midlands team member, as the publication ranked him as City honors as a senior, playing left guard on the undefeated state the No. 48 player in the region (and the second best cornerback). As a champion Chaparral squad. One of the team’s captains, he did not allow senior, he was an All-Colorado selection by the Rocky Mountain News and any quarterback sacks or even a single pressure, was flagged only twice Denver Post at defensive back, also garnering first-team All-State (5A) and for penalties and had 12 direct touchdown blocks. As a junior, he played All-Front Range League honors; he was the Front Range League’s Player of center, also not allowing a sack or pressure, and with just two penalties the Year and he also earned regional Offensive Player of the Year honors. and 10 touchdown blocks. He played both offense (center) and defense On offense, at quarterback and running back as a senior, he rushed for (nose guard) as a sophomore on the junior varsity team before being 1,628 yards and 15 touchdowns, as he ranked third in the state in rushing. “called up” to the varsity to play on the field goal/PAT unit in three of the He also threw for 842 yards and six scores. Defensively, he played safety, four playoff games for the Arizona state runner-ups. He lettered twice tallying 40 tackles and two interceptions. He was an honorable mention under coach Charlie Ragle, who led Chaparral to records of 14-0 (his All-State selection as a junior. He was also named first-team All-District, senior season), 13-1 (junior, also state champs) and 13-1 (sophomore, first-team All-Region and was the District and Regional MVP. He played state runner-up). CHS was also the 5A-Division 2 Regional Champions his exclusively at quarterback as a junior, passing for 1,200 yards and 10 junior and senior seasons.

87 ACADEMICS—He is interested in Business (Management or Marketing) made six tackles to go with an interception and a fumble recovery; as a as his major at Colorado. junior, rushed for 220 yards and five touchdowns in a win over Westwood; in his senior season, he rushed for 212 yards and four touchdowns in a PERSONAL—He was born June 22, 1993 in Phoenix. Hobbies include win over Mesa. Under head coach Scooter Molander, the former Colorado snowboarding, and summer jobs have including working as a swim State quarterback, Brophy Prep went 12-2 his senior season, capturing instructor. the state title. His junior team went 8-3, advancing to the first round of the playoffs, and his sophomore team went 13-1, winning the state champi- onship. An accomplished performer in track (three letters), he was considered one of the nation’s top hurdlers in both the 110 and 300.

ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Political Science at Colorado.

RAY POLK, S PERSONAL—Born April 22, 1990 in Flagstaff, Ariz. His father (Raymond) 6-1, 205, Jr., 2L played cornerback for Oklahoma State and was drafted by the Los Angeles Raiders in the 12th round of the 1985 NFL draft; he was traded to Scottsdale, Ariz. Tampa Bay before a torn hamstring ended his career. His father’s uncle (Brophy Prep) (Curtis Looper) is currently the running backs coach at Oklahoma State. 26 One of his favorite things to do is visit Mission Beach, Calif., with a group AT COLORADO: This Season (Jr.)—Enters of his friends every year. He has logged 70 hours of community service at the fall listed atop the depth chart at free the Upward Foundation, where he helps mentally challenged kids. The safety. He is coming off a solid spring, and oldest of five boys in his family, his full name is Raymond Ray Polk and racked 18 tackles (16 solo) in the three main often goes by the nickname “Ray-Ray.” scrimmages. 2010 (Soph.)—He started all 12 games at TACKLES Season G Plays UT AT-TOT TFL Sacks 3DS Hurr FR FF PBU Int free safety and played the second-most snaps from scrimmage by any 2009 10 283 24 16 — 40 1- 1 0- 0 230000 defensive player (787, 12 fewer than Jalil Brown); that total was also the 2010 12 787 42 30 — 72 0- 0 0- 0 410010 fifth highest on the team. He finished second on the team in tackles with Totals 22 1070 66 46 —112 1- 1 0- 0 640010 72, which included 42 solo. He had four third down stops, three touch- ADDITIONAL STATISTICS—Special Team Tackles: 3,1—4 (2009); 1,0—1 (2010). down saves, one tackle for zero (at Nebraska), one pass deflection (at Kansas) and one quarterback pressure. He had between five and eight tackles in a game 10 times, with season-highs of eight all in a row against Texas Tech (five solo), Oklahoma (four) and Kansas (three). He had five unassisted tackles on four occasions. He shared the team’s Defensive Player of the Week nod for the Hawai’i game, when he racked up six tack- les (five solo). On special teams coverage units, he earned eight points, as TONY POREMBA, DE he was in one tackle (it was inside-the-20), with two forced fair catches on punts, two first downfield credits to alter return paths, a fumble recovery 6-1, 230, Sr., 1L (which was against Iowa State) and a downed punt. Greenwood Village, Colo. 2009 (Fr.-RS)—He played in 11 games, 10 on defense, with three starts (Colorado State, Kansas State, Missouri); he missed the Iowa State game (Cherry Creek) 95 with a broken bone in his pinkie toe after he dropped a piece of furniture on his foot. He was in for 283 snaps from scrimmage, recording 40 tackles AT COLORADO: This Season (Sr.)—Enters (24 solo, one for a loss), along with three quarterback hurries, two third the fall second at left defensive end. He down stops and two touchdown saves. He had a career-high 15 tackles (9 impressed the new coaching staff with his solo) at Kansas State, with nine the following game against Missouri. He work ethic, and was placed on scholarship racked up 10 special team points, tied for seventh-most on the team, on following spring practice. the strength of four tackles (three solo, one inside-the-20), two wedge 2010 (Jr.)—He saw action in four games breaks, a knockdown block, a forced fair catch and a caused penalty. He (Colorado State, Hawai’i, Kansas, Nebraska), getting in three on defense was a recipient of the Gold Group Commitment Award, selected by the CU for a total of seven snaps. His first career tackle was a 1-yard quarterback coaches, which recognizes excellence with class in a variety of areas. He sack in the second half of the season opener against CSU in Denver, also had limited work in the spring as he completed rehabilitation from shoul- earning a third down stop credit on the play. He earned the Defensive der surgery. He approached then-CU secondary coach Greg Brown on Scout Team Award for the Hawai’i game. He had four tackles, one solo, in signing day in February, asking to be switched to defense. the three main spring scrimmages. His 678-pound squat in spring condi- 2008 (Fr.)—Redshirted; he practiced as a tailback the first three months tioning tests tied for the third highest on the team. of the season but caught the eye of all the coaches with what he did on 2009 (Soph.)—He saw action in one game (Wyoming), getting in for two the scout team and on special teams. He was the Scout Team Offensive snaps from scrimmage. He had two solo tackles and a pass broken up in player of the week for the Iowa State game. Since he was redshirting, he the three main scrimmages. took the opportunity to mend a shoulder subluxation with surgery on 2008 (Fr.-RS)—He saw action in one game, getting in late for one snap in October 28. the opener against Colorado State; he dressed for five other games over the course of the year. He added 15 pounds to his frame in the year since HIGH SCHOOL—As a senior, he earned All-America honors from PrepStar he arrived on campus. and SuperPrep; the latter ranked him as the No. 4 overall player in Arizona 2007 (Fr.)—Redshirted; he did not see any action but practiced all fall (the second running back). Rivals.com ranked him as the No. 3 prospect along the defensive end after joining the team as an invited walk-on for out of Arizona and the No. 11 running back in the nation, while Scout.com August drills. He dressed for eight games, all seven in Colorado and for tabbed him as the No. 10 state of Arizona product and the No. 43 running the Independence Bowl versus Alabama. back in the country. The Tacoma News-Tribune named him to its Western 100 team (one of 14 running backs). A three-year letterman, he was a team HIGH SCHOOL—A three-year letterman in football, he was named first- captain during his senior season in which he gained 1,098 yards on the team All-State and All-Centennial League as a defensive lineman and ground with 12 touchdowns in a balanced run-pass attack. He also filled second-team All-League as an offensive lineman. As a junior, he was in occasionally at cornerback, registering eight tackles, as he was called named honorable mention All-League. Under coach Greg Critchett, upon to fill in for the state semifinal and title game in the role. As a junior, Cherry Creek was 7-5 his senior year, 10-2 his junior season and 10-2 his he was a first-team All-State selection, as he rushed for 1,423 yards and 22 sophomore year. He also lettered twice in lacrosse, and was a member of touchdowns; he played strictly cornerback as a sophomore. Top games the state championship team as a junior (2006). included his sophomore season against Hamilton, as in a 15-14 win he

88 ACADEMICS—He is pursuing a double major in Economics and Business (Finance) at Colorado. He earned first-team Academic All-Big 12 Conference honors as a junior. He aspires to manage NFL player assets and open an NFL training facility after he enters the business world. MAKIRI PUGH, DB 5-11, 190, Jr., TR PERSONAL—He was born April 14, 1989 in Denver. His hobbies include surfing, listening to music, especially reggae and Jimmy Buffett. His father Charlotte, N.C. (Andy) was a nose guard for Colorado State University and for the Denver (Independence/Georgia) Gold in the old United States Football League (USFL) in the mid-1980s (he 16 played with teammate Joe Silipo’s father, Joe Sr., on the Gold). He has a AT COLORADO: This Season (Jr.)—Enters keen interest in the stock market, and is already investing his savings into the fall listed third at left cornerback. several different stocks. 2010 (Soph.)—He transferred to Colorado in June 2010 from Georgia; he was thus inel- TACKLES igible to play as he had to sit the year out Season G Plays UT AT-TOT TFL Sacks 3DS Hurr FR FF PBU Int per NCAA transfer rules. He practiced on 2009 1200—00- 0 0- 0 000000 the scout team in the fall and earned the Defensive Scout Team Award for 2010 3710—11- 1 1- 1 100000 the Colorado State and Georgia games. Totals 4910—11- 1 1- 1 100000 AT GEORGIA (2008/2009; Fr./Fr.-RS)—He played in nine games but did not letter in 2009 after redshirting as a true freshman the previous year. He recorded two tackles (one solo) in limited action, the reason he left UGA as he desired more playing time; the tackles came against Tennessee Tech and Texas A&M in the Independence Bowl. He was released from the KIRK POSTON, DL school on April 21, 2010 after spring practice was finished. 6-1, 255, Fr., RS HIGHSCHOOL—He earned SuperPrep All-Mid-Atlantic honors as a Houston, Texas senior, when Scout.com ranked him as the No. 22 overall prospect in North Carolina and the 66th best safety in the national high school ranks (St. Pius X) 91 (ESPN.com ranked him as the No 22 cornerback in the nation). He was on the Charlotte Observer Top 25 list for the state, ranked as the 13th overall AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.-RS)— player. He played in the High School Offense-Defense All-American game Enters the fall listed third at defensive at Miami’s Orange Bowl, where he recorded four tackles and made an tackle. He had a solid spring, and posted interception. As a senior, he was in on 36 tackles in six games, as he five tackles, including three solo, a quarter- missed part of the season with an injury. He had 89 tackles (59 unas- back sack, a tackle for zero and a third sisted) as a junior, with 18 passes broken up, three interceptions (one down stop in the three main scrimmages. returned for a touchdown), six forced fumbles and a recovery. He had 12 2010 (Fr.)—Redshirted; practiced on the defensive line the entire season tackles and three PBU’s as a sophomore, when he rushed 12 times for 60 and was on the scout team. yards and three scores. He was active as a freshman, with 42 tackles (30 solo), 10 pass deflections, five interceptions (one TD) and five forced fum- HIGH SCHOOL—He earned All-Region honors from PrepStar, with ESPN bles on defense; on offense, he rushed 28 times for 285 yards and four ranking him as the No. 102 and Rivals.com the No. 119 defensive end in scores. A four-year letterman, Independence was 13-13 his senior season the country. He lettered three times in football and started two years at and 16-0 his junior year under coach Tom Knotts; HIS was 12-1 his sopho- defensive end while also spending some time at defensive tackle. He more and 12-0 his freshman years under coach Bill McGregor. Combined, earned first-team All-State and first-team All-TAPPS District 3 honors as a his teams won one state title (2006), two league, one two city and one senior when helped lead St. Pius X to a 10-3 record and district champi- region title. He also lettered in track (400-meter dash, long jump); he was onship under coach Rene Ramirez. That season he had 35 tackles, the only freshman to score points on the varsity in individual and team including 19 for losses with 13 quarterback sacks, and also one pass events. break-up. His junior year he earned first-team All-State and first-team All- District honors helping the team to a 9-3 record and a district ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Psychology at Colorado (he was a championship. He had 44 tackles, 15 behind the line of scrimmage includ- Business major at Georgia, where made the Southeastern Conference’s ing 10 sacks. He earned honorable mention All-State honors as a All-Academic Team). He was an Honor Roll student his junior and senior sophomore when St. Pius X won a state championship with an 12-1 years in high school. record. That season he was in on 12 tackles (six for losses, three sacks) and forced two fumbles. He lists his most memorable game in high school PERSONAL—He was born May 14, 1990 in Washington, D.C. He lists writ- that season against Foster in a 21-17 win when he had three tackles for ing, poetry and reading among his hobbies (in fact, he has written three loss and two others for no gain in what he felt was his “coming out party.” books of poetry). He also lettered in rugby.

ACADEMICS—He is undecided on his major at Colorado, but is interested in Business. He was a member of the National Honor Society in high school. PAUL RICHARDSON, WR PERSONAL—He was born October 24, 1991, in Houston. His father, Carl, 6-1, 175, Soph., 1L played tennis at Fisk University. He enjoys watching movies and playing video games. He is active in the community as he helped in a summer pro- Gardena, Calif. gram at Lincoln Park assisting kids. He also worked at Camp Pine Tree, a (Serra) summer program for kids. 6 AT COLORADO: This Season (Soph.)— Enters the fall atop the depth chart at the “Z” receiver position; he was one of the top young receivers in the Big 12, now he’ll have a chance to prove it in another confer- ence with CU’s shift to the Pac-12. He is also in the mix for punt return duty. The coaches selected him as the Hale

89 Irwin Award winner following spring practice, the honor going to the top sophomore-to-be. He’s already 62nd in career receiving yards (514) and 72nd in career receptions (34) at Colorado. He has added 10 pounds to his frame from his playing weight as a freshman. ERIC RICHTER, DT 2010 (Fr.)—He earned second-team Freshman All-American honors from 6-3, 315, Jr., VR collegefootballnews.com and garnered third-team honors from Phil Steele’s College Football. In the coaches voting for the Big 12 Offensive Mission Viejo, Calif. (Capistrano Freshman of the Year, he received a few votes to earn honorable mention Valley/Saddleback College) honors in that category. He was named CU’s Co-Male Freshman Athlete of 70 the Year Award for all sports (sharing with basketball’s Andre Roberson AT COLORADO: This Season (Jr.)—Enters at the school’s annual CUSPY’s to end the school year), after having won the fall listed third at nose tackle, as he the team’s Lee Willard Award as the most outstanding freshman. He also moved to defensive line from offensive earned second-team All-Colorado honors from the state’s chapter of the guard the first week of spring practice. He National Football Foundation. In playing in all 12 games (four starts), he adapted well to his new position, and in the finished third on the team in receptions with 34 as a true freshman in three main spring scrimmages, he recorded 2010, but was second in both yards (514) and touchdowns (6) in averag- 12 tackles (nine solo, including one quarterback sack and two stops for ing a team-best 15.1 yards per catch. He had a hand in four of CU’s top zero gain) along with two hurries and a third down stop. ESPN.com seven longest plays of the season (three of the top five), all passes caught (Bruce Feldman) ranked him as the fourth strongest player in college from Cody Hawkins that covered 62, 60, 55 and 50 yards. He set CU fresh- man single-game records for the most catches (11) and yards (141) at football on his annual Top 10 list, citing his sets of 6-to-8 reps of 405 Kansas, also tying the overall mark for most receptions, and established pounds in the bench press, along with 41 reps at 225 pounds (and has the mark for frosh single-season yardage and TDs. He posted two of the done 500 pounds for 3 reps). five all-time 100-yard games by Buff freshmen (the other was 121 versus 2010 (Jr.-RS)—Redshirted; he practiced all fall on the offensive line and Iowa State). He had first tied the record for freshman receiving touch- also on the scout team. He was one of the strongest players on the team, downs with two against Texas Tech, when he caught four passes for 79 as evidenced by his 505-pound bench press, the team best in spring con- yards; he was CU’s Male Athlete of the Week for both that game and the ditioning drills. He enrolled at Colorado for the spring semester with Kansas contest. One of just seven true freshmen to play for the Buffs in three years to play two in eligibility. 2010, he joined the team on the second day of practices as a scholarship receiver after originally signing with UCLA. AT SADDLEBACK COLLEGE (2008-09/Fr.-Soph.)—He was named the No. 56 on the SuperPrep JuCo 100 list and is the eighth offensive lineman on HIGHSCHOOL—As a senior, he earned Prep Star and SuperPrep All- the list. He earned All-State and All-National Division Southern America honors, the latter of which ranked him as the No. 26 receiver in Conference honors as a sophomore in 2009 at Saddleback College under the nation and No. 20 player in the Far West region, while Scout.com coach Mark McElroy. Saddleback earned a 16-6 record in his two years tabbed him as the No. 141 national prospect (the No. 22 receiver overall) there, including 9-2 his sophomore season as he started at offensive and the No. 20 player in California. Rivals.com ranked him as the No. 44 guard in all 11 games and helped anchor one of the most prolific offenses player in the state and the No. 38 receiver nationally, with ESPN.com rank- in school history. Saddleback led the of the ing him as the No. 66 receiver in the country. He was a member of the Southern California Football Association, scoring 37.5 points per game Tacoma News-Tribune Western 100, and received votes but fell just shy of honorable mention on the Long Beach Press-Telegram’s Best-In-West and racking up 370.9 yards of total offense per game, 142.0 on the ground squad. He caught 31 passes for 552 yards and seven touchdowns, averag- and 228.9 through the air. Saddleback did not make the playoffs in 2009, ing 17.8 yards per catch, with a pair of 100-yard games (3 catches for 128 but did host the Western States Bowl and defeated College of the yards, 2 TDs vs. St. Bernard and 3-100, 2 TDs versus Carson). Del Ray was Canyons, 31-20. He went head-to-head with Canyons’ linebacker Evan 15-0 his senior season under coach Scott Altenberg, claiming state, CIF Harrington, who also signed with the Buffs. Saddleback was 7-4 his fresh- Southern Section and Del Ray League titles; he caught a TD pass in his man season and saw action in six games. The Gauchos advanced to the team’s 24-17 title game win. As a junior at Los Alamitos, he caught 48 Southern California Football Association playoffs, losing in the first round passes for 809 yards, 16.9 per, with 13 touchdowns and four 100-yard that season. games. Top games that year came in wins against Marina (4 catches for 156 yards and 3 TDs) and versus Narbonne (4-124, 4 TDs). His sophomore HIGH SCHOOL—He earned first-team All-South Coast League mention as year, he pulled down 31 receptions for 587 yards, 18.9 per, and eight both a junior and senior at Capistrano Valley High School in Mission Viejo, touchdowns. He had his prep-best yardage game as a soph, with six Calif., in 2006 and ’07, lettering twice under coach Chichi Biehn. He was receptions for 184 yards and a touchdown in a 13-9 win over Edison. Los also named the team’s most valuable player as a senior. He started all 20 Alamitos was 8-3 his junior season and 7-3 as a sophomore under coach games his junior and senior seasons at Capistrano Valley. John Barnes. Overall in his prep career, he caught 110 passes for 1,948 yards (17.7), with 28 touchdowns and eight 100-yard games. Also played ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Sociology at Colorado as he is interested some defensive back sporadically as a prep, with seven pass deflections, in law enforcement as a career after college. He was an Honor Roll two forced fumbles and two recoveries over three seasons. He also let- member every semester at Capistrano Valley. tered in basketball (point guard) and in track (sprints and relays); he had careers bests of 10.62 in the 100-meters, 21.0 in the 200 and 40.66 on the first leg of the 4x400. PERSONAL—He was born July 19, 1990 in Huntington Beach, Calif. His older sister, Amber, played volleyball at Saddleback and earned the col- ACADEMICS—He is enrolled in CU’s School of Arts & Sciences, but is lege’s top female student-athlete award during the 2008-09 school year undecided on his major. and is currently playing volleyball at Cal State-Fullerton. His younger sister, Crystal, plans to enroll at Saddleback and play volleyball next year. PERSONAL—He was born April 13, 1992 in Los Angeles. His hobbies His cousin, Ian Kennedy, played baseball at Southern California and was include movies and spending time with friends and family, particularly his recently traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks from the New York Yankees, 13-year old twin brothers. His family moved from Los Alamitos to Gardena where he was the 21st overall selection in the 2006 Major League Baseball prior to his senior year in high school. draft and made his major league debut on September 1, 2007.

RECEIVING High Games Season G No. Yds Avg. TD Long Rec Yds 2010 12 34 514 15.1 6 62t 11 141 ADDITIONAL STATISTICS—Rushing: 6-7, 1.2 avg., 0 td, 8 long (2010).

90 ing to the second round of the state playoffs; Linden McKinley was 0-10 his junior season. He also lettered three times as a prep in basketball, DOUGLAS RIPPY, ILB playing small forward and power forward, and once in track. 6-3, 230, Jr., 2L ACADEMICS—He is majoring in History and Ethnic Studies at Colorado. A National Honor Society member in high school who has maintained a Columbus, Ohio 3.2 grade average (he took several AP classes). (Trotwood-Madison) 3 PERSONAL—He was born November 13, 1989 in Philadelphia, Pa., and AT COLORADO: This Season (Jr.)—Enters has four siblings, two brothers and two sisters. He enjoys playing basket- the fall atop the depth chart at the “mike” ball, video games, listening to music and reading. He names his mother inside linebacker position following a (Nadene), his stepfather (David Blackwell) and his football coach his tremendous spring. In the three main scrim- junior year (Timothy McKinley) as the most influential people in his life. mages, he led the team with 24 tackles (18 Three cousins are or have played college basketball at Division I pro- solo, six for zero or minus yardage includ- grams: Chris Wright played at Dayton (leading scorer as a senior in ing three for losses), along with two third down stops and a pass 2010-11) and Greg Moore played at Cincinnati; first cousin A.J. Davis deflection. The coaches selected him as the Fred Casotti Award winner played two seasons of basketball (guard) at Wyoming, and then trans- following spring practice, the honor going to the top junior-to-be. ferred to James Madison where he will be an eligible junior this fall. His 2010 (Soph.)—He saw action in all 12 games (no starts), in each on spe- second cousin is CU teammate Rodney Stewart, as both were members of cial teams and in six on defense as a backup inside linebacker. He was in CU’s 2008 recruiting class. It was Rippy who told the coaches about his for 27 snaps from scrimmage, recording four tackles (one solo); three of nearby relative. those came against California, otherwise he had an assist versus TACKLES Colorado State. He was a key performer on special teams, finishing third Season G Plays UT AT-TOT TFL Sacks 3DS Hurr FR FF PBU Int on the team in special team points with 23; those included a team season- 2009 5 67 15—61- 6 1- 6 010000 high seven against Kansas State. He earned the points via six tackles (four 2010 6 27 13—40- 0 0- 0 000000 solo, one inside-the-20), eight knockdown blocks, six first downfield cred- Totals 11 94 28—10 1- 6 1- 6 010000 its that altered the opponents’ return path and two wedge breaks. He ADDITIONAL STATISTICS—Special Team Tackles: 2,1—3 (2009); 4,2—6 (2010). moved to inside linebacker from the outside during the spring, when he had 10 tackles in the three main spring scrimmages. In spring condition- ing tests, his 35-inch vertical leap tied for sixth-best on the team, showing he was fully recovered from postseason arthroscopic knee surgery by mid-January. TRAVIS SANDERSFELD, DB 2009 (Fr.-RS)—Saw action in the first six games of the season, including one start at outside linebacker (at Toledo). He was hobbled by a sprained 6-0, 205, Sr., 3L knee the second half of the year and underwent arthroscopic surgery in Limon, Colo. early December. He was in for 67 snaps from scrimmage in five of those six games before he got hurt, registering six tackles (one solo, a quarter- (Limon) 19 back sack versus Wyoming). He also had a hurry, and tied the school record for the most blocked kicks in a game when he got his hands on two AT COLORADO: This Season (Sr.)—Enters punts at Toledo (when he was in on a season/career-high three tackles, all the fall listed second at strong safety, assists). He earned eight special teams points on the strength of three though nothing will be settled in the second- tackles (two solo, one inside-the-20), the two punt blocks, a knockdown ary until fall camp. He enters his senior year block and wedge break. FoxSports.com (Scout.com) named him to its pre- fourth all-time in special teams points at season Redshirt Freshman All-America team. Colorado with 70, well in reach of second 2008 (Fr.)—Redshirted; practiced at both inside and outside linebacker (86), but Ryan Sutter might be unreachable as he racked up 123. With 19 over the course of the fall. He dressed for 10 games overall but was never special team tackles, he’s poised to crack the top 20 of that list as well. pressed into duty. 2010 (Jr.)—He saw action in seven games (five starts), including his first career start which came at California as the nickel back in the second HIGHSCHOOL—He earned All-Midwest Region honors from both game of the year; he suffered an ankle fracture early in that game, though PrepStar and SuperPrep as a senior team captain, when he was named it did not require surgery. He missed the next five games, returning for the first-team All-Greater Western Ohio Conference and All-District. Oklahoma game in late October and then started the last four contests, SuperPrep ranked him as the No. 59 overall player in the Midwest (and also as the nickel back. He received the team’s Tyronee “Tiger” Bussey the 11th best linebacker). Scout.com ranked him as the No. 20 player in Award for perseverance in overcoming adversity, injury and/or illness for Ohio and as the No. 16 linebacker in the nation, while Rivals.com pegged battling back from the ankle injury. He had 39 tackles on the year (22 solo, him as the 31st best player in the state and as the No. 59 linebacker in the one for a loss), with seven third down stops, a quarterback hurry and QB country. He played just the one year at Trotwood-Madison, recording 80 chasedown (near-sack). He was second on the team in interceptions with tackles, with 12 tackles for loss including five quarterback sacks, three two, the first pair of his career; the first came in Denver against Colorado forced fumbles, three recoveries and eight passes broken up from the State (when he had four tackles, two coming on third down), with the linebacker position. He attended Linden-McKinley High School in other at Kansas (seven tackles; two 3DS). He had a career-high nine tack- Columbus prior to relocating to Trotwood, and as a junior, he was named les (eight solo) in the win over Iowa State, when he was named the team’s honorable mention All-State and first-team All-Conference, All-District defensive back of the game. He also had eight tackles against both Kansas and All-City at linebacker. He registered 180 tackles (148 solo), including State and Nebraska. On special teams, he racked up 12 special team points 22 tackles for loss with nine quarterback sacks, 10 passes broken up, on the strength of four forced fair catches, three first downfield credits three forced fumbles, two recoveries and an interception. On offense, he where he altered the return path, three tackles (one inside-the-20) and one played as many as four positions: quarterback, running back, tight end knockdown block. In the spring, he was the recipient of the Jim Hansen and wide receiver. He finished the season with 350 yards rushing and two Award, presented to a player for outstanding academics. touchdowns; 120 yards passing and three touchdowns; and 15 catches for 2009 (Soph.)—He played in all 12 games on special teams, and in five on 180 yards and two touchdowns. His top game as a senior came in a 31-25 defense (no starts), earning second-team All-Colorado honors for his victory over Edgewood in double overtime, as he had 13 tackles and a special teams play from the state’s chapter of the National Football sack. His top game his junior season came in a 22-12 loss to Mifflin, when Foundation. On defense, he had three solo tackles in 29 snaps from scrim- he had 18 tackles and three sacks on defense, and two touchdowns on mage; all the tackles came in the win over Texas A&M (when he played a offense (one rushing, one receiving). Under head coach Maurice season-high 17 snaps on defense). But it was on special teams where he Douglass, Trotwood-Madison went 8-4 in Rippy’s senior season, advanc- made his mark, and earned a scholarship: he racked up 45 special team points for the season, the second most in CU history since the inception

91 of the tracking program in 1987. He was in on 14 tackles, nine solo and three inside-the-20, which earned him 17 of the points; he also had 11 knockdown blocks on returns, six wedge breaks, five caused penalties (meaning opponents were flagged five times trying to block him), two JOHN SCHROCK, QB forced fair catches, two first downfield credits that altered return men 6-4, 215, Fr., HS directly into tacklers, a forced fumble and a downed punt. Twice he had seven special team points in a game, at West Virginia (two tackles, two Mission Hills, Kan. knockdown blocks, a wedge break and two caused penalties) and at (Shawnee Mission East) Oklahoma State (two tackles, two wedge breaks, two knockdown blocks 14 and a forced fair catch). He was the recipient of the team’s Bill McCartney AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.)—An Award for special teams achievement (he was honored with CU’s Special invited walk-on, he is projected as a quar- Teams Player of the Game honor for the Wyoming game). One of the recip- terback in his true freshman year in college. ients of the team’s Gold Group Commitment Award as selected by the coaches, as the honor recognizes excellence with class in a variety of HIGHSCHOOL—He earned first-team All- areas. He was the Iron Buffalo Award winner for the defensive backs in the Sunflower League honors as a senior, when spring, presented to the player at each position who represents hard he also earned honorable mention All-Class (6A) accolades; he was honor- work, dedication, toughness and total poundage lifted in the weight room. able mention All-League as a junior, when he split time at quarterback. He 2008 (Fr.-RS)—He saw action in all 12 games on special teams, and in three completed 117 passes for 1,634 yards and 14 touchdowns as a senior, lead- on defense (no starts, nine total snaps). He tied for third in special team ing the league in passing. He also rushed for just over 600 yards and 11 points with 13 on the strength of two tackles (one inside-the-20), seven scores. One of his biggest wins came as a senior, when SM East snapped knockdown blocks to help spring return men and three wedge breaks. He a 13-game losing streak (over 17 years) to rival Shawnee Mission West with was the co-recipient of the Bill McCartney Award, presented for special a 21-10 win. He scored one touchdown and passed for another before teams achievement (he shared it with Josh Smith), and was the special suffering a shoulder separation and broken collarbone late in the game teams player of the week for the Eastern Washington game, when he had which forced him to miss the final two games of the season. He completed two wedge breaks and two knockdown blocks on key returns. The coaches 53 passes for 545 yards and 6 touchdowns as a junior, sharing time at the also honored him with the Gold Group Commitment Award, given to those position but earned the starting nod for his senior year. SME was 8-2 his players committed to all-around excellence. He had a brief trial at outside senior year (7-1 with him at QB; district and Sunflower League champi- linebacker early in spring practice but the coaches felt he was more suited ons), 4-6 his junior season and 3-6 his sophomore campaign under coach for the safety position. He had a solid spring, with 11 tackles (nine solo, Chip Sherman. one quarterback sack) and an interception in the three main spring scrim- mages, The coaches selected him as the Bill McCartney Award winner as ACADEMICS—He plans on majoring in Integrative Physiology (basically the most improved special teams player during spring practice. pre-med) at Colorado, as he has aspirations of becoming an orthopedic 2007 (Fr.)—Redshirted; he practiced the entire fall at safety after joining surgeon. Prep academic honors included the Presidential Leadership the team as an invited walk-on for August drills. Award and being a Kiwanis Key Leader selection.

HIGH SCHOOL—A four-year letterman in football, he earned second-team PERSONAL—He was born June 8, 1992 in Kansas City, Kan. He has rela- 1A All-State (Rocky Mountain News) and first-team All-South Central tives in Colorado (his mother, Mary, grew up in Boulder and his Conference honors at quarterback, as he completed 41-of-91 passes for grandparents are here) and had wanted to be a CU Buffalo since his child- 840 yards as 12 touchdowns (with just one interception). He had 75 hood. Full name is John Bradley Schrock, Jr. attempts for 462 yards and 14 touchdowns rushing, and defensively, he posted 36 tackles (14 solo, four for losses including a quarterback sack), with three fumble recoveries, two forced fumbles and three interceptions. As a junior, he was named honorable mention All-State at tight end, with 320 receiving yards and three touchdowns on the season. Under coach Mike O’Dwyer, was 11-1 his senior year, and a perfect 13-0 (state champs KYLE SLAVIN, TE all three years) in his freshman, sophomore and junior seasons; he was a 6-4, 235, Fr., RS member of the Limon team that set the state record for the most consec- utive wins (50) for any state classification. Limon was the SCC champ all Littleton, Colo. four of his high school years. He also lettered three times in basketball (Chatfield) (guard, averaging 15.3 points per game as a senior), twice in baseball 88 (pitcher, infielder) and twice in track (sprints, relays). As a prep, he was AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.-RS)— a member of five state champion teams: football (2003, 2004, 2005), track Enters the fall listed third at tight end. He (2004) and baseball (2005). had a solid spring, catching five passes for 68 yards and two touchdowns in the three ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Business (Finance) at Colorado. He main spring scrimmages. Three of those earned first-team Academic All-Big 12 honors three times (redshirt fresh- receptions for 50 yards came in the spring man, sophomore and junior seasons). One of 11 Colorado game, including touchdowns that covered 22 and seven yards. Chapter/National Football Foundation Scholar-Athletes for 2006, he was a 2010 (Fr.)—Redshirted; practiced the entire fall at tight end. He was the member of the National Honor Society throughout high school. A 4.0 Scout Team Special Teams Award winner for the Georgia game. student as a prep and ranked No. 1 in his class, he was four-time Academic All-State selection. HIGH SCHOOL—The first signee to commit in June of 2009, he earned All- Region honors from PrepStar and SuperPrep, where he was ranked as the PERSONAL—Born May 24, 1989 in Hugo, Colo. Hobbies include playing No. 48 player from the midlands and was the third tight end on that list. most sports and recently learning to play the trumpet, with past summer He was one of seven tight ends named to the prestigious Tacoma News- jobs including working for the town of Limon and as a roofer. He also was Tribune Western 100 list. Rivals.com ranks him as the No. 11 player from a voluntary elementary school basketball coach. Colorado while Scout.com ranks him the No. 45 tight end and ESPN ranks him as the No. 53 tight end in the country. In his career, he had 100 recep- TACKLES tions for 1,298 yards and eight touchdowns. As a senior, he earned Season G Plays UT AT-TOT TFL Sacks 3DS Hurr FR FF PBU Int 2008 3900—00- 0 0- 0 000000 All-Colorado (all classifications) as a defensive end and All-State (5A) as a 2009 5 29 30—3 0- 0 0- 0 000000 tight end by the Denver Post. He also earned first-team All-Big 8 league 2010 7 331 22 17 — 39 1- 4 0- 0 710002 honors on both offense and defense and was named first-team All-Area by Totals 15 369 25 17 — 42 1- 4 0- 0 710002 the Columbine Courier. On offense as a senior, he caught 40 passes for 412 ADDITIONAL STATISTICS—Interception Return Yards: 2-16, 8.0, 16 long, 0 TD yards while on defense, he had 68 tackles, 12 sacks, 10 pass break-ups and (2010). Special Team Tackles: 2,0—2 (2008); 9,5—14 (2009); 2,1—3 (2010). eight forced fumbles. Against Columbine, he had eight catches on offense

92 and 12 tackles as Chatfield came back from a 13-0 deficit to win 16-13 on forced fumbles, on recovery and an interception. He returned five punts a 46-yard field goal as time expired. Against Bear Creek, he had six catches for 98 yards (19.6 per) with a touchdown, and averaged 20.1 for 12 kickoff on offense and 10 tackles on defense. As a junior, he earned second-team returns. He had 392 yards as a sophomore (90 carries, 3 touchdowns), All-Big 8 Conference honors and was the team’s second leading receiver with 60 tackles on defense (31 solo), with five passes broken up, an inter- with 41 catches for 605 yards and four touchdowns. He led the team in ception and a caused fumble. He had 13 tackles, 12 solo, his freshman year. receiving as a sophomore and earned second-team All-Big 8 Conference Top games as a senior included a 25-22 win over Clifton, when he rushed honors, catching 19 passes for 291 yards and four touchdowns. Against for a career-high 234 yards (on just 22 carries, or 10.6 per), and had 13 Pomona his sophomore year, he had three key catches as Chatfield tackles on defense; a 35-0 win over Bloomfield, when he scored four touch- defeated the second-ranked team in the state. He also lettered three times downs (two rushing, one receiving and one via punt return); and in a 22-15 in basketball, averaging 4.1 points and 2.8 rebounds as a senior for a 20-5 win over rival Passaic, when he rushed for 133 yards and two scores, with Chatfield team. 10 tackles and two PBU’s. One of his best games as a junior came in a 14- 0 loss to Milford, when he rushed 33 times for 181 yards. Under coach ACADEMICS—He plans is majoring in Communication at Colorado. He John Iurato, PCT was 8-3 his senior year, reaching the state playoffs, and was twice named to Chatfield’s Honor Roll (3.5 or higher GPA for the was 6-4 his junior season, 4-6 his sophomore campaign and 2-8 as a fresh- semester). man. He also lettered three times in track (sprints, freshman through junior years). PERSONAL—He was born August 31, 1991 in Walnut Creek, Calif. His hobbies include playing lacrosse, video games, lifting weights and hang- ACADEMICS—He is undecided on his major but is interested in Biology. ing out with his friends. His family has been CU football season ticket He owned a 3.1 grade point average as a prep and made the Principal’s holders for 20 years and he has been coming to Folsom Field for as long Honor Roll as a senior. as he can remember and his parents and grandparents all attended CU. His grandfather, Jack Anderson, played baseball at CU and was a long-time PERSONAL—He was born August 29, 1992 in Passaic, N.J. Hobbies include member of the CU Board of Regents, where he was a key figure in CU’s bowling, movies and video games. (First name is pronounced ter-el.) change to blue uniforms in the early 1980s. His football team volunteered at the Denver Rescue Mission and served food and he has volunteered TACKLES though his church, packaging and shipping food. Season G Plays UT AT-TOT TFL Sacks 3DS Hurr FR FF PBU Int 2010 6 414 30 30 — 60 2- 8 1- 6 300011 ADDITIONAL STATISTICS—Interception Return Yards: 1-0, 0.0 avg., 0 TD (2010). Special Team Tackles: 3,2—5 (2010).

TERREL SMITH, DB 5-8, 180, Soph., 1L Paterson, N.J. NELSON SPRUCE, WR (Passaic County Tech) 41 6-2, 200, Fr., HS Westlake Village, Calif. AT COLORADO: This Season (Soph.)— Enters the fall listed second at free safety. (Westlake) 22 He had eight tackles, all solo, with one for a loss and a third down stop in the three main AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.)— spring scrimmages. Projected as a wide receiver in his true 2010 (Fr.)—He was originally penciled in to freshman year in college. redshirt, practicing at safety over the first half of the season, but after the season-ending injury to Anthony Perkins, he was “activated” and started HIGHSCHOOL—As a senior, he earned the last six games of the year at strong safety (or in each on he appeared PrepStar All-America honors, with the publi- in). He finished fourth on the team in tackles with 60 (30 solo, two for cation ranking him the No. 60 player overall in the nation on its Top 150 losses), but his 10.0 average per game was a team-best; the 60 tackles were Dream Team. SuperPrep placed him on its All-Far West team and ranked the third-most in a single-season by a true freshman in school history him the No. 64 player in the region, the ninth wide receiver. Scout.com (behind Jordan Dizon, 85 in 2007, and J.J. Billingsley, 67 in 2002). In 414 ranked him the No. 95 wide receiver in the nation, the 10th best from snaps from scrimmage, he also had a quarterback sack, one tackle for California (as well as the No. 10 wide receiver in the West on another list- zero, three third down stops, a pass broken up and an interception, the ing). He earned first-team All-CIF Northern Division and first-team All-Area latter coming at Kansas. In his first career game against Texas Tech, he (Los Angeles Daily News) honors at wide receiver both his junior and tied the school record for the most tackles in a game by a true freshman senior seasons and was named All-State by Cal-Hi Sports at wide receiver with 15 (four solo including his sack); he matched the mark set by J.J. as a junior and a second-team all-purpose performer as a senior. The Los Billingsley against San Diego State in 2002. He then took over the record Angeles Times selected him a first-team All-Star at receiver (junior) and for himself in the season finale at Nebraska, recording 17 tackles (11 solo); defensive (senior). He was named to the Ventura County All-Decade team that matched the overall freshman mark by Matt Russell, who had 17 at at receiver; he was also first-team All-Ventura County as a junior and Oklahoma State in 1993. Those were his two double-figure tackle games, senior, the latter year being named the Defensive Back of the Year in the and he also had nine (four solo) at Kansas and eight (five solo) at county. He was the Marmonte League Wide Receiver of the Year both his Oklahoma. He also had seven special team points on the strength of five junior and senior seasons and was a second-team selection at defensive tackles (three solo, one-inside-the 20) and a knockdown block. He was one back as a sophomore. He was the co-MVP for Westlake both his junior and of seven true freshmen to play for the Buffs in the 2010 season. senior years after he was named the Most Improved Player his sophomore season. For his career, he had 149 receptions for 2,795 yards and 37 touch- HIGHSCHOOL—He earned third team All-State, first-team All-Passaic downs, 12 games with 100 or more yards, caught at least three passes in County and first-team All-Tri County A League honors as a senior (he was 26 of 28 games his final two years (with at least seven receptions seven also first-team All-League as a junior). Started both ways for three seasons times) and scored multiple touchdowns 11 times. He was just the third (running back, safety), and broke into the starting lineup on defense the receiver at Westlake to have back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons. He also second half of his freshman season. As a senior, he rushed for 1,261 yards returned 23 punts for 462 yards and two touchdowns. On defense, he had on 215 attempts (5.9 per), with 10 touchdowns and seven 100-yard games; 141 tackles (88 solo), eight interceptions, eight pass break-ups and one on defense, he racked up 117 tackles (61 solo), with three interceptions, forced fumble. As a senior, he caught 73 passes for 1,292 yards and 18 24 passes broken up and two forced fumbles. He returned 20 punts for 232 touchdowns and returned 15 punts for 236 yards (15.7 per return) and a yards (11.6 per) and a touchdowns, and averaged 17.2 yards on 13 kickoff score, impressive numbers considering he played in the second half in returns. As a junior, he had 185 carries for 936 yards and 6 TDs, with 87 just four of 14 games. On defense in spot duty, he had 31 tackles (19 solo) tackles (49) solo on defense, where he also had four pass deflections, two with three pass break-ups and two interceptions. As a junior, he had 65

93 receptions for 1,325 yards and 18 touchdowns on offense. He returned he’ll be the first player to start a game at running back in four different eight punts for 226 yards (28.3 average) with one touchdown; three seasons since his new position coach, Eric Bieniemy, did so from 1987-90. returns covered over 50 yards. On defense, he had 54 tackles (32 solo) He is one of 66 players on the official watch list for the Maxwell Award and two interceptions. His sophomore season, he played primarily on (nation’s most outstanding player), and is also once again on the official defense and had 56 tackles (37 solo), four interceptions, five pass break- watch list that features 51 players for the Doak Walker Award (nation’s top ups and a forced fumble. On offense, he had 11 receptions for 178 yards running back). He was a preseason second-team All-Pac 12 selection by and a touchdown with one rush for 15 yards. Top games his senior year: Athlon Sports, Lindy’s College Football and Phil Steele’s College Football in a 31-12 win against Oaks Christian he caught seven passes for 130 yards (which ranked him the No. 35 running back in the nation), with College and two touchdowns; in a 32-31 loss to St. Bonaventure, he matched his Sports Madness naming him to its third-team preseason Pac-12 unit. He career high with nine catches for 133 yards (2 TDs) with an interception was one of 10 players nationally selected by the Touchdown Club of and seven tackles (but in a playoff rematch won by Westlake, he had seven Columbus as a “Player to Watch” for the 2011 season; he was honored in receptions for 132 yards and a score); in a 49-28 win over Palos Verdes in Ohio for the award on Feb. 5. the playoffs, he caught five balls for 131 yard and three TDs. In his first 2010 (Jr.)—He earned second-team All-Big 12 honors from the Associated career start at receiver in his junior season opener, he caught five passes Press, the Fort Worth-Star Telegram, the Kansas City Star and Phil Steele’s for a career-high 233 yards (46.6 average) with four touchdowns, includ- College Football (but was inexplicably snubbed by the league coaches, ing a 94-yarder, in a 48-26 win over Paso Robles. Other top games as a most of whom he ran all over); Sports Illustrated named him to its honor- junior: he had nine catches for 196 yards (21.8 per, 2 TDs) and seven tack- able mention All-America team. The state’s chapter of the NFF/College Hall les in a 31-27 win over Newbury Park; in a 49-27 win over Ventura, he had of Fame named him first-team All-Colorado, and he was one of 49 players five receptions for 143 yards and two touchdowns, one covering 71 yards; on the official watch list for the Doak Walker Award. He shared the team’s in a 17-7 playoff win over St. Bonaventure, he had a career-high eight tack- Regiment Award with DT Will Pericak, the honor going to the player(s) les and two interceptions on defense while catching three passes for 40 who made the greatest contribution with the least recognition. He played yards; and in a 14-10 win over Moorpark in CIF championship game, he in all 12 games (nine starts), and with 1,318 rushing yards, he recorded had seven receptions for 107 yards and a touchdown and five tackles. 14th 1,000-yard season in CU history (done by 13 different players; Eric Under coach Jim Benkert, Westlake compiled a 33-7 record his time there, Bieniemy is the lone player to do it twice), the first to eclipse the 1,000- including a perfect 14-0 mark his junior season and 12-2 mark as a senior yard mark since Bobby Purify raced for 1,017 yards in 2004 (note: Hugh with a 22-game win streak over the course of those two seasons. He also Charles surpassed 1,000 in 2007 counting the bowl game, but Colorado does lettered in baseball, earning All-Marmonte League honors as a third base- not include bowl stats in season totals). The 1,318 yards in 2010 were the man his sophomore season when he batted .400; he played shortstop as fifth highest single season total in CU history. The coaches leaving him a junior (did not play as a senior). completely off their all-league team was even more perplexing (but likely due to CU’s departing the conference for the Pac-12) as his 916 yards in ACADEMICS—He is undecided on a major at Colorado, but is interested eight Big 12 games were the second most in league play, and just one yard in Integrated Physiology or Business. He was named to the All-Ventura behind leader (OSU). His 109.8 yards per game ranked League Academic Team as a senior for maintaining a 3.8 or above grade third in the league and 12th in the NCAA. He had 290 carries on the season, point average. 240 of which gained yards (29 for no gain and 21 for losses); he actually had more yards lost (12, on four minus runs) against Texas Tech then he PERSONAL—He was born December 5, 1992 in Venice Beach, Calif. His had in the first six games (11 lost on nine stops behind the line). The 290 hobbies include playing Xbox, lifting weights and working out. He did carries were the second most in a CU single-season (Rashaan Salaam had some community service work in high school with his baseball team, 298 in 1994), with his 36 carries versus Iowa State the fifth-most in a single working with the local Little League. game by a Buffalo (and the most in 12 seasons). His 70 carries in back-to- back games against ISU and Kansas State made him the third player to accomplish that two-game workload, joining Byron White (71 in 1937) and Tony Reed (71 in 1976, on the same dates, Nov. 13 and 20). He caught at least two passes in 11 games (was shutout at Cal), hauling in 29 for 290 yards on the year; he had a career-best six catches (for 34 yards) at RODNEY STEWART, TB Missouri. He had 1,608 all-purpose yards (134.0 per game), which ranked 5-6, 175, Sr., 3L him seventh in the Big 12 and 31st nationally. He had a monster game in CU’s 44-36 win over Kansas State: he earned Player of the Week honors Westerville, Ohio from the Big 12 (offensive), Rivals.com (Big 12 player), the Colorado (Brookhaven) Chapter NFF, The Sporting News (offensive game ball), ESPN (helmet 5 sticker) and CU (male athlete) for 195 yards and two touchdowns rush- AT COLORADO: Career Notes—He is fifth ing, two receptions for 49 yards, 1-of-1 passing for 23 yards and 11 total on CU’s all-time rushing list with 2,744 first downs earned. He had 19 carries for 149 yards against Georgia, and yards, needing just 256 to become the was never thrown for a loss, the 43rd game in CU history where a player fourth player at Colorado to rush for 3,000 rushed for 140 or more yards without being tackled once behind the line yards and 1,197 to overtake Eric Bieniemy of scrimmage (it tied for 34th on the list). He also scored once, caught (3,940; his new position coach) for the three passes for 31 yards and earned eight first downs, garnering CU’s school’s all-time record. The 2,744 career yards are the second most to AOW honors for his efforts. Overall, his six 100-yard games tied him for the Rashaan Salaam (3,057) through a junior year at CU, and rank as the most sixth-most in a single-season at Colorado and were the third most in the by a player entering his senior season since Salaam declared early for the Big 12, as in addition to the KSU and UGA games, he also rambled over NFL Draft after winning the Heisman Trophy in 1994. His 14 career 100- 100 against Hawai’i (22-106, 2 TD), Baylor (30-125, 2), Kansas (27-175, 3) yard rushing games (six in 2010) are tied for the second most in school and Iowa State (36-123, 0). Only the school’s all-time leading rusher, Eric history (trailing 22 by Bieniemy), and are the fifth most by active players Bieniemy, had more yards than Stewart heading into their junior season at in the NCAA heading into 2011. He is now the ninth player in CU history Colorado; Bieniemy had 1,751 yards after two seasons while Stewart had to lead the Buffaloes in rushing three seasons (the eighth to do it three in 1,426. a row, and the fifth to do it with at least 600 yards all three seasons). He 2009 (Soph.)—An honorable mention All-Big 12 Conference selection by and Lamont Warren (1991-93) are the only two players to lead the team in the league coaches, he also earned first-team All-Colorado honors from rushing as a freshman, sophomore and junior (Warren left after the ’93 the state’s chapter of the National Football Foundation. He saw action in season for the NFL). His 620 carries are the second most all-time to 11 games, making three starts, as he missed the Toledo game with a thigh Bieniemy’s 699, while his 21 rushing touchdowns are tied for 14th in CU strain (which was unfortunate since he was from Ohio). He led the team annals; he is 28th on the all-time scoring list with 126 points. He has 3,142 in rushing with 804 yards, or 73.1 yards per game, a figure that ranked him yards from scrimmage (sixth most) and all-purpose yards (eighth) when fifth in the Big 12 and 65th in the nation. He had nine touchdowns, 71 including 398 receiving yards (89th). His 48 receptions rank 43rd all-time, carries for five or more yards, 23 that went for 10-plus, and 41 in all that tied for the ninth most by a running back. He is also 20th on the total earned first downs. He had three multiple TD games on the year, the most offense list (2,767, including 23 yards passing). in a single season at CU since 2002, when Chris Brown had six. He had five This Season (Sr.)—CU’s starting tailback; if and when he makes one start, 100-yard games over the course of the season: he was the Big 12 Offensive

94 Player of the Week (and CU’s Male Athlete of the Week for all sports) for his efforts in CU’s 34-30 win over Kansas, when he rushed 24 times for 108 yards, two touchdowns and six first downs; his 13-yard run with 8:36 to play proved to be the winning score. He was CU’s co-Offensive Award SIONE TAU, OT winner for that game as well as for the Wyoming contest, when he had 32 6-5, 335, Sr., VR carries for 127 yards and two scores. His other triple-digit games came at West Virginia (21-105, 1 TD), versus Texas A&M (20-118, 2) and against Honolulu, Hawai’i Nebraska (21-110, 0). He also caught 12 passes for 65 yards (no TDs, one (Damien Memorial) first down), making at least one reception in the last six games of the 79 season, and had one punt return. He went over the 1,000-yard mark during AT COLORADO: This Season (Sr.)—Enters the Kansas game, the 14th game of his career, as he became the 49th the fall listed second at right offensive player in Colorado history to reach that plateau—but just the 12th to do tackle but is expected to contend for play- it as a sophomore. He had 197 of the last 233 attempts by the tailbacks in ing time. If and when he hits the field, it will 2009. be his first game action since he was a high school senior in 2006. 2008 (Fr.)—Despite missing the better part of the final four games due to 2010 (Jr.)—He did not see any action, but dressed for all the home games a broken leg (suffered on an illegal horse collar tackle at Texas A&M), he and the Colorado State game in Denver; he was a backup to All-American was selected as CU’s Male Freshman Athlete of the Year for all sports. He Nate Solder, who played every snap of the season. earned third-team Freshman All-America honors by Phil Steele’s College Football, was a first-team Freshman All-Big 12 team member by rivals.com, 2009 (Soph.)—He sat out the entire season: he was excused from all team and was second-team All-Colorado by the state’s chapter of the National activities due to violating team rules. He met all the requirements for rein- Football Foundation. He was CU’s Lee Willard Award winner as the team’s statement and returned to active status with the squad after the fall most outstanding freshman, and was also selected by the coaches for a semester. Gold Group Commitment Award (excellence with class). In seeing action 2008 (Fr.-RS)—He entered the fall listed second at right offensive tackle in nine games (five starts), he led the team in rushing with 622 yards on and likely would have competed for a starting position, but he was ruled 132 attempts, posting a team-best 4.7 yards per carry, scoring two touch- academically ineligible after the summer session on the CU campus. He downs and 35 first downs. He also caught seven passes for 43 yards (no added 15 pounds to his frame from his weight as a true freshman. scores) to give him 665 all-purpose yards, the second most on the team. 2007 (Fr.)—Redshirted; practiced all fall on the offensive line. He dressed He rushed for 100-plus yards on three occasions, versus West Virginia (28- for nine games including the Independence Bowl. 166), Florida State (21-107) and Kansas State (29-141, 1 TD), tying the school record for the most 100-yard games by a freshman. He was the HIGH SCHOOL—Scout.com ranked him as the No. 33 offensive tackle in state’s (NFF) player of the week, the school’s athlete of the week and CU’s the nation, the No. 1 O-line prospect from Hawai’i. As a senior, he earned offensive back of the week for his efforts against West Virginia, with his 166 first-team All-State and All-Interscholastic League of Honolulu (ILH) rushing yards the third most by a true freshman in school history. He also honors; he earned honorable mention in both as a junior and was honor- caught three passes for 16 yards and earned nine first downs in the game. able mention All-ILH as a sophomore. A three-year starter on the offensive line (all at tackle), he graded out to 88 percent as a senior, when he aver- HIGH SCHOOL—He earned first-team All-State, All-District and All-City aged 8-to-10 pancake blocks per game with eight direct touchdown blocks; honors as a senior, when he rushed for 2,036 yards and 33 touchdowns, averaging 10.8 yards per carry (with a long of 75, one of six runs over 50 he allowed two sacks and was flagged just twice for penalties. As a junior, yards). He also caught 20 passes for 215 yards and three scores, and playing inside tackle on an uneven line, he graded out to 93 percent, aver- returned one punt—for 65 yards and a TD. He did not play as a junior as aging seven pancake blocks per outing with five touchdown blocks. He he suffered a knee injury (ACL), but as a sophomore, he rushed for 1,200 graded out at 84 percent as a sophomore. He played offensive tackle, yard and 15 touchdowns and had 700 yards and six scores as a freshman. defensive end and was the long snapper on the junior varsity team as a He rushed for just shy of 4,000 career yards with 54 touchdowns. He freshman. Top games his senior year included Punahou, where he played cornerback as an underclassmen, with four interceptions his soph returned in the second half after suffering a leg injury, serving as an inspi- season after picking off three as a frosh. He had five games of 200-plus ration to his team, and against Iolani, when he had 18 pancake, three yards and 15 100-plus yard games in his prep career; three of his top touchdown and six downfield blocks in the win. Damien Memorial was 4- games came during his senior year: in a 49-7 win over Centennial, he 5-1 his senior year and 5-5 his junior and sophomore seasons under coach rushed for his career-best 243 yards and scored all seven of his team’s Dean Nakagawa. He also lettered four times in basketball (center) and in touchdowns… in a 69-0 romp over Mifflin, he rushed for 212 yards and six track (throws); he was the Hawai’i state discus champion his senior year touchdowns… and in a 55-7 win over Whetstone, he had 212 yards and (with a throw of 163-3; his career best was 175-0). In the shot put, he was five scores. Under coach Tom Blake, Brookhaven was 9-2 his senior year, fourth as a junior and fifth as a senior in the state meet, and owned a losing in the first round of the playoffs, after going 6-4 his junior year; BHS career best of 49-11½. was also 9-2 his sophomore season (first round playoff setback) but was 15-0 his freshman year, winning the Division II state championship. He also ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Sociology at Colorado. He earned his way will letter four times in track (sprints, relays), as he was a member of the onto the Honor Roll for the first time as a senior, as he had nearly a 3.4 2005 state championship team. He owned a career prep best 10.7 in the 100-meter dash. grade point average for the fall semester. He was the vice president of his senior class. ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Sociology at Colorado. He maintained a 3.0 grade point average in high school. PERSONAL—Born March 2, 1988 in Pago Pago, American Samoa. His hobbies include music, both singing and playing instruments as he can PERSONAL—Born January 3, 1990 in Columbus, Ohio. Hobbies include play five: guitar, bass guitar, piano, drums and the ukulele. He also consid- most sports in general, bowling, dancing, listening to music and watching ers himself an “amateur” counselor so-to-speak, as he takes great comedy movies. Nickname is “Speedy.” His second cousin is CU teammate satisfaction working with friends and loved ones on any problems they Douglas Rippy, who actually got him interested in the Buffaloes and vice- bring to him. (First name is pronounced See-Own-E, last name pronounced versa. Both were members of the same 2008 recruiting class. Towe, as in now.)

RUSHING High Games RECEIVING High Games Season G Att YdsAvg. TD Long Att Yds No Yds Avg. TD Long Rec Yds 2008 9 132 622 4.7 2 22 29 166 7 43 6.2 0 10 3 19 2009 11 198 804 4.1 9 36t 32 127 12 65 5.4 0 17 2 17 2010 12 290 1318 4.5 10 65 36 195 29 290 10.0 0 34 6 49 Totals 32 620 2744 4.4 21 65 36 195 48 398 8.3 0 34 6 49 ADDITIONAL STATISTICS—Punt Returns: 1-0, 0.0 avg. (2009).

95 for hard work, dedication, toughness and total poundage lifted in the weight room. RIVER THOMPSON, DB 2009 (Fr.)—Redshirted; practiced all fall at tight end. 5-9, 160, Fr., HS HIGHSCHOOL—Rivals.com ranked him as the No. 14 player from the Denver, Colo. state of Colorado and he is the No. 2 tight end on that list. Scout.com lists him as the No. 104 tight end while ESPN rates him as the No. 117 tight end (East) 38 in the country. He was named All-Colorado by the Denver Post, second- team All-State by the Rocky Mountain News and All-Central Metro League AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.)—An as both a junior and a senior. He also earned All-Denver Prep League invited walk-on, he is projected as a defen- honors as a sophomore as East changed from the Denver Prep League to sive back, most likely a corner, in his true the Central Metro League prior to the 2007 season. He started at tight end freshman year in college. for East his sophomore through senior seasons. Defensively, he saw action at defensive end, outside linebacker and safety as a freshman and sopho- HIGHSCHOOL—At East, he was a team more, then started at defensive end as a junior and switched back to captain his senior season and was an NUC All-American (National outside linebacker and started as a senior. As a senior, he caught 44 passes Underclassmen). A three-year letterman at cornerback (two-year starter), for 895 yards and 12 touchdowns offensively and came up with 50 tackles, he tied for the state lead in interceptions as a senior with eight (an East including 28 solo, on the defensive side of the ball where he also had two record) and was likely the state leader or close to it with 19 passes broken sacks, one interception and one fumble recovery. He led the Central Metro up as he did not allow a single completion in man coverage over the 10- League in receptions, receiving yards and touchdowns and also ranked in game season. He was in on 42 tackles, 30 solo, with a season-high seven the top 15 in the state in all three categories, as well. Had eight receptions against Cherry Creek in their second meeting of the year; in the first game, for 141 yards and a pair of touchdowns against Ranum in a 40-6 victory, he returned an interception 21 yards for a touchdown against the Bruins. five receptions for 100 yards and a touchdown against Gateway and five He also recovered two fumbles and caused one. He racked up 40 tackles, receptions for 57 yards and three touchdowns against Montbello his 27 solo, his junior year, with three interceptions and nine passes broken senior season. Lists his best game that year against Grandview in the state up. As a sophomore, he was in on 12 tackles and had two pass deflections. playoffs where he had seven receptions for 63 yards and a touchdown in Denver East was 6-4 his senior season under coach Ron McFarland, tying a 48-20 loss, which followed up a four reception, 79 yard, two-touchdown for the 5A Denver Football League title, and was 6-4 his junior year and 7- performance in a 49-30 victory over Highlands Ranch in the first round of 4 his sophomore campaign with former Colorado linebacker Ron Woolfork the playoffs. As a junior he caught 25 passes for 717 yards and nine touch- (’93) as coach. downs and had 39 tackles, 26 of them solo, with two sacks, one interception and one fumble recovery. He had three receptions for 180 ACADEMICS—He is undecided on his major at Colorado. He maintained yards and a 71 yard touchdown reception against Overland in a 51-45 a grade point average in excess of 3.0 during high school. victory his junior season. He was also the team’s punter until classmate and fellow CU signee Zach Grossnickle joined the squad and in that time PERSONAL—He was born January 20, 1993 in Denver. His hobbies include he had a punt over 40 yards. After Grossnickle returned, he became the cars, and he is talented in several areas, including cooking, juggling and team’s long snapper on punts and kicks, a position he held through his trivia (e.g., reciting all 50 states in alphabetical order). He was the recipi- senior season. A four-year letterman under coach Ron Woolfork (the ent of the Brian Dawkins High School Player of the Week Award during his former Buff linebacker, 1990-93), East was 7-4 his senior year and 8-3 his senior year, as the Denver Bronco created the award to honor those play- junior season, advancing to the second round of the state playoffs both ers who demonstrate strong commitment to and accomplishment in years. Also an accomplished basketball player, he earned four letters and sports and in the classroom, character off the field and an ability to over- was member of back-to-back state champion teams. As a senior, he ranked come adversity; Thompson lived in a single-mother home since the first second in the Denver Prep League with an average of 17.5 points per game grade and played an important role in raising his younger brother, Pijan. (16th in the state) and also averaged nine rebounds per game. He aver- His mother, Kathleen Robinson, is an acupuncturist. River is his true first aged 16 points and 10 rebounds per game as a junior helping East to a 24-4 name and not a nickname. record while winning the title and 10 points and seven rebounds per game as a sophomore on the hardwood.

ACADEMICS—He is majoring in English at Colorado. He made the Honor Roll as a senior in high school. DAVAUGHN THORNTON, TE PERSONAL—He was born October 14, 1990 in Denver. His father, David 6-4, 225, Soph., 1L Thornton, played linebacker at Oklahoma State. Oldest brother, Dazzmond, currently plays basketball for James Madison University after Denver, Colo. beginning his career at Texas Tech. Another brother, Demetrius, is (East) currently playing basketball at Cochise Community College in Arizona. He 85 loves to cook and has aspirations of being a culinary arts chef (he says the AT COLORADO: This Season (Soph.)— best entrées he prepares are enchiladas and burritos). He enjoys hanging Enters the fall listed second at tight end. He out with friends and playing video games with his favorite game being FIFA was held out of the spring game after suffer- soccer. ing a neck and shoulder injury in practice RECEIVING High Games the Monday of the final week of practices. Season G No. Yds Avg. TD Long Rec Yds He caught six passes for 82 yards in the two 2010 10 1 12 12.0 1 12t 1 12 scrimmages he played in prior to the injury. 2010 (Fr.-RS)—He saw action in 10 games, including two starts (versus Colorado State in Denver, the first game of his career, and at Kansas); he did not get into the Hawai’i or Kansas State contests. He caught one pass on the season, but made it count, as it covered 12 yards from Cody Hawkins for a touchdown at Kansas on a third down play near the end of the first half to give the Buffs a 35-10 lead. He had a solid spring, making seven catches for 72 yards and a touchdown in the three main scrim- mages. He was the Iron Buffalo Award winner among the team’s tight ends

96 spring scrimmages. 2009 (Fr.)—Enrolled in classes at Colorado but was not in the football K.T. TU’UMALO, LB program; however, his “NCAA clock” started. 6-2, 195, Fr., HS HIGH SCHOOL—As a senior team captain, he was an honorable mention All-County performer at wide receiver. That year, he caught 29 passes for Honolulu, Hawai’i 355 yards (12.2 avg.) and two touchdowns, while rushing 17 times for 60 (Punahou) yards (3.5) and two more scores. He caught 14 passes for 177 yards (12.6 42 per) as a junior. San Luis Obispo was 4-6 his senior year, 4-6-1 his junior AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.)— season and 9-3 his sophomore campaign under Craig Winninghoff. He also Projected as a linebacker as a true freshman lettered once in track (sprints, relays) and played one season of basketball in college. (small forward).

HIGH SCHOOL—As a senior, he was ranked ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Psychology at Colorado. He earned the No. 5 player in Hawai’i by Rivals.com Scholar-Athlete recognition as a junior and senior in high school. (the No. 2 linebacker) and the No. 13 player in the state by ESPN, but the top linebacker on its list. He earned third-team All-State honors (Honolulu PERSONAL—He was born April 12, 1991 in Palo Alto, Calif. His hobbies Advertiser), was named first-team All-ILH and was the Defensive Most include playing most sports, snowboarding, lifting weights and movies. A Valuable Player for Punahou. He racked up 97 total tackles, with 18 for cousin, Dan Turbow, was a member of three NCAA champion tennis teams losses including 12 quarterback sacks, along with two interceptions, two at Stanford (1988-90); a great uncle, Hubert Ehret, played professional fumble recoveries and once caused fumble. Offensively, in spot duty as a soccer in Germany. He was the youngest licensed towsurfer in the state of running back, he ran the ball 10 times for 107 yards and a touchdown. As Hawai’i (he earned it at the age of 14). a junior, he had 67 tackles overall, 10 which went for losses including six sacks, to go with one forced fumble and a blocked kick he returned for a touchdown. Playing behind Manti Te’o as a sophomore, he saw action in spot duty on defense and had one interception returned for a touchdown. He saw action on every special teams unit his sophomore and junior seasons, recording many tackles and other big hits. Under head coach Kale Ane, Punahou compiled a record of 23-9 his three years, including a CHIDERA UZO-DIRIBE, DE 12-1 record that culminated with an ILH and Hawai’i state championship 6-3, 240, Soph., 1L his sophomore season. He lists his top game as his senior year against St. Louis, when despite suffering a sprained MCL, he remained in the game Corona, Calif. and registered two sacks in addition to neutralizing some key players on (Corona) the opposite side of the ball. He also lettered once in basketball, with 9 Punahou taking third place in the state as a junior, and three times in track AT COLORADO: This Season (Soph.)— (sprints and relays). He competed in the 200- and 400-meter dashes and Penciled in atop the depth chart at right the 4x400 relay, the latter on a team that won the state title three times defensive end entering August camp. He (sophomore through senior seasons), helping PHS to the state title twice suffered a fractured toe in winter condition- (and to within a half-point for a third one when he was a sophomore). He ing that required surgery to insert a pin; it took second place in the 400-meter dash as a junior (49.7) and fourth as a was removed a week into spring drills, thus senior (50.2). His fastest time in the 200 was a 23.0 when he was a sopho- he saw limited action. He recorded six tackles, one for a third down stop, more, with a 23.2 clocking his best as a senior. in spring scrimmage action. 2010 (Fr.)—He played in all 12 games, including one start, which came on ACADEMICS—He is undecided on a major at Colorado. He maintained a the road at Kansas. He was in for 148 snaps from scrimmage, recording 11 3.0 grade point average as a prep and is the first person in his extended tackles; eight of those were of the solo variety including three-and-a-half family to attend college. sacks, tied for the fourth-most on the team. He was often in the right place at the right time, with almost half of his tackles (5) going for third down PERSONAL—He was born April 29, 1992 in Honolulu, Hawai’i. His hobbies stops, tying for sixth-most on the team, but everyone ahead and/or tied include going to the beach, body surfing and music; he loves to mix and with him played at least 183 more snaps. He also had two other stops for edit songs and is interested in becoming a disc jockey. In his free time zero gain, giving him seven tackles at or behind the line of scrimmage. He during his senior year in high school, he spent time tutoring kids at his also had a quarterback chasedown (near-sack) and a forced fumble, the former middle school. First name is actually Kyle, but goes by his initials. latter coming at Missouri. His first career tackle was for a sack against (Last name is pronounced two-ooh-mah-low.) Colorado State in the season opener, with his season/career-high in tack- les being two at Missouri and at Kansas. He was one of just seven true freshmen to play for the Buffs in the 2010 season.

HIGH SCHOOL—He earned All-Region honors from PrepStar and is ranked the No. 37 weak side defensive end by Rivals.com, the No. 102 defensive ALEX TURBOW, WR end by Scout.com and No. 114 defensive end by ESPN. He only played foot- 6-1, 200, Soph., VR ball for two years and he earned a spot in the starting lineup by the second half of his junior season. He earned second-team All-Big VIII league and San Luis Obispo, Calif. was named his team’s most valuable linebacker his senior year when he (San Luis Obispo) had 69 tackles, 7½ sacks, two forced fumbles and three pass break-ups. 86 He also saw action at tight end and caught eight passes for 120 yards and AT COLORADO: This Season (Soph.)— two touchdowns. He had two catches for 64 yards including a 59-yard Projected as a reserve receiver, but has a touchdown in a 34-3 win over Chino and he also scored a touchdown shot at cracking the rotation with the Buffs against Poly with two grabs for 16 yards. Defensively, he had four games still building depth at the position; he ended with double-figure tackle totals with a high of 11 coming in the season’s spring listed fourth on the depth at the “Z” last game against Centennial with nine of those 11 solo tackles. Against receiver spot. Santiago, he had eight tackles and two sacks and against Roosevelt he had 2010 (Fr.-RS): He did not see any action, but dressed for all six home 13 tackles, a sack and a forced fumble. As a junior, he totaled 20 tackles, games in Boulder and the CSU game in Denver. He practiced on the scout including 12 against Roosevelt in his first-ever start. Corona was 2-8 his team for much of the fall. He joined the team as a walk-on in time to partic- senior year and 4-6 his junior season under coach John Brandon. He ipate in spring practice, and caught one pass for 11 yards in the three main lettered three times in basketball and was the team’s MVP; he won a team

97 award for taking the most charges his junior season. He also participated forced fumble on defense in an 18-14 win over Irvington. He notched in track and field (high jump, discus). 11rushes for 73 yards and a touchdown in the same contest. He was named WCTC Radio Player of the Week in a 28-0 win over Ridge, in which ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Political Science at Colorado. he had nine tackles on defense and 12 carries for 119 yards and two touch- downs. Under head coach John Quinn, New Brunswick was 5-4 his senior PERSONAL—He was born May 30, 1992 in Long Beach, Calif. His hobbies season, advancing to the first round of the playoffs; his junior team went include video games, working out and hanging out with friends. His cousin 10-2 and won the Group III North II State Championship. His sophomore is , who was the second round choice of the New York team went 9-2, advancing to the state semifinals; and his freshman team Giants in the 2003 NFL Draft, has two Pro Bowl appearances to his credit went 10-1, advancing to the state semifinals. He also lettered three times and was member of the 2008 Super Bowl championship team. His cousin, in baseball and was named first team All-White Division as a sophomore Charles Saseum, is a sophomore sprinter on the Cal-Berkeley track team. and junior. He lettered twice in track, competing in sprints and the high Nickname is “Yung Hamlet.” (Name is pronounced chee-dera u-zo da- jump. He was named all-Middle 6 County as a junior, finishing as the ree-bay). county champion in the 55-meter dash (6.52).

TACKLES ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Sociology at Colorado. He was a New Season G Plays UT AT-TOT TFL Sacks 3DS Hurr FR FF PBU Int Brunswick Board of Education Student Representative. He also partici- 2010 12 148 83—11 4-15 3½-15 500100 pated in the Manytown, N.J. Human Relations Youth Leadership Forum.

PERSONAL—Born December 15, 1989 in New Brunswick, N.J. He has done extensive community service during his prep career. He has volunteered at Elijah’s Promise Soup Kitchen, the New Jersey Community Food Bank, Rose Mountain Care Center, the Special Olympics, The Institute for Children with Cancer and Blood Disorders and Read Across America. He PAUL VIGO, CB also served as an assistant coach for Pop Warner football and a child care 6-1, 185, Soph., 1L aid for a preschool organization called Catholic Charities. He is an avid boxer for the purposes of sparring and conditioning, but he does not New Brunswick, N.J. compete because of his involvement in football. He also loves baseball, (New Brunswick) collects reptiles and breeds dogs. He is the first member of his family to 32 attend college. (Last name is pronounced vee-go) AT COLORADO: This Season (Soph.)— Enters the fall listed fourth at right TACKLES cornerback. He had two tackles, including a Season G Plays UT AT-TOT TFL Sacks 3DS Hurr FR FF PBU Int touchdown save, in spring scrimmage 2010 4 62 52—7 1- 2 0- 0 100000 action. 2010 (Fr.-RS)—He saw action in four games, including one start, the first of his career (against Hawai’i) and doing so at the nickel back position. He suffered a lower leg fracture in that game, the third one of the season; he would miss the next eight games and did not return until the Nebraska game. He played 13 snaps against the Huskers and recorded a career-high four tackles (three solo). He played 18 AUSTIN VINCENT, WR snaps against Hawai’i and made one tackle before suffering the injury. On 6-2, 185, Fr., HS the year, he recorded seven tackles (five solo) in 62 plays from scrimmage, also recording a tackle for loss, one tackle for zero gain and a third down DeSoto, Texas stop. He saw his most action at Cal (29 snaps, two tackles as the nickel) (DeSoto) after replacing Travis Sandersfeld, who was also injured and would miss 81 several games. On special teams, he earned eight points on the strength AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.)—A late of one tackle (it was inside-the-20), two knockdown blocks, two caused addition in Jon Embree’s first recruiting penalties, one forced fair catch and one first downfield credit, altering the class, signing his letter-of-intent on May 21; return path. He had five tackles, three third down stops and two pass he is projected as a wide receiver in his true deflections in the three main spring scrimmages. freshman year in college. 2009 (Fr.)—Redshirted; did not see any action but practiced in the second- ary the entire fall, mainly at cornerback. The coaches weren’t positive HIGH SCHOOL—He was having an outstanding senior season when it was which side of the ball he’d wind up on, but he quickly settled into the cut short in the eighth game of the year when he suffered a broken fibula secondary in spring drills. He was a member of the 2008 recruiting class, against Mesquite Horn. He still made the Texas Top 200 squad, listed as but “gray-shirted,” or delayed his enrollment until the January 2009 spring the No. 22 ranked wide receiver; he was on a team that produced five semester. receivers that signed to play college football: two at TCU, one at Fordham and one at Abilene Christian in addition to himself. With that much talent, HIGH SCHOOL—A four-year letterman in football, he was nominated for everyone shared the spotlight; he had 16 receptions for 327 yards (20.4 the Governor’s Bowl and the North-South Bowl as a senior and team per catch) and six touchdowns as a senior. As a junior, when he earned captain for New Brunswick. He was also named first team all-White first-team All-District 5A-11 honors, he caught 17 passes for 224 yards and Division, all-area and all-Group III, as he had 126 tackles (88 solo), five two scores, including his career-long play, a 58-yard touchdown reception quarterback hurries and eight passes broken up on defense, playing in a 28-21 win against Lee. A two-year starter on the varsity, he saw some middle linebacker and safety for the second straight year. Offensively, he spot action at cornerback and played more extensively when he was on had 47 carries for 229 yards and three touchdowns. As a junior, he was the J.V., but DeSoto preferred its players to play one-way. He lists his most named first team all-White Division, All-Area and All-Middle 6 County, as he thrilling game as a prep a 42-41 overtime win over Miramar (Fla.) his senior tallied 125 tackles (97 solo), a forced fumble, a fumble recovery and a pass year; he caught two passes for 60 yards, including a 42-yard touchdown broken up. Offensively, he had 121 rushes for 830 yards and seven touch- that send the game into the extra session, all after he missed over a quar- downs to go along with nine receptions for 54 yards and a score. As a ter after he took a hit on his first reception that resulted in his coughing sophomore, playing outside linebacker and safety, he was named All-White up blood. DeSoto was 11-3 his senior year and 9-3 his junior season under Division, as he had 46 tackles (30 solo) on defense and rushed for 462 coach Claude Mathis. He also lettered in track, participating in jumps and yards and four touchdowns on 62 carries on offense; he also had six recep- relays. He owns personal bests of 6-5 in the high jump, 23-0 in the long tions for 118 yards and two touchdowns through the air. Top game as a jump and 49-3 in the triple jump; he also ran in the open 200-meters with senior came in a 34-7 win over Perth Amboy, in which he had 16 tackles (11 a personal best of 21.0. He was planning to play basketball his senior year solo), a quarterback hurry and a pass broken up. As a junior, he had 11 until sidelined by the leg injury; he played on the junior varsity teams as tackles (eight solo), including a tackle for a loss, a pass broken up and a a freshman and sophomore.

98 ACADEMICS—He is interested in Communication or History as possible majors at Colorado. He owned a 3.3 grade point average as a prep and was a member of the National Honor Society. KYLE WASHINGTON, DB PERSONAL—He was born March 24, 1992 in New Orleans, La. Hobbies 6-1, 200, Fr., HS include playing basketball, watching movies and spending time with friends. His mother, Jamell, is an evangelist who preaches around the Pasadena, Calif. world. His community service efforts including working with junior high (Florence, Ariz., HS) students and keeping his neighborhood clean by picking up trash. 4 AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.)— Projected as a defensive back, most likely a corner, as a true freshman in college.

HIGHSCHOOL—As a senior, SuperPrep named him to its All-Far West team, also CASEY WALKER, DL ranking him as the No. 21 player from the state of Arizona (and the fourth 6-4, 220, Fr., HS top athlete in the state). He earned the Arizona High School Coaches Football Association All-State team honors at wide receiver, defensive Grand Junction, Colo. back and kick returner, and was named to the AHSFCA’s All-Star team at (Grand Junction) receiver. He was named All-Arizona by the Arizona Republic, which also 92 named him first-team All-State (3A-2A-1A) as an all-purpose player. He AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.)— earned honorable mention All-State at receiver by the Republic as a junior. Projected as a defensive lineman as a true In his prep career, he scored 43 touchdowns and a pair of 2-point conver- freshman in college. An invited walk-on, he sions for 262 total points; racked up over 3,000 yards from scrimmage, reported for fall camp on the 105-man rushing 207 times for 1,562 yards (16 touchdowns) and catching 57 passes roster. for 1,437 yards (22 TDs); with five return scores (three punt, one kickoff and one interception). As a senior, he scored 25 touchdowns (11 rushing, HIGH SCHOOL—As a senior, he earned first-team All-State (5A) honors 10 receiving, four return), amassing 1,451 yards of offense, rushing 83 at defensive end from the Denver Post; he also earned first-team All- times for 788 yards with 23 receptions for 663 yards; he also completed 2- Southwestern League honors, with both the Durango Herald and Grand of-3 passes for 34 yards. He also had eight punt returns for 296 yards (37.0 Junction’s KREX-TV selecting him as the league’s Defensive Player of the per, two scores), six kickoff returns for 316 yards (52.7 per, one touch- Year as he led the state of Colorado in quarterback sacks. He was named down). He averaged an astonishing 12.1 yards per touch on offense and to the South team for the 55th Annual Colorado All-State football game, special teams, had two 100-yard rushing performances and three 100-yard but as many going on to play collegiately, he chose not participate in the receiving games. On defense, he had four forced fumbles, two recoveries game. As a senior, he spearheaded a defense that allowed just 14.9 points and three interceptions, returning one for a touchdown. He also punted on per game over the course of the year (and 11.2 in nine regular season occasion, averaging 36.4 yards for five kicks. As a junior, he had 1,160 games). He was in on 63 tackles, 39 solo, 21 of which were for losses yards from scrimmage with 17 touchdowns and two 2-point PAT makes for including the state-high 13 sacks, numerous hurries, one fumble recovery 106 points. He caught 35 passes for 763 yards (12 TDs) and had 48 rushes and six passes broken up. He played tight end on offense, primarily in a for 397 yards (4 TDs); he also returned three punts for 69 yards and a blocking role, though he did catch one pass for seven yards. As a junior, score. On defense, he racked up 76 tackles (25 solo) and had one fumble he earned first-team All-Southwestern League honors, when he had 12 recovery. His sophomore season, he ran 76 times for 457 yards and a quarterback sacks and two fumble recoveries. He also started as sopho- touchdown and had two receptions for 11 yards. Top games as a senior more, posting two quarterback sacks, as the four-year letterman racked up included: a 35-21 win over Round Valley in the playoffs, when he had seven 27 career sacks. Under coach Robbie Owens, Grand Junction was 10-2 his rushes for 70 yards and a touchdown and helped shut down the Round senior season, reaching the quarterfinals of the state playoffs before losing Valley receivers with two interceptions and allowing only two completions 24-21 to Regis; in that game, he had six tackles (five solo, including a quar- on 12 other throws his way; a 24-12 win over Estrella Hills, when he had terback sack). In a third round win over Highlands Ranch (35-28), he had four receptions for 120 yards and a touchdown, 10 rushes for 75 yards and eight tackles, seven unassisted including three sacks. GJHS was 3-7 his another score while coming up with a fumble recovery on defense; a 55-0 junior year, though two of the wins came over arch rivals Fruita-Monument win against Globe, when he caught four passes for 149 yards and three and Grand Junction Central, and 3-8 his sophomore season. He also touchdowns and ran one time for a 20 yard score; and in a 35-19 win over lettered in track as a freshman (sprints/relays) and three times in lacrosse Safford, when he had 13 rushes for 113 yards (one TD), caught two passes (midfielder/defenseman). for 24 yards, a 62-yard punt return, completed a pass for 23 yards and had a forced fumble on defense. Top junior games came against Wickenburg, ACADEMICS—He is interested in majoring in History, with an interest in when he caught three passes for 96 yards and a touchdown and ran seven Philosophy, at Colorado. He received a congressional nomination for times for 89 yards and a score in a 40-13 win, and against South Pointe, possible appointment at the U.S. Naval Academy, an arduous eight-month when he had six catches for 116 yards (2 TDs) and ran four times for 50 application process in which he advanced to the final stage; he fully yards in a 40-6 romp. Under coach George De La Torre, Florence compiled intends to go into military service after he’s done playing football. As a a 19-7 record his final two years there, including 11-2 his senior year when senior in high school, he received both the Grand Junction Academic it won the 3A South Championship and advanced to the semifinals of the Letter Award (for a grade point average above 3.75) and the GJHS state playoffs. He also lettered twice in both basketball (point guards, 21.5 Leadership Award; he was the Kiwanis Club Student-of-the-Month for ppg/6.0 rpg/4.0 apg as a senior) and in track (sprints/jumps); he had February 2011. He was accepted into the People to People Academic personal bests of 22-7 in the long jump and 43-1 in the triple jump. Leadership Summit at John Hopkins University, an international academic ambassador program. ACADEMICS—He is interested in majoring in Business (Finance) at Colorado, as he would like to pursue a career in investments after his play- PERSONAL—He was born July 7, 1992 in Bellevue, Wash. His hobbies ing days are over. He was named the Florence Student of the Month in include playing the guitar, hunting and fishing. His father (Scott) played December 2010. safety at Western State (Gunnison, Colo.); his mother (Lori Crippen- Walker) and an aunt (Kelly Hollern) both are CU graduates; Kelly worked PERSONAL—He was born October 17, 1992 in Pasadena, Calif. His hobbies as a student in the sports information office. An older brother, Cody, include fishing, going to the shooting range and watching movies. He started for four years at inside linebacker at Mesa State and is now in the moved from Pasadena to Florence, Ariz., with his father his sophomore United States Marine Corps, serving in Afghanistan. year in high school. His mother lives in Pasadena and he preferred that be listed as his true hometown.

99 off, kickoff return, punt and punt return units. He also trained in the spring with the track team (sprints) but didn’t participate in any meets.

DERRICK WEBB, ILB ACADEMICS—He is undecided on his major at Colorado. He was a two- 6-0, 220, Soph., 1L time spelling bee champion, once in elementary school and once in middle school. He was also active in the Distributive Educational Club of America Memphis, Tenn. (DECA), an international association of high school and college students (Whitehaven) studying marketing, management and entrepreneurship in business, 5 finance, hospitality and marketing. AT COLORADO: This Season (Soph.)— Enters the fall listed second at the “mike” PERSONAL—He was born October 1, 1991, in Fort Riley, Kan. His hobbies inside linebacker position. He missed the include hanging out with friends, rapping, playing basketball and lifting last 10 spring practices after suffering a weights. He is a cousin of former San Francisco 49er great Roger Craig, deep hip contusion on March 15. who won three Super Bowls and was the 1988 NFL Offensive Player of the 2010 (Fr.-RS)—He saw action in all 12 Year. His uncle, Joe Lowery, played running back at Jackson State and was games, making one start (at Oklahoma); he was in all 12 on special teams drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the 1976 NFL Draft. Another cousin, Kenton and in seven on defense. He played 124 snaps from scrimmage, recording Keith, is a member of the and played collegiately at New 17 tackles, 12 of the solo variety with three for losses including a half-sack Mexico State. Another uncle, Kevin Scott, ran track collegiately at against Texas Tech. He had three third down stops and two tackles for Memphis. He has done extensive community service with Bridge Builders, zero, making five of his tackles at or behind the line of scrimmage. He a program that seeks to develop a group of future leaders who lay aside posted a career-high six tackles (five solo) at Oklahoma, had three against individual, social, economic and cultural differences to work for the bene- Tech and two on two other occasions. He was one of CU’s top special team fit of all. He has also volunteered for the Special Olympics, working as a performers, finishing second in the special team points earned with 27: basketball coach. those came on the strength of 15 tackles (10 solo, two inside-the-20), four knockdown blocks, three forced fair catches, two first downfield first cred- TACKLES its that altered the path of the return man, and one caused penalty. The 15 Season G Plays UT AT-TOT TFL Sacks 3DS Hurr FR FF PBU Int special team tackles were the fourth-most in a single-season since the 2010 7 124 12 5— 17 3- 7 ½- 2 300000 school started tracking numbers in 1987. He progressed nicely during the Special Team Tackles: 10,5—15 (2010). spring, when he had 13 tackles, a quarterback sack and two third down stops in the three main scrimmages. 2009 (Fr.)—Redshirted; practiced at inside linebacker the entire fall. He earned the Special Teams Scout Award for the season, as well as for the Wyoming game.

HIGH SCHOOL—Widely considered the top linebacker prospect out of LOWELL WILLIAMS, ILB Tennessee, he earned All-Southeast Region honors from PrepStar and All- 6-1, 200, Fr., RS Dixie Region honors from SuperPrep, which also ranked him as the No. 7 prospect out of Tennessee and he was the top linebacker on the list. Missouri City, Texas Scout.com ranks him as the No. 23 outside linebacker in the nation, ESPN (Marshall) ranks him as the No. 58 outside linebacker and Rivals.com listed him as 45 the No. 63 outside linebacker and he was the top linebacker from AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.-RS)—He Tennessee on the Scout.com and Rivals.com lists and No. 2 on ESPN’s. He enters the fall listed second at the “will” was a four-year letterman at Whitehaven under coach Rodney Saulsberry inside linebacker position. He had eight and Whitehaven compiled a 31-13 mark in his four years, including a 20-4 tackles (three solo, one a tackle for zero) in mark over the past two season when he started as an outside linebacker. the three main spring scrimmages. He compiled over 300 tackles, 40 tackles for loss with six sacks, three inter- 2010 (Fr.)—Redshirted; practiced the entire ceptions and a safety in his career. As a senior leading Whitehaven to a fall at linebacker and was a member of the scout team. 10-2 record and 5A Region 8 Championship, he was named first-team All- State by the Tennessee Football Coaches Association, first-team All-5A Region 8 by the Memphis Interscholastic Athletic Association and first-team HIGH SCHOOL—He earned PrepStar All-Region honors and is ranked the All-Shelby Metro Area by the Memphis Commercial Appeal. He was one of No. 80 outside linebacker by ESPN and the No. 87 outside linebacker by five players nominated for the Best of the Preps Defensive Player of the Rivals.com. He is a three-year starter at Marshall High School under coach Year by the Memphis Commercial Appeal and earned Whitehaven’s most Darryl Phipps. He earned first-team All-District 23 and was the District 23 valuable player and defensive most valuable player awards. The most valuable player when he had 50 tackles, eight sacks, five forced Tennessee Football Coaches Association also ranked him as the No. 1 line- fumbles and four pass break-ups. Against Kempner, he had eight tackles, backer prospect to watch in the state of Tennessee. He tallied 130 tackles three sacks and three forced fumbles, one of which he returned 79 yards as a senior, 25 for losses including three quarterback sacks, along with to set up a score. Against Hawlston in his last game, he had eight tackles, three forced fumbles and two recoveries. He had a safety in Whitehaven’s a sack and one of the biggest hits of his career. He was also used as a tight 9-0 win over Craigmont and led a defense that allowed just 178 yards per end in goal line blocking situations. As a junior, he earned second-team game on the season. He recorded 17 tackles (11 solo) against Germantown All-District 23 when he had 35 tackles including six sacks and four forced as a senior, when he also recorded 14 tackles in a 40-6 win over Wooddale. fumbles. He also lettered in track and field (sprints, relays, throws). He As a junior, he also helped Whitehaven to a 10-2 mark, second place finish was honored as the most outstanding junior male on the squad and in 5A Region 8 and the second round of the state playoffs. He was named earned second-team All-District 23 honors. the 5A Region 8 defensive player of the year and also earned first-team All-5A Region 8 by the Memphis Interscholastic Athletic Association and first- ACADEMICS—He is undecided on a major at Colorado but is interested in team All-Shelby Metro Area by the Memphis Commercial Appeal. He graphic design. He was a member of his high school’s honor roll. recorded 115 tackles including 15 for losses (two sacks) and three inter- ceptions as a junior. He also played halfback in one of Whitehaven’s playoff PERSONAL—He was born October 7, 1991. His hobbies include boxing, games and had four rushes for 67 yards before having his bell rung and which he competed in outside of high school. His dad, Lowell Williams, thus ending his tenure on the offensive side of the ball out of precaution. Sr., was a defensive back at Madison University and is a minister at the His top game his junior year came against Germantown when he had 18 Church of the Living God. He has played the bass guitar and drums since tackles and an interception in a 40-0 win. He had 10 tackles, two for a loss he was four years old and is part of his church’s gospel group. He has and had an interception return for a touchdown in a 49-0 win over volunteered at Texas Children’s Hospital over the summer in the gift shop Hamilton. As a sophomore, he recorded 40 tackles and had one sack. He and also enjoyed meeting patients and visiting with them during their saw action on special teams throughout his high school career on the kick- hospital stays.

100 ALEX WOOD, TE RICHARD YATES, DB 6-2, 255, Soph., VR 6-2, 180, Fr., HS Steamboat Springs, Colo. Lakewood, Colo. (Steamboat Springs) 84 (Kent Denver) 33 AT COLORADO: This Season (Soph.)— AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.)—An Enters the fall listed sixth at tight end. He invited walk-on, he is projected as a defen- caught one pass, a 9-yard touchdown grab, sive back, likely a safety, in his true in the three main spring scrimmages. freshman year in college. 2010 (Fr.-RS)—He did not see any action, but dressed for eight games: all seven in HIGHSCHOOL—As a senior, he earned Colorado and the road game at Oklahoma. first-team All-State honors from the Denver Post at defensive back, along 2009 (Fr.)—Redshirted; practiced the entire fall at tight end as a true fresh- with earning first-team All-2A Colorado League accolades at both quar- man in college; he joined the team as an invited walk-on for August drills. terback and safety; he was the league’s offensive and defensive player of the year. He recorded 143 tackles, which included 101 solo, to go with five HIGH SCHOOL—A three-sport star who earned four letters each in foot- interceptions, nine passes broken up, six forced fumbles and three recov- ball, basketball and baseball at Steamboat Springs High School, he earned eries. On offense, he completed 98-of-160 passes (61.3 percent) for 1,450 All-Colorado Class 3A tight end by the Denver Post as a senior. That yards and 17 touchdowns, while throwing just four interceptions. Two of season, he caught 96 passes for 1,200 yards and nine touchdowns helping his top games his senior year came in the playoffs: in a 21-14 quarterfinal Steamboat Springs compile an 8-3 mark under coach Aaron Finch. win over Aspen, he scored from a yard out to put his team ahead in over- Defensively, he compiled 75 tackles (50 solo) with seven for a loss and five time, and then intercepted a pass in the end zone to end the game. Then sacks. He also had four interceptions, four pass break-ups, forced three in a 29-25 loss to Brush in the semifinals a week later, he set a school fumbles and recovered two defensively. He was also honored as the record with 32 tackles, which also included a record 24 unassisted; Western Slope League Player of the Year and earned first-team All-Western however, Brush won the game on the last play. He did not play his junior Slope League honors in football. He earned the Steamboat Pilot and Today season until the state playoffs, as he suffered a torn ACL playing in Routt County Male Athlete of the Year award for his performance in all summer league basketball; when he returned, he saw action solely on three sports as a senior. His junior season he caught 90 passes for 965 defense and special teams in four playoff games, making 10 tackles with an yards and six touchdowns. That season, he had 80 tackles (40 solo) defen- interception, a forced fumble and the recovery (all three of the later sively with eight for a loss and two sacks. He also intercepted three passes against Erie). As a sophomore, when he was honorable mention All-League and broke-up three others with one forced fumble. He earned honorable at quarterback, he threw for 905 yards and nine touchdowns, while rush- mention All-State by the Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post and was a ing for 106 yards and another two scores. Kent Denver was 10-3 his senior first-team All-Western Slope League, as well. His sophomore season, he season, claiming the 2A Colorado League title, was 11-3 his junior season had 27 catches for 300 yards and two touchdowns offensively and 60 tack- (the 2A state runner-up), 10-2 his sophomore year and 6-4 his freshman les (30 solo) with two tackles-for-loss and one sack defensively. He picked campaign (6-0 in league play and Colorado League champs) under coach off two passes, broke-up two others and caused one fumble that season, Scott Yates, his father. He also lettered three times in basketball as well, when Steamboat Springs went 10-2 and won the Western Slope (guard/forward), with KDS the Metro League champions his sophomore championship. In his four seasons at Steamboat Springs, the team and junior seasons, and four times in baseball (catcher/outfielder). As a compiled a 37-11 record. In basketball, he was a power forward and aver- senior, he was a first-team All-3A/2A Metro League performer as an aged 9.5 points, 8.8 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game as Steamboat outfielder, batting .354. Springs won the Western Slope championship three years in a row from his sophomore through senior seasons compiling a 58-15 record. He ACADEMICS—He plans on majoring in Engineering and is also interested earned first-team All-Western Slope honors both his junior and senior in Spanish as possible fields of study at Colorado. As a senior at Kent seasons. The top pitching threat on the baseball team, he compiled a 2.34 Denver School, he was a finalist for two of the most prestigious prep earned run average and hit .450 with three homeruns as a senior when he awards that combine athletic and academic achievement in the state of earned second-team All-State. He was a first-team All-Western Slope selec- Colorado, the Freddie Steinmark Award and the John Lynch Scholarship tion as a junior and senior in baseball, and was looked at closely by both Award. the Detroit Tigers and Cincinnati Reds who both had an interest in draft- ing him, but he opted for a college football career instead. PERSONAL—He was born June 8, 1992 in Lakewood, Colo. His hobbies include fishing, hunting and playing guitar, and he also has earned his ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Communication at Colorado. He earned black belt in Taekwondo. As a youngster, he was a ball boy for the Denver Academic All-State recognition in both football and basketball all four Broncos, and an interesting summer job he once held was working at a years in high school. pet kennel. His father, Scott, lettered at safety for the Buffs as a senior in 1979, and an uncle, Shannon Yates lettered in football at the Air Force PERSONAL—Born July 29, 1990 in Brunswick, . He enjoys fishing Academy. and camping and lists Friday Night Lights as his favorite movie. He lists the Denver Broncos as his favorite NFL team and once met , with his favorite athletes being Tim Tebow and Dwight Howard.

101 CODY YELLEN, TE 6-3, 225, Fr., HS Trabuco Canyon, Calif. (Mater Dei) 46 AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.)— Projected as a tight end as a true freshman in college; he joined the team as an invited walk-on for August drills.

HIGHSCHOOL—He earned one letter in football, doing so as a junior at Mater Dei (Santa Ana), where he was primarily a blocking tight end. He did not make any receptions, but cleared the way for scores with five touchdown blocks and recorded about 20 downfield blocks. Mater Dei was 6-5 that season under coach Bruce Rollinson; he did not play as a senior to concentrate on his school work.

ACADEMICS—He is undecided on his major at Colorado. He was an Honor Roll student in high school, graduating with a 3.2 grade point average.

PERSONAL—He was born October 30, 1992 in Orange County, Calif. His hobbies include lifting weights and listening to music.

102 Rodney Stewart is fifth on CU’s all-time rushing yards list with 2,744 yards, chasing the school’s all-time record of 3,940, which is held by his position coach, Eric Bieniemy. Bieniemy, CU’s new offensive coordinator this fall, finished second in the nation in rushing in 1990 and was third in the Heisman Trophy balloting.

Two legendary Colorado sports information directors have been inducted into the CoSIDA Hall of Fame, Fred Casotti (1996) and Mike Moran (2002). Casotti served as SID from 1952-68, and Moran followed him from 1968-79.

103 2010 game summaries

COLORADO 24 GAME COLORADO...... 7 10 70—24 COLORADO STATE 3 11 Colorado State ...... 0003—3 September 4, 2010 (Invesco Field, Denver) Score Time Qtr COLORADO — Patterson 18 pass from Hansen (Goodman kick) 7- 0 6:03 1Q COLORADO — McKnight 27 pass from Hansen (Goodman kick) 14- 0 8:49 2Q DENVER—That long-awaited win against their bitter in-state COLORADO — Goodman 28 FG 17- 0 4:07 2Q rival? Check. That much-needed fast start on college football’s opening COLORADO — Hansen 1 run (Goodman kick) 24- 0 1:55 3Q weekend? Check. The defense increasing its weekly turnover Colorado State — DeLine 43 FG 24- 3 9:36 4Q totals? Check. Scotty McKnight breaking the school career receiving Attendance: 60,989 Time: 2:49 mark? Check. Weather: 90 degrees, clear skies, 5 mph winds from the west TEAM STATISTICS COLORADO COLORADO ST. But attending to business and leaving town with unfinished business First Downs ...... 18 14 amounts to good news and even better news for the Buffs, who dis- Third Down Efficiency (Fourth) ...... 5-13 (0-0) 1-12 (0-2) patched Colorado State 24-3 at sweltering Invesco Field at Mile High in Rushes—Net Yards ...... 35-115 25-49 the Cinch Jeans Rocky Mountain Showdown. Passing Yards...... 192 196 Passes (Att-Comp-Int)...... 25-17-1 33-24-3 Total Offense...... 307 245 That also goes for the Buffs offense, which rolled to a 17-0 halftime lead Return Yards ...... 55 58 under quarterback Tyler Hansen and added another third-quarter touch- Punts: No-Average...... 7-41.4 6-40.7 down (24-0) before the Rams managed a fourth-quarter field goal to avoid Fumbles: No-Lost...... 1-0 1-0 being shutout in the series for the first time since 1957 (20-0). Penalties/Yards...... 10/101 2/29 Quarterback Sacks—Yards ...... 4-12 2-29 Hansen finished with 17 completions in 25 attempts for 192 yards and Time of Possession ...... 32:38 27:22 two touchdowns. He was intercepted once. Drives/Average Field Position ...... 13/C35 13/CS26 Red Zone: Scores-Attempts (Points) ...... 3-3 (17) 0-0 (0) During CU’s first-half surge, Hansen and McKnight connected on a pair of INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS passes for 42 yards in an 82-yard drive. McKnight’s second catch tied Rushing—Colorado: Stewart 16-67, Torres 5-26, Clemons 1-10, Lockridge 4-6, Michael Westbrook’s 167 CU career receptions; his next - a 27-yarder for Patterson 1-4, Hansen 8-2. Colorado State: Drake 2-32, Carter 11-10, Thomas 8-7, Borcky 2-3, Greenwood 1-minus 1, Mason 1-minus 2. a score - shoved Westbrook’s record aside. Passing—Colorado: Hansen 25-17-1, 192, 2 td. Colorado State: Thomas 33-24-3, 196, 0 td. McKnight, a senior captain, called his achievement “humbling, a great Receiving—Colorado: McKnight 6-78, Clemons 3-25, Stewart 2-41, Cefalo 2-16, feeling,” but added, “Numbers don’t mean so much to me . . . I’ve been Patterson 1-18, Richardson 1-11, Jefferson 1-5, Lockridge 1-minus 2. Colorado State: through a season where we won three games (2009) and I caught 76 balls Steele 4-54, Liggett 3-27, Yemm 3-27, Mosure 3-22, Borcky 3-17, Peitz 2-19, Law 2-18, - it’s not fun.” Carter 2-8, Pauga 2-4. Punting—Colorado: Grossnickle 7-41.4 (44 long, 2 In20). Colorado State: Jon Major led a CU defense that snuffed CSU and its freshman quarter- Kontodiakos 6-40.7 (56 long, 3 In20). back, Pete Thomas. The Buffs intercepted him three times, allowed the Punt Returns—Colorado: Patterson 4-46. Colorado State: Thomas 5-38. Rams only 49 yards rushing and forced them into three-and-outs on their Kickoff Returns— Colorado: Lockridge 1-31. Colorado State: Mosure 2-34. first three series of the game. Tackle Leaders—Colorado: Major 8,2—10; Perkins 4,5—9; Sipili 5,2—7; Polk 2,3— 5; Sandersfeld 2,2—4; Mahnke 2,1—3; J.Smith 2,1—3; Pericak 1,2—3; Ahles 2,0—2; Beatty 2,0—2; Hartigan 2,0-2; West 2,0—2. Colorado State: Brewer 6,4—10; Sisson Major made the game’s most significant stop - a fourth-and-one stuff of 4,4—8; Herd 5,2—7; Williams 4,3—7; Sargent 3,2—5; Smith 2,2—4. CSU’s running quarterback, T.J. Borcky that gave the Buffs possession on Quarterback Sacks—Colorado: Beatty 1-9, Goree 1-2, Poremba 1-1, Uzo-Diribe 1-0. the Rams’ 44-yard line. Colorado State: Gillmore 1-16, Orapko 1-13. Interceptions—Colorado: Perkins 1-9, Brown 1-0, Sandersfeld 1-0. Colorado State: Five plays later, Hansen and “newly acquired” receiver Travon Patterson, Thomas 1-20. a transfer from Southern California, teamed for an 18-yard touchdown Passes Broken Up—Colorado: none. Colorado State: Sisson. pass on which “TP” showed the leave-’em-looking speed he was expect- GAME NOTES ed to bring to a position that now is, ah, up to speed. Colorado now leads the series 60-20-2, including a 6-4 edge in Denver … CU After Aric Goodman’s PAT, the Buffs went up 7-0 and were in control of is now 23-1 in season openers since 1967 when scoring first … This is the almost everything except themselves for the rest of the game. They were fewest points CU has allowed in a season opener since a 45-3 win over Fresno State in 1988 … This marked the first time the losing team in the series failed penalized 10 times for 104 yards - a decidedly less-than-efficient start for to score at least 10 points since a 23-7 CSU win in Boulder in 1986, and the a team that drew 107 flags in 2009. first time the loser did not score a touchdown since 1983, when CU won 31- 3 in Boulder in game that resumed the series after a 25-year dormancy (CU In addition to his pair of TD passes, Hansen also ran six times for 31 now leads the series 17-6 since its resumption) … Colorado’s 17-0 lead at yards, including a 1-yard scoring sneak. But he also was sacked twice and halftime was the largest by either team in the series since CSU led 28-0 at lost 29 yards, one of the sacks costing CU 16 yards on a regrettable series halftime in 1999; it was CU’s largest intermission lead since 1995 in Boulder that started in CSU territory (49 yard line) after an interception by safe- (28-7) … The win was Dan Hawkins’ 70th on the I-A/FBS level (70-44) … In ty Anthony Perkins. five season openers under Hawkins, the Buffs are now 15-of-15 in the Red Zone (10 TD/5 FG) … The 3 points allowed by CU are the third lowest in the Still, coupled with tailback Rodney “Speedy” Stewart’s 16 carries for 67 50-game Hawk Era, trailing two shutouts (the last of which was last Sept. 19, yards, Hansen’s mobility gave the Buffs a running dimension they didn’t a 24-0 win over Wyoming) … The 245 yards allowed by the Buff defense is the fewest surrendered in a season opener since 1998, when CSU had 202 in a have in last season’s 23-17 loss to the Rams. Behind Stewart was true 42-14 CU win in what was the first series game played in Denver … CSU’s first freshman Justin Torres, who carried five times in the fourth quarter for nine plays all gained less than 5 yards (and just one of which gained 4); 36 of 26 yards (5.2 average). CSU’s 58 plays went for fewer than 15 feet … CSU ran just 15 plays in CU territory (for a net 44 yards) … WR Scotty McKnight became CU’s all-time The Buffs got a boost from Goodman, who hit a 28-yard field goal in the leading receiver in style, catching his 168th career ball to pass Michael first half, made three extra point attempts and sailed three of his five Westbrook (167, 1991-94) on a 27-yard touchdown pass from QB Tyler kickoffs into or out of the end zone. Hansen … ILB Jon Major had a career-high 10 tackles, besting the four he had last year at Iowa State … With four quarterback sacks, the Buffs extended If there was an opening-day downer for the Buffs, it was the serious knee their streak with a least one sack to 21 straight games … Colorado sold about injury suffered by nickel back Parker Orms during punt coverage in the 33,500 of its allotted 37,000 tickets for the game; the crowd of 60,989 was the first half; he tore his ACL and was lost for the remainder of the season. lowest of the 10 games in Denver (previous low was 65,701 in 2006).

104 CALIFORNIA 52 GAME COLORADO...... 0070—7 COLORADO 7 22 California ...... 14 17 0 21 — 52 September 11, 2010 (Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, Calif.) Score Time Qtr California — Vereen 13 pass from Riley (Tavecchio kick) 0- 7 7:22 1Q BERKELEY, Calif. — Kevin Riley threw four touchdown passes for California — Jones 4 pass from Riley (Tavecchio kick) 0-14 0:51 1Q California — Tavecchio 31 FG 0-17 14:00 2Q California, which turned five Colorado turnovers into 31 points, as the California — Vereen 3 run (Tavecchio kick) 0-24 10:29 2Q Golden Bears provided a rude welcome to their future conference mates California — Mohamed 41 interception return (Tavecchio kick) 0-31 0:11 2Q in the Buffaloes, scoring early and often in a 52-7 win. COLORADO — Hansen 4 run (Goodman kick) 7-31 2:37 3Q California — Allen 8 pass from Riley (Tavecchio kick) 7-38 12:00 4Q CU dropped to 1-1 on the season, while Cal improved to 2-0 and then California — Sofele 1 pass from Riley (Tavecchio kick) 7-45 6:49 4Q California — Hagan 82 fumble return (Tavecchio kick) 7-52 0:34 4Q appeared in the coaches’ poll at No. 24 the day following the win. Attendance: 55,440 Time: 3:07 The two are scheduled for a return game in Boulder on Sept. 10, 2011, but Weather: 75 degrees, clear skies, 2-4 mph winds from the northwest it’s unknown at present whether that game will be a non-conference game TEAM STATISTICS COLORADO CALIFORNIA or a league tilt; CU is set join the Pacific-10 in either 2011 or 2012. So the First Downs ...... 17 18 Buffaloes will have to wait either one or two years for their revenge against Third Down Efficiency (Fourth) ...... 8-18 (1-1) 4-11 (0-2) Rushes—Net Yards ...... 42-75 36-159 Cal, which rolled to a 31-0 halftime lead and then poured it on late, Passing Yards...... 166 197 including running a double reverse up by 31 with seven minutes left in the Passes (Att-Comp-Int)...... 34-18-3 24-15-0 game. Total Offense...... 241 356 Return Yards ...... 8 169 Punts: No-Average...... 6-40.2 4-48.2 Poor field position helped dictate the tough start; after forcing Cal to punt Fumbles: No-Lost...... 2-2 2-0 after picking up three first downs, CU was pinned deep and a poor punt Penalties/Yards...... 9/75 6/54 (38 yards) and long return (23) set the Bears up at the CU 19, the first of Quarterback Sacks—Yards ...... 2-5 6-41 four straight possessions Cal started in CU territory. The Buff defense Time of Possession ...... 32:15 27:45 Drives/Average Field Position ...... 15/C27 12/Ca40 tried to hold, allowing two touchdowns and a field goal with a fourth down Red Zone: Scores-Attempts (Points) ...... 1-2 (7) 6-6 (38) stop, but the Bears put 17 points into the books and the rout was on. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing—Colorado: Stewart 29-80, Patterson 1-9, Lockridge 1-minus 5, Hansen 11- Offensively, the offensive line could not contain Cal and thus put minus 9. California: Vereen 16-59, DeBoskie 4-31, Riley 5-24, Jones 1-23, Sofele 4-10, quarterback Tyler Hansen at risk early and often; he was sacked six times, Yarnway 3-7, Allen 1-6, Tyndall 1-3, Sweeney 1-minus 4, threw three interceptions and lost a fumble. Combined with nine Passing—Colorado: Hansen 34-18-3, 166, 0 td. California: Riley 24-15-0, 197, 4 td. penalties, eight in the first half, the Buffs were behind the 8-ball from the Receiving—Colorado: Deehan 4-51, Patterson 4-34, Clemons 3-36, McKnight 2-14, start. Jefferson 2-11, Cefalo 1-11, Walters 1-6, Bahr 1-3. California: Allen 5-57, Jones 4-86, Vereen 3-18, Ross 1-27, Stevens 1-8, Sofele 1-1. Punting—Colorado: Grossnickle 6-40.2 (49 long, 0 In20, 1 TB). California: Anger 4- Cal used its longest first-half drive—72 yards on six plays—to take a 24-0 48.2 (66 long, 2 In20). lead on Shane Vereen’s 3-yard run with 10:29 left in the half. The Buffs Punt Returns—Colorado: Patterson 2-8. California: Ross 2-33. actually dominated the game’s next 22:52 stretch, possessing the ball for Kickoff Returns— Colorado: Lockridge 6-133, Jaffee 2-37. California: Allen 1-17, 20:11, forcing the Bears into three straight three-and-outs while scoring Sofele 1-10. their only points in the window, a 4-yard run on fourth down by Hansen Tackle Leaders—Colorado: Perkins 6,5—11; Pericak 6,1—7; Polk 3,3—6; Sipili 4,1— late in the third quarter. Unfortunately for the Buffs, those matched what 5; Brown 3,1—4; J.Smith 3,1—4; Mahnke 3,0—3; Ahles 1,2—3; Rippy 1,2—3; Sandersfeld 2,0—2. California: Mohamed 5,9—14; Kendricks 5,7—12; Anthony 3,4— Cal had already scored in the span — linebacker Mike Mohamed returned 7; Holt 3,4—7; Jordan 3,2—5; Moncrease 3,1—4; Price 3,1—4; Hagan 1,3—4; Owusu a Hansen interception 41 yards for the Bears’ final TD of the first half to 0,4—4. account for the 31-0 intermission lead. Quarterback Sacks—Colorado: Pericak 1-4, West 1-1. California: Price 2-13, Kendricks 1.5—10; Jordan 1-9, Guyton 1-9, Owusu 0.5-0. The Bears closed the scoring with an 82-yard fumble return by senior Interceptions—Colorado: none. California: Mohamed 1-41, Nnabuife 1-13, Williams 1-0. cornerback Darian Hagan, Jr., the son of CU’s former quarterback and Passes Broken Up—Colorado: Brown, Major, J.Smith. California: Anthony, Cattouse, current running backs coach, who scooped up the ball after Ryan Deehan Coleman, Hagan, Holt. lost possession. It was a punctuation mark for Cal. GAME NOTES Riley hit Vereen with a 13-yard scoring pass, capping a meager 19-yard CU officials sold out its tickets allotment (4,000) to the game, but plenty of other fans bought tickets from Cal for an estimated 7,500 Buffalo fans in drive, for Cal’s first TD. He went on to complete 15-of-24 passes for 197 attendance … California took a 3-2 lead in the series; in the five games, the yards, doing most of his damage deep in CU territory which subsequently lead has never changed hands as the team that scored first went on to win led to his throwing four scoring passes. … The series resumed 28 years to the day after the last meeting (Sept. 11, 1982, when both teams debuted new head coaches: Bill McCartney for CU and Joe Kapp for Cal) … The Buffs extended their streak with a least one Colorado actually held an edge in total offense, 179-168, through three sack to 22 straight games … One bright spot for the Buffaloes was its offense quarters, but the Bears more than matched that total in the fourth quarter in third-and-short situations: CU was 6-of-6 on 3rd-&-1 or 2, with TB Rodney with 188 yards, the bulk coming on two touchdown drives. The big Stewart rushing for the first down on all six occasions … FTE Ryan Deehan advantage for Cal came in return yardage, as the Bears held a 169-8 margin, finally caught his first pass of the year, or the game (12 drives), California’s starting field position was at its own 40; but the first seven drives, it was on those yards playing a huge role early in the field position game. average at the CU 49 … UB Mat Bahr caught his first career pass since moving over from offensive tackle … This was CU’s 13th straight road loss, the ninth in a row on artificial turf; the last win in both situations was the same game, a 31-26 win at Texas Tech in 1997 … For all its points, Cal only had three plays over 20 yards in length, two of those coming in the meaningless fourth quarter … Cal didn’t overtake Colorado in total offense for good until early in the fourth quarter; CU had wrestled the lead away late in the third, overcoming a first quarter where it gained minus-8 yards.

105 COLORADO 31 GAME Hawai’i ...... 7330—13 HAWAI’I 13 33 COLORADO...... 0017 14 — 31 September 18, 2010 (Folsom Field,Boulder) Score Time Qtr Hawai’i — Pilares 7 pass from Moniz (Enos kick) 0- 7 0:50 1Q BOULDER — It was a classic tale of two halves, but Colorado’s dominance Hawai’i — Enos 31 FG 0-10 0:00 2Q COLORADO — Stewart 4 run (Goodman kick) 7-10 11:28 3Q after intermission enabled the Buffaloes to cruise to a 31-13 win over the COLORADO — Safety, Perkins tackled Green in end zone 9-10 10:33 3Q Hawai’i Warriors. COLORADO — Stewart 2 run (Richardson pass from Hansen) 17-10 7:09 3Q Hawai’i — Enos 32 FG 17-13 2:03 3Q The first half belonged to the defense, the second half to the offense. COLORADO — Clemons 73 pass from Hansen (Goodman kick) 24-13 9:24 4Q Hawai’i outgained CU 237-124 in the first half in building a 10-0 lead; but in COLORADO — McKnight 23 pass from Hansen (Goodman kick) 31-13 3:12 4Q the second half, CU had the edge in yards by 328-100 and points, 31-3. Attendance: 47,840 Time: 2:57 Weather: 55 degrees, overcast, 5 mph winds from the east The defense begin the afternoon with a pair of first-half goal-line stands that limited UH’s halftime lead to 10-0. The Warriors rushed 13 times for TEAM STATISTICS COLORADO HAWAI’I seven yards, with the 13 attempts tied for the second fewest against CU in First Downs ...... 26 13 Third Down Efficiency (Fourth) ...... 10-14 (0-0) 3-11 (0-1) its history (12 by Texas Tech in 2007 are the fewest). Rushes—Net Yards ...... 52-252 13-7 Passing Yards...... 200 330 On their second play from scrimmage, the Warriors (1-2) showed what Passes (Att-Comp-Int)...... 26-19-0 42-27-1 they intended to do, striking for an 80-yard to Kealoha Total Offense...... 452 337 Return Yards ...... - 3 - 1 Pilares completion. CU corner Jimmy Smith crossed the field to run down Punts: No-Average...... 4-36.5 4-44.0 Pilares at the Buffs’ 3-yard line - and the Warriors went no further than the Fumbles: No-Lost...... 3-2 2-1 2. Penalties/Yards...... 9/48 6/37 Quarterback Sacks—Yards ...... 2-12 0-0 After three runs gained nothing, a fumbled snap on fourth down recovered Time of Possession ...... 35:49 24:11 Drives/Average Field Position ...... 10/C26 11/H30 by CU safety Anthony Perkins preserved the goal line stand. Two series Red Zone: Scores-Attempts (Points) ...... 2-2 (15) 3-5 (13) later - after CU began the offensive ineptness that would follow it to halftime - UH again had possession at the Buffs’ 3-yard line, this time taking INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS advantage of a punt fumbled by Travon Patterson and recovered by Rushing—Colorado: Lockridge 14-109, Stewart 22-106, Torres 9-32, Hansen 5-21, Warriors linebacker Po’okela Ahmad. Patterson 1-2, Team 1-minus 18. Hawai’i: Dimude 1-9, Green 6-3, Moniz 6-minus 5. Passing—Colorado: Hansen 26-19-0, 200, 2 td. Hawai’i: Moniz 41-27-1, 330, 1 td; Team But this UH possession at the CU 3 was no more effective than the first. 1-0-0, 0. After Moniz threw three incompletions, placekicker Scott Enos was wide Receiving—Colorado: McKnight 6-65, Clemons 3-85, Deehan 3-32, Richardson 3-9, Stewart 2-9, Patterson 1-4, Cefalo 1-minus 4. Hawai’i: Salas 9-94, Pilares 6-117, Pollard right on a 20-yard field goal attempt. The upshot: on eight plays inside the 6-67, Bradley 3-36, Green 3-16. Buffs’ 3-yard line, the Warriors gained one yard and missed a chip shot Punting—Colorado: Grossnickle 4-36.5 (45 long, 1 In20). Hawai’i: Dunnachie 4-44.0 field goal attempt. (61 long, 1 In20, 1 TB). Punt Returns—Colorado: Patterson 2-minus 3. Hawai’i: Salas 1-minus 1. The Buffs shook themselves awake in the second half and scored on their Kickoff Returns— Colorado: Lockridge 2-44, Clemons 1-17. Hawai’i: Sampson 3-49. first two series on short touchdown runs (4 & 2 yards) by Rodney Stewart Tackle Leaders—Colorado: Perkins 5,2—7; Polk 5,1—6; J.Smith 4,1—5; Ahles 4,0— and the Warriors’ first possession (safety). CU mostly used the no-huddle, 4; Beatty 4,0—4; J.Hawkins 2,1—3; Major 1,2—3; Sipili 1,2—3; Mahnke 2,0—2; taking advantage of the altitude and perhaps UH being road weary at the Hartigan 1,1—2; Brown 0,2—2. Hawai’i: Paredes 11,5—16; Brown 6,2—8; Silva 6,1— 7; Hardy-Tuliau 5,2—7; Davis 5,1—6; Torres 5,1—6; Walker 4,2—6. tail end of a 13-day, roughly 11,000-mile trip. Quarterback Sacks—Colorado: Beatty 1-10, Team 1-2. Hawai’i: none. The Buffs rediscovering their running game was the second half’s biggest Interceptions—Colorado: J.Hawkins 1-0. Hawai’i: none. find. Stewart (22 carries, 106 yards, 2 TDs) and Lockridge (14-109) became Passes Broken Up—Colorado: Brown, Major, J.Smith. Hawai’i: Hardy-Tuliau, Ornellas. the first two CU running backs to go over 100 yards in the same game since Chris Brown (127) and Bobby Purify (174) did it in 2002 against Iowa State. GAME NOTES The Buffs rushed for 183 of their 252 yards - their largest total to date in CU evened the series with Hawai’i at 1-1; it had been 31,305 days since they 2010 - in the second half. first played, but the two open the 2011 season against each other in Honolulu next Sept. 3 (just 350 days this time) … The 55 degree temperature at kickoff Running backs coach Darian Hagan had planned on using Stewart and was the coldest for a CU opener at Folsom Field since 1982 (Sept. 11), when Lockridge in fairly equal amounts, but after Stewart’s xxxxxxa was all it was 49 degrees in a 31-17 loss to California (rainfall, 15 mph winds); that game was Bill McCartney’s first as Buff head coach … Redshirt frosh CB Lockridge said he needed to record his first career 100-yard rushing game. Paul Vigo made his first career start, doing so as the nickel back; In 2009, he carried 12 times for 53 yards last season - total. unfortunately, he was the third NB lost in as many games to an extensive injury … The third quarter safety by Anthony Perkins was CU’s first safety In addition to Stewart’s heroics, CU’s second-half point spree featured a since Oct. 22, 2005 versus Kansas in Boulder … CU’s 252 yards rushing pair of TD passes from Hansen to Clemons (73 yards) and to Scotty marked its first time the Buffs went over 200 since 2008 versus Kansas State McKnight via Clemons (23 yards). A series after the Hansen-to-Clemons (247) and its most since running for 257 against Nebraska in 2007 (both games in Boulder) … Hawai’i finished the game with 13 rushes for a net 7 scoring play gave CU 24-13 lead, a Hansen pass intended for Clemons yards (11-for-19 if excluding sacks). That is tied for the second fewest bounded off of his shoulder pads and caromed to McKnight, who made the rushing plays against CU in its history (lowest: 12 by Texas Tech in 2007); catch, ran a couple of steps and dove into the end zone. the net 7 yards is the 10th lowest ever allowed by a CU team, the second fewest in the Dan Hawkins Era as Kansas had a net minus-8 last year … The Hansen finished the game with 200 yards passing (19 of 26) and the two TD Buffs honored Alfred Williams at halftime, as he will become CU’s fifth tosses. He was not intercepted. Moniz was 27-of-41 for 330 yards and one inductee into the College Football Hall of Fame this December (over 300 youngsters wearing replica #94 jerseys, Williams’ number at CU, lined a TD. He was intercepted in the fourth quarter by nickel back Jonathan tunnel for him to the center of the field) … This was the seventh comeback Hawkins, the fourth player CU has used at the position this season from 10-plus points down by the Buffs under Dan Hawkins. because of injuries.

106 COLORADO 29 GAME Georgia...... 3 14 73—27 GEORGIA 27 44 COLORADO...... 7715 0—29 October 2, 2010 (Folsom Field,Boulder) Score Time Qtr COLORADO — Bahr 4 pass from Hansen (Goodman kick) 7- 0 7:47 1Q Georgia — Walsh 33 FG 7- 3 4:58 1Q BOULDER—Just as Georgia appeared ready to parlay a One Dawg Night - COLORADO — Lockridge 1 (Goodman kick) 14- 3 13:15 2Q that would be A.J. Green’s superlative 2010 debut - into a last-minute win, Georgia — Green 3 pass from Murray (Walsh kick) 14-10 11:08 2Q Colorado linebackers B.J. Beatty and Jon Major stepped forward and Georgia — Green 39 pass from Murray (Walsh kick) 14-17 7:53 2Q Georgia — Brown 8 pass from Murray (Walsh kick) 14-24 10:40 3Q changed the script. COLORADO — Hansen 2 run (Deehan pass from C.Hawkins) 22-24 7:46 3Q COLORADO — Stewart 11 run (Goodman kick) 29-24 4:39 3Q Beatty’s strip of quarterback Aaron Murray and Major’s recovery with 1:55 Georgia — Walsh 20 FG 29-27 12:30 4Q remaining allowed the confident and steadily improving Buffaloes to leave Attendance: 52,855 Time: 3:32 Folsom Field with a 29-27 victory and head into their final Big 12 Weather: 64 degrees, partly cloudy, 5 mph winds from the northwest Conference season with a respectable 3-1 non-conference record, winning TEAM STATISTICS COLORADO GEORGIA consecutive games for the first time since 2008. First Downs ...... 18 20 Third Down Efficiency (Fourth) ...... 7-15 (1-1) 5-12 (0-1) The Buffs took a good start - leading at one point 14-3 – to a near heart- Rushes—Net Yards ...... 47-235 32-188 stopping finish. With 1:55 to play, after kicker Aric Goodman just missed Passing Yards...... 158 221 a 52-yard field goal attempt, CU clung to a two-point lead and watched Passes (Att-Comp-Int)...... 20-13-1 27-16-1 Total Offense...... 393 409 UGA try to position itself for the win at the Buffs’ 27-yard line, where Return Yards ...... 13 38 Beatty and Major made the game-securing play. Punts: No-Average...... 4-40.5 3-46.3 Fumbles: No-Lost...... 1-0 3-1 Green, playing in his first game after a four-game NCAA suspension, didn’t Penalties/Yards...... 3/21 5/48 touch the ball for the first time until the second quarter, but when he did Quarterback Sacks—Yards ...... 3-17 2-14 Time of Possession ...... 34:00 26:00 he nearly single-handedly turned the CU 11-point lead into a Georgia 10- Drives/Average Field Position ...... 11/C23 11/G35 point advantage. Red Zone: Scores-Attempts (Points) ...... 4-4 (29) 4-5 (20)

His first touch of the season was a 40-yard gain on a flanker reverse. His INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS second touch produced an acrobatic one-handed catch of a Murray pass Rushing—Colorado: Stewart 19-149, Hansen 10-51, Lockridge 16-36, Patterson 1-1, Team 1-minus 2. Georgia: King 12-100, Green 1-40, Ealey 1-15, Murray 7-13, Chapas for a 3-yard touchdown that pulled UGA to within four points (14-10). He 3-12, Thomas 7-11, Wooten 1-minus 3. then connected with Murray on a 39-yard score, giving UGA its first lead Passing—Colorado: Hansen 20-13-1, 158, 1 td. Georgia: Murray 27-16-1, 221, 3 td. at 17-14. Receiving—Colorado: Stewart 3-31, McKnight 2-21, Patterson 2-minus 1, Jefferson 1- 46, Lockridge 1-35, Clemons 1-10, Walters 1-9, Bahr 1-4, Deehan 1-3. Georgia: Green He then opened the second half with 50-yard pass play, putting the 7-119, Charles 2-38, White 2-20, Chapas 1-12, King 1-11, Thomas 1-9, Brown 1-8, King 1-4. Bulldogs into scoring position, where they would take a 24-14 lead five Punting—Colorado: Grossnickle 4-40.5 (46 long, 1 In20). Georgia: Butler 3-46.3 (53 minutes into the third quarter. But that catch was the last of the game, long, 0 In20). leaving with cramps and seeing limited action the rest of the way. Punt Returns—Colorado: Patterson 1-13. Georgia: B.Smith 1-36, Gray 1-1. Kickoff Returns— Colorado: Clemons 1-22, Patterson 1-18, Jaffee 1-16, Lockridge 1- The Buffs then sparked and would score a pair of touchdowns and a 2- 10. Georgia: Boykin 2-97, Thomas 1-14. point conversion in a span of just over three minutes to turn the 24-14 Tackle Leaders—Colorado: Brown 7,1—8; Major 4,4—8; Perkins 4,2—6; Sipili 4,2— deficit into a 29-24 lead. Keyed by an option play where Rodney Stewart 6; Mahnke 2,4—6; Beatty 3,2—5; J.Smith 1,4—5; Ahles 2,2—4; Cunningham 3,0—3; Hartigan 3,0—3; Polk 2,1—3. Georgia: Dent 8,4—12; Houston 6,0—6; Hamilton 4,2— ran through a huge hole and rambled for 65 yards to the UGA 8, Hansen 6; Rambo 5,0—5; Cuff 4,1—5; Commings 4,1—5; Dowtin 4,0—4. scored on a 2-yard dive three plays later for a touchdown. The Buffs then Quarterback Sacks—Colorado: Hartigan 2-17, Sipili 1-0. Georgia: Houston 1-8, lined up in a strange formation where Ryan Deehan is the center - but an Dowtin 1-6. eligible receiver - and most of his teammates, including Goodman, are split Interceptions—Colorado: Brown 1-0. Georgia: Dowtin 1-1. to the left of the formation. Cody Hawkins took the snap and threw to a Passes Broken Up—Colorado: Perkins, J.Smith. Georgia: Rambo, B.Smith. wide open Deehan for an easy two points and CU was within 24-22. GAME NOTES UB Matt Bahr, a converted offensive tackle (last spring) scored his first CU’s next drive appeared to have ended with a 38-yard Goodman field career touchdown on CU’s opening drive, the first points CU scored this year goal, but he was roughed on the play and the Bulldogs were penalized 10 on its first possession … TB Brian Lockridge made his third career start; yards to the 11. Stewart scored on the next play, diving like a missile into the other two were on the road, boat at Kansas State (2007, 2009) … CB Jalil the end zone at the pylon, and Goodman‘s PAT put CU back in front 29-24 Brown made his second interception of the season in the second quarter, with 4:39 left in the third quarter. the fifth of his career … TB Rodney Stewart had the 10th 100-yard game of his career (19-149, 1 TD); he also converted on one 3rd-&-1 and one 4th-&-1, The Buffs went on the offensive early with tailbacks Brian Lockridge (16 and is now 7-for-7 in such situations this season (and 18-of-20 in his career) … CU extended its streak to 24 consecutive games with at least one sack … carries, 36 yards, 1 TD) and Stewart (19-149, 1 TD). Lockridge started, then The fourth quarter drive where CU missed a 52-yard field goal attempt was Stewart then came on strong, catching three passes for 31 yards in 15 plays for 45 yards (10-for-13 in plus territory), but consumed 8:53 off the addition to his rushing total. Hansen completed 13-of-20 passes for 158 clock … Georgia averaged an astonishing 10.6 yards on first down plays (317 yards and a touchdown, while also running 10 times for 51 yards and the yards on 30 plays), but managed just 92 yards on 29 second/third down plays score (eight rushes for 65 yards not counting two sacks). (3.2 per) … CU was flagged for a season-low three penalties (two special teams, one on the defense); it was a team low since being called for two at After Blair Walsh brought Georgia within two points at 29-27 with a 20-yard Nebraska on Nov. 28, 2008 … The Buffs rushed for 235 yards, and coupled with the 252 against Hawai’i, for 200-plus yards in back-to-back games (after field goal with 12:30 left to play, CU responded by running almost 9 going 19 straight games under 200) for the first time since 2006 … Dan minutes off the clock, with its drive stalling at the UGA 35-yard line where Hawkins’ teams are now 40-1 in his career when rushing for 200 or more Goodman just missed a 52-yard field goal attempt. With 3:37 remaining, yards (8-1 at Colorado) … The Buffs did not have a single forced fumble in the Bulldogs took over on their 35-yard line and pushed as far as the CU their first three games, but had two tonight; DE Josh Hartigan had one in the 27 before Beatty’s timely strip and Major’s recovery snuffed them. third quarter when he sacked Aaron Murray, and OLB B.J. Beatty had the other with 1:55 left that may have saved the game.

107 MISSOURI 26 GAME COLORADO...... 0000—0 COLORADO 0 55 Missouri...... 5 14 07—26 October 9, 2010 (Faurot Field, Columbia, Mo.) Score Time Qtr Missouri — Safety, Hansen called for grounding in end zone 0- 2 7:52 1Q Missouri — Ressel 47 FG 0- 5 2:06 1Q COLUMBIA, Mo. — No. 24 Missouri administered one last win over Missouri — Jackson 30 pass from Gabbert (Ressel kick) 0-12 10:40 2Q Colorado before the Buffaloes bolt the Big 12 Conference next season for Missouri — Egnew 10 pass from Gabbert (Ressell kick) 0-19 0:58 2Q the Pac-12, handing CU a 26-0 defeat at Faurot Field in the league opener Missouri — Egnew 7 pass from Franklin (Ressell kick) 0-26 9:24 4Q for both teams, the final such one for Colorado. Attendance: 62,965 Time: 3:02 Weather: 81 degrees, clear skies, 8 mph winds from the south Falling for the fifth consecutive time to Mizzou and losing its 14th straight regular season road game, the Buffs had a modest two-game win streak TEAM STATISTICS COLORADO MISSOURI halted and dropped to 3-2, 0-1 in the Big 12. MU remained unbeaten (5-0, First Downs ...... 18 18 1-0) and signed off in the series with a 41-31-3 advantage (8-7 in the Big Third Down Efficiency (Fourth) ...... 7-17 (0-3) 6-15 (1-1) Rushes—Net Yards ...... 26-61 32-119 12). Passing Yards...... 250 226 The Buffs struggled early on special teams and throughout the night Passes (Att-Comp-Int)...... 46-31-1 33-20-1 Total Offense...... 311 345 offensively. In addition to Cody Hawkins replacing Tyler Hansen at Return Yards ...... 18 54 quarterback, freshman Justin Castor was given a chance at placekicker in Punts: No-Average...... 5-32.2 5-44.4 place of senior Aric Goodman, who missed a crucial 40-yard field goal Fumbles: No-Lost...... 1-0 1-1 attempt when MU’s lead was only 5-0. Penalties/Yards...... 8/46 2/17 Quarterback Sacks—Yards ...... 2-8 4-24 Before they were victimized by their own special teams play, the Buffs Time of Possession ...... 32:38 27:22 were victimized by the Tigers’. CU started its first two possessions at its Drives/Average Field Position ...... 12/C32 12/M28 own 2- and 1-yard lines, respectively, courtesy of punts by MU’s Matt Red Zone: Scores-Attempts (Points) ...... 0-3 (0) 2-3 (14) Grabner. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS The first possession ended in Zach Grossnickle’s partially blocked punt, Rushing—Colorado: Stewart 18-91, Patterson 2-minus 4, C.Hawkins 2-minus 11, Hansen 4-minus 15. Missouri: Franklin 4-37, Barrow 1-26, Murphy 2-15, Josey 5-14, and the Buffs ran only one play on its second series, which ended in a Moore 5-13, Lawrence 6-9, Gabbert 6-6, Moe 1-1, Team 2-minus 2. safety when Hansen was ruled to have intentionally grounded the ball Passing—Colorado: C.Hawkins 25-16-1, 133, 0 td; Hansen 21-15-0, 117, 0 td. Missouri: from his own end zone though it appeared his was throwing to a spot but Gabbert 29-17-0, 191, 2 td; Franklin 4-3-1, 35, 1 td. a receiver had run a wrong route. A similar play by Missouri later in the Receiving—Colorado: Clemons 6-48, Stewart 6-34, Patterson 6-30, McKnight 5-72, game was not ruled in a similar fashion. Walters 3-26, Jefferson 2-12, Richardson 1-17, Deehan 1-7, Cefalo 1-4. Missouri: Moe 7-85, Egnew 6-52, Kemp 4-38, Jackson 3-51. MU extended its lead to 5-0 with a Grant Ressel 47-yard field goal with 2:06 Punting—Colorado: Grossnickle 4-35.0 (36 long, 2 In20), Team 1-21.0. Missouri: left in the first quarter. Toney Clemons gave the Buffs a spark, returning Grabner 4-43.2 (51 long, 1 In20), Barrow 1-49.0 (49 long. 1 In20). the kickoff 53 yards to the Tigers 44-yard line, and Hansen used the next Punt Returns—Colorado: Patterson 2-9. Missouri: Gettis 1-5. six plays to march CU to the MU 23, but the drive stalled and Goodman’s Kickoff Returns— Colorado: Clemons 3-105, Jefferson 1-26, Ahles 1-12. Missouri: 40-yard field goal drifted wide left. Murphy 1-39, Gettis 1-5. Mizzou responded to CU’s missed opportunity by driving 77 yards for its Tackle Leaders—Colorado: Major 9,4—13; Sipili 4,4—8; Mahnke 3,5—8; Polk 5,2—7; Beatty 3,3—6; J.Smith 5,0—5; Perkins 3,2—5; Kasa 2,1—3; Hartigan 2,0—2; J.Hawkins first touchdown. On fourth-and-4 at the MU 44, Trey Barrow took the direct 2,0—2; Uzo-Diribe 2,0—2; Pericak 1,1—2. Missouri: Harrison 9,2—11; Gooden snap on the fake, sprinted to his left and gained 26 yards to the CU 30. 5,3—8; Gachkar 2,6—8; Edwards 5,2—7; Jackson 4,2—6; Resonno 4,2—6; Lambert Two plays later, Blaine Gabbert hooked up with Jerrell Jackson for a 30- 3,3—6; Gettis 4,1—5. yard score, pushing the Tigers in front 12-0. Quarterback Sacks—Colorado: Hartigan 1-5, Uzo-Diribe 1-3. Missouri: Hamilton 1- 12, Edwards 1-8, Gooden 1-3, Lambert 1-1. Still, CU hadn’t succumbed. Jalil Brown gathered in a fumble forced by Interceptions—Colorado: Hartigan 1-2. Missouri: Edwards 1-49. Chidera Uzo-Diribe at the MU 13-yard line, offering the Buffs another Passes Broken Up—Colorado: Ahles, Beatty, Mahnke, Perkins. Missouri: Smith 2, chance to wriggle back into the fight. But after the offense lost 19 yards on Edwards, Gooden, Rutland, White. their first three plays, CU summoned Castor to attempt a 40-yard field goal, but Terrell Resonno blocked the low kick. GAME NOTES One positive about the series likely coming to a close was the end of the annual Gabbert then marched Mizzou 97 yards in 17 plays, linking up with tight week of reminiscing about CU’s win in 1990, the infamous Fifth Down game where end Michael Egnew for a 10-yard scoring pass that sent the Tigers into the Tigers failed to inform opponents about conditions of their terrible field (had halftime with a 19-0 lead. CU brought the right shoes, it likely wins something like 45-7), and the Big 8 officials and Mizzou chain crew messed up the down count, but 20 years of Opening the second half, the Buffs drove to the Tigers’ 40- and 37-yard Missouri followers playing the victim at least has now come to an end ... This was CU’s fifth straight Big 12 opener against a ranked opponent … PK Justin Castor lines on their first pair of second-half possessions, but penalties sabotaged saw his first career action (his first FGA was blocked); he was the sixth true both. By quarter’s end, Dan Hawkins decided a switch at quarterback freshman to play this year for CU; TB Quentin Hildreth also played for the first might produce some late energy. time in a Buff uniform (he’s a redshirt frosh) … QB Cody Hawkins saw his first action of the season at quarterback; he’s played in every game as he is also the Starting at the MU 48, Hawkins directed the final three plays of the quarter holder on special teams … This was just the ninth time in CU’s last 495 games and moved the Buffs as far as the Tigers 17, where on fourth-and-7, CU that the Buffs were shutout; Missouri has administered the last two, and the only was whistled for a delay of game, followed by Hawkins being sacked for an two, in CU’s last 262 games dating back to 1988 … All eight of CU’s penalties were on the offense ... The Buffs came in tied for 11th in the nation in “three-and-outs” 8-yard loss to end that threat. with 18, and forced Mizzou in that predicament on five occasions … DE Josh Mizzou pulled Gabbert, who suffered a hip pointer, in favor of freshman Hartigan made his first career interception in the fourth quarter, the first by a Buff defensive lineman since 2007, when DT Curtis Cunningham snared one at Florida James Franklin, who promptly drove the Tigers 70 yards to put MU up 26- State … The third quarter has been a strong suit for both teams in 2010, and while 0 with 9:24 to play. there were no points scored in the period, CU did own a 97-17 edge in total offense, holding MU some 109 yards under its average for the quarter (126.3) … TB Rodney Just under 3 minutes later, Hawkins was intercepted by Edwards, who Stewart (18-91, 0 TD) moved into 20th all-time at CU in rushing yards, passing returned the pick 49 yards to CU’s 32-yard line, where Ryan Miller ran him Byron White (1,864) and Bob Stransky (1,868) to crack the top 20. Stewart was down. The Tigers attempted to score but the defense held. CU again drove stopped on 3rd-&-1 on CU’s first drive after coming into the game 7-for-7 on 3rd- deep into MU territory, in fact running 44 plays on the plus-side of the 50 &-1 and 4th-&-1 attempts (now 18-of-21 in his career). His 22-yard rush on 3rd-&-22 for a first down late in the first half improved CU to 9-of-92 on 3rd-&-20 or longer in the game, but the Buffs couldn’t convert on fourth down. Mizzou then since 1993, a span in which the opponents is 4-of-93 in the same situations. ran out the clock and secured the win.

108 BAYLOR 31 GAME Baylor...... 0 10 11 10 — 31 COLORADO 25 66 COLORADO...... 69010 — 25 October 16, 2010 (Folsom Field, Boulder) Score Time Qtr COLORADO — Stewart 18 run (pass failed) 6- 0 0:56 1Q Baylor — Monk 9 pass from Griffin III (Jones kick) 6- 7 5:32 2Q BOULDER—Colorado had a second straight dramatic, nail-biting game at COLORADO — Stewart 6 run (run failed) 12- 7 1:40 2Q COLORADO — Goodman 45 FG 15- 7 0:57 2Q Folsom Field, but this time the Buffs were on the wrong end of a 31-25 Baylor — Jones 50 FG 15-10 0:00 2Q score against the Baylor Bears. Baylor — Jones 25 FG 15-13 10:18 3Q Baylor — Finley 17 run (Griffin III run) 15-21 4:15 3Q Two weeks earlier, CU bested Georgia 29-27 with a great defensive play. COLORADO — Goodman 25 FG 18-21 12:58 4Q This time, it was one final shot in the end zone, Tyler Hansen to Toney Baylor — Finley 14 run (Jones kick) 18-28 9:54 4Q Clemons, but it was not to be and Colorado fell to 3-3 (0-2 in the Big 12) on COLORADO — McKnight 7 pass from Hansen (Goodman kick) 25-28 5:14 4Q Baylor — Jones 38 FG 25-31 2:00 4Q the season. Attendance: 48,953 Time: 3:10 Baylor, chasing its first postseason appearance since 1994, improved to 5- Weather: 63 degrees, clear skies, 7 mph winds from the east 2 (2-1) and now is a win away from postseason eligibility. TEAM STATISTICS COLORADO BAYLOR First Downs ...... 25 29 It was Robert Griffin III who made play after play after play against the Third Down Efficiency (Fourth) ...... 9-15 (1-1) 3-7 (0-1) Rushes—Net Yards ...... 49-192 35-309 Buffs, accounting for 371 yards – 137 rushing and 234 passing. He was Passing Yards...... 207 234 assisted by Jay Finley’s 143 rushing yards on just 14 carries with two Passes (Att-Comp-Int)...... 28-21-1 27-22-1 scores. Total Offense...... 399 543 Return Yards ...... 4 34 Punts: No-Average...... 3-44.7 0-0.0 After Hansen and receiver Scotty McKnight teamed for a 7-yard Fumbles: No-Lost...... 3-1 4-2 touchdown pass to draw the Buffs to 28-25 with 5:14 left, Griffin pushed Penalties/Yards...... 4/28 9/71 the Bears 59 yards to position Aaron Jones for a 38-yard field goal to send Quarterback Sacks—Yards ...... 0-0 2-17 Time of Possession ...... 36:36 23:24 Baylor ahead by six points, 31-25. Drives/Average Field Position ...... 11/C38 11/B29 Red Zone: Scores-Attempts (Points) ...... 4-5 (22) 5-6 (28) With no timeouts and 1:54 remaining, Hansen took CU from its 29 to the Baylor 19, where on the game’s final play his pass for Clemons was batted INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS down in the end zone. Rushing—Colorado: Stewart 30-125, Jefferson 4-36, Clemons 1-19, Richardson 3-17, Patterson 2-4, Hansen 9-minus 9. Baylor: Finley 14-143, Griffin 15-137, Wright 2-19, Salubi 1-5, Ganaway 3-5. The Buffs and Bears traded turnovers to open the game, with Baylor safety Passing—Colorado: Hansen 28-21-1, 207, 1 td. Baylor: Griffin 27-22-1, 234, 1 td. Bryan Landor intercepting a Hansen pass to kill a promising 10-play CU Receiving—Colorado: Deehan 7-70, McKnight 5-38, Richardson 2-27, Clemons 2-15, drive at the Bears 39-yard line. Two plays after that pick, Finley had the Stewart 2-8, Patterson 1-35, Jefferson 1-8, Walters 1-6. Baylor: Reese 9-88, Wright 7- ball stripped by Mike Sipili, allowing nickel back Pat Mahnke to recover. 86, Sampson 2-20, Taylor 1-15, Jones 1-14, Monk 1-9, Williams 1-2. Punting—Colorado: Grossnickle 3-44.7 (48 long, 0 In20, 1 TB). Baylor: none. CU led 15-10 at halftime on a pair of touchdown runs (18, 6 yards) from Punt Returns—Colorado: none. Baylor: Buerk 2-2. Rodney Stewart (30 carries, 125 yards, two TDs) but failing both two-point Kickoff Returns— Colorado: Clemons 2-47, Jaffee 1-43, Patterson 1-29. Baylor: conversions. Williams 3-65, Sampson 2-55. Tackle Leaders—Colorado: Bell 7,2—9; Sipili 4,5—9; Major 3,6—9; Polk 5,2—7; CU’s 6-0 lead lasted until Griffin and tight end Jerod Monk teamed for a 9- J.Smith 6,0—6; Ahles 3,1—4; Olatoye 3,1—4; Mahnke 2,2—4; J.Hawkins 1,2—3; Brown 2,0—2; Cunningham 1,1—2; Kasa 1,1—2; Pericak 1,1—2. Baylor: Francis 8,3—11; yard scoring pass with 5:32 left before intermission, beginning a flurry of Taylor 7,1—8; Jean-Baptiste 6,1—7; Landor 5,2—7; Atchison 6,0—6; Casey 6,0—6; scoring before the half. CU retaliated with Stewart’s 6-yard dive at the left Johnson 4,2—6. pylon, capping an eight-play, 65-yard drive give CU a 12-7 advantage. Quarterback Sacks—Colorado: none. Baylor: McAllister 1-9, Taylor 1-8. Interceptions—Colorado: Sipili 1-4. Baylor: Lander 1-32. Griffin’s first pass on the next series was tipped by defensive tackle Will Passes Broken Up—Colorado: Mahnke, Pericak. Baylor: Casey. Pericak and intercepted by Sipili at the Baylor 24. Aric Goodman capitalized by making a 45-yard field goal to go up 15-7, but Jones hit a 50- GAME NOTES yard field goal on the final play of the half to cut the Bears’ deficit to 15-10. Colorado’s 6-0 edge after the first quarter stopped a streak of 12 straight quarters that Baylor had scored in … WR/TB Will Jefferson’s first collegiate The Bears continued the momentum in the second half and Jones hit a rush (2nd Qtr) went for 10 yards and a first down … ILB Michael Sipili made 25-yarder to pull Baylor to within 15-13. his first career interception late in the second quarter … TE Ryan Deehan had career highs in catches (7) and yards (70) … PK Aric Goodman (2-2 FG) CU appeared poised to respond, but Will Jefferson – double dipping at made two field goals in the same game since last year’s Texas A&M contest running back and receiver - fumbled into the end zone after a 23-yard gain. in Boulder (10 games ago); he made his first kick of the year and missed the Finley then concluded a five-play, 80-yard drive with a 23-yard run up the next three until his two makes tonight to improve to 3-for-6 in 2010 … Baylor middle and Griffin skirted left end for the two-point conversion run. Baylor ran 35 first down plays before losing yardage on its 36th and final one of the led 21-15. evening (only three of the 35 gained zero, meaning 32 plus plays) … CU’s streak of 25 straight games with a quarterback sack came to an end … Nine Cornerback Jalil Brown recovered a Griffin fumble at the Baylor 21. But players earned first downs for CU, five of whom earned at least one both rushing and receiving … Baylor scored 11 points in the third quarter; CU had after gaining a first-and-goal at the 10, CU was forced to have Goodman allowed just 10 in the period in the first five games … Play was stopped for kick his second field goal – a 25-yarder – trimming Baylor’s lead to 21-18. six times for reviews; all were upheld … CU possessed the ball for a season high 36:36, doing so for at least eight minutes in each quarter (11:33 in the The Bears cruised 80 yards in just over 3 minutes and increased their first) … The Buffs were tied for second in the nation coming into this game advantage to 28-18 on a 14-yard run by Finley. allowing just one rushing TD, but Baylor scored two … Baylor gained its most yards (543) in the 16-game history of the series (CU’s 399 was only it’s eighth CU responded with a drive to the Baylor 7, where on third-and-goal Hansen most); the 942 combined yards was a series high, eclipsing the 915 in the hit Scotty McKnight in the end zone, pulling CU within 28-25 with 5:14 to 2007 game … Baylor was the first team not to punt against the Buffs in 27 play. Griffin put the Bears in field goal position before CU’s defense held years; the last team not to was Nebraska in 1983 … DB Jered Bell made his strong and on fourth-and-17, Jones hit his final field goal (38 yards) to first career start, subbing for the injured Anthony Perkins at strong safety; Bell was the first true freshman to make a start for CU in 2010. make it 31-25, setting up CU’s final 2-minute drive.expired.

109 TEXAS TECH 27 GAME Texas Tech ...... 07713 — 27 COLORADO 24 77 COLORADO...... 7314 0—24 October 23, 2010 (Folsom Field, Boulder) Score Time Qtr COLORADO — Hansen 1 run (Goodman kick) 7- 0 4:48 1Q Texas Tech — Crawford 1 run (Williams kick) 7- 7 6:10 2Q BOULDER—Texas Tech rallied from an early fourth quarter 10-point deficit COLORADO — Goodman 23 FG 10- 7 0:12 2Q COLORADO — Richardson 3 pass from Hawkins (Goodman kick) 17- 7 10:32 3Q and to defeat Colorado, 27-24, extending the Buffaloes’ losing streak to Texas Tech — Torres 15 pass from Potts (Williams kick) 17-14 8:43 3Q three straight games. COLORADO — Richardson 60 pass from Hawkins (Goodman kick) 24-14 4:43 3Q Texas Tech — Williams 40 FG 24-17 14:55 4Q After a 3-1 start, CU is 3-4 overall and winless (0-3) in their final season of Texas Tech — Leong 7 pass from Taylor Potts (Williams kick) 24-24 10:54 4Q Big 12 Conference play. The Red Raiders improved to 4-3, 2-3 in the league. Texas Tech — Williams 36 FG 24-27 2:08 4Q Attendance: 47,665 Time: 3:16 The Buffs were on the verge of knocking out the Red Raiders, holding a 24- Weather: 59 degrees, mostly cloudy skies, 9 mph winds from the east 14 lead late in the third quarter. But Tech would take advantage of a pair TEAM STATISTICS COLORADO TEXAS TECH of miscues by the Buffs’ special teams. One was a missed 35-yard field goal First Downs ...... 20 23 by Aric Goodman, the other a 29-yard punt by Zach Grossnickle. The Red Third Down Efficiency (Fourth) ...... 9-21 (1-2) 5-15 (1-2) Rushes—Net Yards ...... 32-28 37-144 Raiders scored their tying touchdown after Goodman’s miss and kicked Passing Yards...... 336 286 the winning field goal after Grossnickle’s punt. Passes (Att-Comp-Int)...... 53-31-0 38-24-1 Total Offense...... 364 430 From 5:50 of the second quarter through the end of the game, CU’s offense Return Yards ...... 53 7 was directed by Cody Hawkins, who filled in for Tyler Hansen after the Punts: No-Average...... 7-38.9 5-46.2 Fumbles: No-Lost...... 2-0 1-1 Buffs starter suffered what would eventually determined to be a ruptured Penalties/Yards...... 7/44 5/42 spleen. Hawkins provided a spark in the passing game – the Buffs’ pass Quarterback Sacks—Yards ...... 2-12 2-15 offense out-gained the Red Raiders, 336-286, but Tech outrushed CU 144- Time of Possession ...... 30:53 29:07 Drives/Average Field Position ...... 14/C29 13/TT27 28, holding CU to more nearly 130 yards under its average. Red Zone: Scores-Attempts (Points) ...... 3-4 (17) 5-6 (27) The Buffs used a 45-yard punt return by Travon Patterson to set up their INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS first touchdown, a 1-yard sneak by Hansen, giving CU a 7-0 lead that held Rushing—Colorado: Stewart 20-34, Jefferson 4-11, Hansen 4-0, Patterson 1-minus 3, until just after the midway point of the second quarter, when Tech tied on C.Hawkins 1-minus 7, Richardson 2--minus 7. Texas Tech: Stephens 15-94, Batch 13- 60, McRoy 2-13, Crawford 1-1, Jeffers 1-minus 4, Potts 2-minus 12, Team 3-minus 8. a 1-yard dive by Aaron Crawford. Passing—Colorado: C.Hawkins 43-22-0, 274, 2 td; Hansen 10-9-0, 62, 0 td. Texas Tech: After Hansen went down, Hawkins pushed the Buffs from their 19 to the Potts 38-24-1, 286, 2 td. Receiving—Colorado: Clemons 8-98, McKnight 5-50, Richardson 4-79, Jefferson 4- Red Raiders’ 6-yard line. On 4th-and-5, Goodman hit a 23-yard field goal to 46, Patterson 4-minus 5, Deehan 2-27, Stewart 2-21, Espinoza 1-13, Walters 1-6, put CU ahead 10-7 at halftime. C.Hawkins 0-7, Adkins 0-minus 6. Texas Tech: Torres 6-133, Lewis 6-84, Leong 5-32, Zouzalik 3-19, Swindall 3-17, Moore 1-1. Hawkins then opened the second half and engineered an 11-play, 80-yard Punting—Colorado: Grossnickle 7-38.9 (51 long, 0 In20). Texas Tech: Carona 1-57.0; drive for a score that culminated in an acrobatic 3-yard grab by Paul Lacour 4-43.5 (46 long, 0 In20). Richardson to put CU up 17-7. Punt Returns—Colorado: Patterson 3-53. Texas Tech: Lewis 2-9, Kelley 1-minus 2. Kickoff Returns—Colorado: Clemons 1-21, Patterson 1-19. Texas Tech: Stephens 3- But Tech answered with a Taylor Potts 15-yard scoring toss to Alex Torres, 50, Jeffers 1-13. culminating a 93-yard drive that narrowed the Buffs’ advantage to three Tackle Leaders—Colorado: T.Smith 4,11—15; Major 6,6—12; Sipili 5,6—11; Polk 5,3— (17-14) with 8:43 left in the third quarter. 8; Nobriga 3,5—8; J.Smith 3,4—7; J.Hawkins 4,2—6; Ahles 3,0—3; Webb 2,1—3; Brown 0,3—3; Kasa 2,0—2; Pericak 2,0—2. Texas Tech: Bird 9,2—11; Davis 9,1—10; Hawkins and Richardson then teamed for a 60-yard TD and CU again went Dewhurst 7,2—9; Phillips 6,0—6; Johnson 6,0—6; Sonier 4,0—4; Duncan 3,1—4; Graves 3,0—3. ahead by 10 (24-14). Richardson became only CU true freshman to catch Quarterback Sacks—Colorado: T.Smith 1-6, Uzo-Diribe ½-4, Webb ½-2. Texas Tech: a pair of TD passes in the same game. Graves 2-15. Interceptions—Colorado: Brown 1-0. Texas Tech: none. The Red Raiders opened the fourth quarter with a 40-yard field goal by Passes Broken Up—Colorado: Brown. Texas Tech: Phillips 2. Matt Williams that cut the Buffs’ advantage to 24-17. GAME NOTES CU got a break when Grossnickle’s 45-yard rugby style punt hit Blake The series for the time being concludes at 5-5; the home team won the first eight Kelley and was recovered by Arthur Jaffee, but CU advanced only as far as games, with the road team breaking through for the final two (each is 4-1 at the Tech 18, where Goodman was wide right – by inches – on a 35-yard home and 1-4 on the road) … The first quarter took all of 32 minutes to play (and that included 5½ of commercial breaks) … Travon Patterson’s 43-yard field goal attempt. punt return in the first quarter was the longest CU punt return since Josh Smith had a 51-yarder vs. Eastern Washington on Sept. 6, 2008 P Zach Grossnickle After that miss, Potts pushed his offense 80 yards in just seven plays and had his first collegiate punt for 50 or more yards (51-yarder in fourth quarter) hit receiver Lyle Leong in the end zone, tying the game at 24-24 with 10:54 … Tech rushed for 144 yards after CU had held it under 100 the last four games remaining. in the series (91, 91, 31, 39) … Ten different Buffs had a hand in earning the team’s 20 first downs … QB Tyler Hansen piloted the offense for 26 plays (for The Buffs went three-and-out on their next series. CU couldn’t force the 80 yards) prior to leaving the game with a rib injury in the second quarter; QB Red Raiders to do the same, but Jalil Brown ended the drive by Cody Hawkins directed 59 plays for 284 yards … Tech averaged 6.9 yards on first down, well below the 10-plus both Georgia and Baylor had averaged in CU’s intercepting Potts in the end zone. last two home games; three plays accounted for 107 of its 233 first down yards … The Buffs are 0-3 in Big 12 Conference play for the first time in the 15 year CU took over at its 20 yard line with 5:56 left. But in addition to suffering history of the league, and dropped their first three league games since opening another three-and-out, Grossnickle’s rugby punt covered only 29 yards 0-4 in the Big Eight in 1983 … TTU scored one touchdown rushing, just the and gave Tech the ball at its own 47-yard line with 4:26 left. fourth allowed on the ground this season; the Buffs were among the national leaders in fewest rushing TDs allowed (tied for fifth going in) … Colorado came The Red Raiders stalled but Williams saved the drive - and ultimately the in ranked fourth in the nation in time of possession (33:59), and promptly came out and held the ball for 20:03 in the first half (10:21 in the first quarter). The game - with his 36-yard field goal, giving the Red Raiders their first lead (27- Buffs have held the time advantage in all seven games this season, though Tech 24) with 2:08 to play. made it closer today than in any of the seven, as TTU had it for 19:26 in the second half … Mainly due to injuries, three players started for the first time, all Once again, CU assumed possession at its 20, but turned the ball over on on defense: DE Nick Kasa, SS Terrel Smith and CB Jonathan Hawkins (at the downs with 1:44 left. The Buffs did get the ball back with 16 seconds left, nickel position).; OT Bryce Givens also made his first start of the season at but couldn’t get into field goal position. right tackle.

110 OKLAHOMA 43 GAME COLORADO...... 0370—10 COLORADO 10 88 Oklahoma...... 3 26 14 0—43 October 30, 2010 (Memorial Stadium, Norman, Okla.) Score Time Qtr Oklahoma — Stevens 33 FG 0- 3 6:08 1Q Oklahoma — Stevens 26 FG 0- 6 14:57 2Q NORMAN, Okla. — Landry Jones threw for 453 yards and four touchdowns Oklahoma — Broyles 16 pass from Jones (Stevens kick) 0-13 11:11 2Q COLORADO — Goodman 40 FG 3-13 7:50 2Q and No. 11 Oklahoma used a 26-point second quarter to break open the Oklahoma — Broyles 81 pass from Jones (Stevens kick) 3-20 6:54 2Q game as the Sooners defeated Colorado, 43-10. Oklahoma — Safety, punt blocked out of end zone 3-22 1:27 2Q Oklahoma — Hanna 7 pass from Jones (Stevens kick) 3-29 0:21 2Q Oklahoma — Broyles 64 pass from Jones (Stevens kick) 3-36 14:10 3Q The Buffs lost their fourth consecutive game, dropping two games below COLORADO — McKnight 49 pass from Hawkins (Goodman kick) 10-36 12:43 3Q .500 (3-5) and still in search of its first Big 12 win (0-4). Oklahoma (7-1, 3- Oklahoma — Murray 5 run (Stevens kick) 10-43 5:06 3Q 1) bounced back from a 36-27 loss to Missouri and received record-setting Attendance: 84,173 Time: 3:30 performances on offense. Weather: 70 degrees, clear skies, 7 mph winds from the southeast TEAM STATISTICS COLORADO OKLAHOMA Ryan Broyles, who caught nine of Jones’ passes for a single-game school First Downs ...... 12 31 record 208 yards and three touchdowns was one such performance. Third Down Efficiency (Fourth) ...... 6-19 (0-1) 8-17 (1-2) Rushes—Net Yards ...... 24-76 44-147 Another was Jones 453 passing yards, third-most allowed by CU, and when Passing Yards...... 187 488 coupled with backup Drew Allen’s total, OU wound up with both a school Passes (Att-Comp-Int)...... 44-17-0 49-34-0 record as well as the second-highest number of passing yards (488) ever Total Offense...... 263 635 Return Yards ...... - 2 14 yielded by the Buffs. Punts: No-Average...... 10-38.1 4-41.0 Fumbles: No-Lost...... 0-0 0-0 Jones kept hitting Broyles and tailback DeMarco Murray (10 catches, 73 Penalties/Yards...... 5/36 2/15 Quarterback Sacks—Yards ...... 1-6 1-14 yards) on quick out patters in the Sooners’ hurry up offense and OU Time of Possession ...... 27:05 32:55 finished with 635 yards, tied for the seventh most ever allowed by the Drives/Average Field Position ...... 14/C25 14/O26 Buffs and the highest since 1984. CU countered with just 263 yards, Red Zone: Scores-Attempts (Points) ...... 0-0 (0) 5-6 (27) struggling most of the night against a tough Sooner defense which allowed INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS CU to gain yardage on only 32 of 68 plays. Rushing—Colorado: Stewart 19-85, Jefferson 4-5, C.Hawkins 1-minus 14. Oklahoma: Finch 10-59, Murray 11-40, Clay 12-38, Millard 4-18, Jones 2-4, Musil 1-0, Calhoun 2-0, Allen 1-minus 6, Team 1-minus 6. The Buffs defense made things relatively difficult for awhile, limiting the Passing—Colorado: C.Hawkins 44-17-0, 187, 1 td. Oklahoma: Jones 46-32-0, 453, 4 td; Sooners to a first-quarter field goal and another short three-pointer by Allen 3-2-0, 35, 0 td. Jimmy Stevens - his first kick traveled 33 yards, his second 26 - on the first Receiving—Colorado: McKnight 5-84, Clemons 4-27, Richardson 2-28, Jefferson 2- play of the second quarter. 20, Stewart 2-9, Patterson 1-12, Deehan 1-7. Oklahoma: Murray 10-73, Broyles 9-208, Franks 4-55, Finch 4-30, Ratterree 3-89, Caleb 1-11, Stills 1-8, Hanna 1-7, Kenney 1-7. Punting—Colorado: Grossnickle 9-42.3 (52 long, 2 In20, 1 blk); Team 1-0. Oklahoma: CU trailed only 6-0 with 14:57 remaining until intermission, but at that Way 5-42.0 (46 long, 2 In20). point, OU’s no-huddle pace appeared to be wearing on CU. The second Punt Returns—Colorado: Clemons 1-minus 1, Patterson 1-minus 1. Oklahoma: quarter signaled a slow slide into the abyss for the Buffs. After holding Harris 1-11, Broyles 2-3. Cody Hawkins (17-of-44, 187 yards, one TD) and the Buff offense to their Kickoff Returns—Colorado: Patterson 4-74, Clemons 2-43, Jaffee 2-28. Oklahoma: third consecutive three-and-out, Jones pushed the Sooners 79 yards in Murray 1-21, Broyles 1-16. Tackle Leaders—Colorado: J.Smith 10,2—12; Sipili 8,4—12; Brown 6,2—8; T.Smith eight plays, the last of which was a 16-yard touchdown pass to Broyles to 5,3—8; Polk 4,4—8; Webb 5,1—6; Cunningham 4,1—5; Pericak 4,1—5; Nobriga 2,3— put OU up 13-0. 5; Kasa 3,1—4; West 3,1—4; Mahnke 3,0—3. Oklahoma: Nelson 4,5—9; Lewis 4,3—7; Fleming 5,1—6; Hurst 3,1—4; Beal 2,1—3; Colvin 2,1—3; Nelson 2,0—2; Winchester 2,0—2. CU managed a 40-yard field goal by Aric Goodman to cut its deficit to 13- Quarterback Sacks—Colorado: Sipili ½-3; West ½-3. Oklahoma: Fleming 1-14. 3, but in the first half’s final 7:46, OU scored 16 points and was comfortably Interceptions—Colorado: none. Oklahoma: none. ahead 29-3 at the break. Jones and the speedy Broyles teamed for an 81- Passes Broken Up—Colorado: Ahles, J.Smith. Oklahoma: Fleming 3, Hurst 2, yard scoring play - career long TD plays for both - to send the Sooners Alexander, Beal, Colvin, Harris, Lewis, Nelson. ahead 20-3. GAME NOTES The kickoff time of 8:21 p.m. (local) marked the fifth latest in Colorado The half’s last 2 ½ minutes were particularly painful for the Buffs, who history … With no future games scheduled, the Colorado-Oklahoma series were forced into another three-and-out and had to punt from their end stalls at 59 games, with OU ahead 40-17-2 (though CU held the edge by 9-6-1 zone. Javon Harris blocked Zach Grossnickle’s rugby punt for a safety, over the last 16) … CU dropped to 0-2 against ranked opponents in 2010 … DE Forrest West, ILB Derrick Webb and ILB Liloa Nobriga (at nickel) made making the score 22-3 and after the free kick, giving Jones and his offense their first career starts to up the number to 20 players who have done so the ball back at the CU 48 with 1:22 left in the half. Jones needed 61 this season … S Travis Sandersfeld played for the first time since suffered seconds to cover that distance, ultimately throwing a 7-yard scoring pass a fractured bone in his ankle Sept. 11 at California … The teams combined for to tight end James Hannah for the Sooners’ 26-point halftime cushion. 17 yards on 13 rushes in the first quarter (and the number was not deflated due to sacks) … P Zach Grossnickle had his career long punt (52 yards) as well as a career-high nine punts; a 10th was blocked for the safety … This OU opened fast in the third quarter, scoring on its first possession on a 64- marked the first time in 2010 that the opponent possessed the ball longer yard Jones-to-Broyles pass to make it 36-3. CU answered right back with a than the Buffs (OU: 32:55) … Oklahoma’s 488 yards passing were the second 49-yard Cody Hawkins-to-Scotty McKnight pass to cut into the lead at 36- most ever against Colorado; Fresno State had 523 in the ’93 Aloha Bowl … 10, giving the appearance the second half might become a shootout to The Sooners’ 635 total yards tied for the seventh most against a CU team; of mimic the 30th anniversary of the 1980 game in Boulder, which OU won, the eight top efforts, OU has recorded five of those (it was the most yards allowed by CU since Missouri had 639 in 1984 in Columbia) … OU converted 82-42. But after swapping scoreless possessions, the Sooners went on an twice on 3rd-&-11 or more, the first team to do so against the Buffs this year 11-play, 96-yard drive and scored what would be the game’s final points on (opponents were 0-of-10 coming in) … Colorado went a second straight game DeMarco Murray’s 5-yard run with just over five minutes left in the quarter. without committing a turnover (OU had none as well) … Hawkins’ 49-yard TD pass to McKnight tied the pair for the most touchdown passes by a duo in CU history, as they matched Koy Detmer-to-Rae Carruth, who teamed for 12 between 1992-96. That was the 199th reception of McKnight’s career; he ended the game with 201, the first Buff to ever reach the 200 plateau.

111 KANSAS 52 GAME COLORADO...... 14 21 37—45 COLORADO 45 99 Kansas ...... 73735 — 52 November 6, 2010 (Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, Kan.) Score Time Qtr COLORADO — Stewart 7 run (Goodman kick) 7- 0 9:22 1Q LAWRENCE, Kan. — James Sims scored four second half touchdowns as the Kansas — Branstetter 23 FG 7- 3 4:02 1Q put 35 unanswered points on the scoreboard in the final COLORADO — Richardson 62 pass from Hawkins (Goodman kick) 14- 3 1:25 1Q COLORADO — Richardson 4 pass from Hawkins (Goodman kick) 21- 3 9:35 2Q 11:04 to overcome a 28-point deficit that Colorado built through three COLORADO — Stewart 1 run (Goodman kick) 28- 3 2:05 1Q quarters and the first play of the fourth to defeat the Buffaloes, 52-45. Kansas — Beshears 19 pass from Mecham (Branstetter kick) 28-10 0:49 2Q The comeback was the biggest in Kansas history, and the second largest in COLORADO — Thornton 12 pass from Hawkins (Goodman kick) 35-10 0:03 2Q NCAA history in the fourth quarter, while also marking the biggest lead a CU COLORADO — Goodman 38 FG 38-10 9:57 3Q Kansas — Sims 1 run (Branstetter kick) 38-17 3:16 3Q team had ever surrendered. In the process, CU’s road losing streak was COLORADO — Stewart 8 run (Goodman kick) 45-17 14:52 4Q extended to 16 games. Kansas — Sims 13 run (Branstetter kick) 45-24 11:05 4Q The Buffs took the opening kickoff and marched 80 yards in 12 plays, capped Kansas — Wilson 38 pass from Mecham (Branstetter kick) 45-31 9:26 4Q by a Rodney Stewart seven yard run to open up with a 7-0 lead. Kansas Kansas — Patmon 28 fumble recovery (Branstetter kick) 45-38 7:12 4Q Kansas — Sims 6 run (Branstetter kick) 45-45 4:30 4Q responded with a 13-play, 56-yard drive in which it reached as close as the Kansas — Sims 28 run (Branstetter kick) 45-52 0:52 4Q CU 1-yard line, but the CU defense held the Jayhawks to a field goal to maintain the lead at 7-3. Attendance: 40,851 Time: 3:19 Weather: 59 degrees, clear skies, 12 mph winds from the southwest The Buffs then scored on their next two drives to go up 21-3 with a pair of Cody Hawkins-to-Paul Richardson touchdown passes, the first from 62-yards TEAM STATISTICS COLORADO KANSAS First Downs ...... 31 27 and second from 4-yards. The two drives encompassed 151 yards. Third Down Efficiency (Fourth) ...... 5-11 (3-3) 11-16 (1-1) The next three drives in the second quarter then ended with interceptions Rushes—Net Yards ...... 31-142 44-201 as KU’s Quinn Mecham was picked off by Terrel Smith and then Travis Passing Yards...... 322 252 Sandersfeld, and those two sandwiched a Hawkins interception by Isaiah Passes (Att-Comp-Int)...... 44-29-2 28-23-2 Total Offense...... 464 453 Barfield. Sandersfeld’s pick gave the Buffs the ball 51 yards from pay dirt Return Yards ...... 16 35 and Stewart took over, rushing for 50 yards on the drive and getting his Punts: No-Average...... 1-31.0 2-30.5 second touchdown of the game that took the clock inside two minutes. Fumbles: No-Lost...... 2-1 0-0 Those final two minutes saw two more scores, one for each team. Kansas’ Penalties/Yards...... 6/50 11/124 Quarterback Sacks—Yards ...... 2-10 1-13 offense began to come alive, driving 82 yards as Mecham hit D.J. Beshears Time of Possession ...... 30:09 29:51 with less than a minute remaining. Colorado then used an effective two- Drives/Average Field Position ...... 12/C31 11/O35 minute drill to score on the half’s final play as Hawkins found freshman Red Zone: Scores-Attempts (Points) ...... 5-6 (35) 5-5 (31) DaVaughn Thornton, the tight end’s first career catch, giving CU a 35-10 advantage at the break. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing—Colorado: Stewart 27-175, Bakhtiari 0-7, Richardson 1-minus 3, Clemons 1- The Buffs forced KU to punt on the opening drive and then CU drove in close minus 12, C.Hawkins 1-minus 13, Team 1-minus 12. Kansas: Sims 20-123, Sands 7-35, enough for Aric Goodman to hit a 38-yard field goal, Buffs up 38-10. Kansas Mecham 6-20, Beshears 7-19, Quigley 4-4. would then score on their remaining six possessions, the first one saw James Passing—Colorado: C.Hawkins 44-29-2, 322, 3 td. Kansas: Mecham 28-23-2, 252, 2 td. Sims score with about three minutes left in the third quarter. Receiving—Colorado: Richardson 11-141, Clemons 6-27, McKnight 4-59, Stewart 3-44, Deehan 3-24, Walters 1-15, Thornton 1-12. Kansas: Patterson 8-75, Wilson 5-80, Sims Colorado took the next drive and Stewart scored his third touchdown, 4-22, Biere 2-26, Sands 2-14, Beshears 1-19, McDougald 1-16. running for 49 yards on the drive to put CU up 45-17 on the first play of the Punting—Colorado: Grossnickle 1-31.0 (31 long, 0 In20). Kansas: Rojas 2-30.5 (35 fourth quarter. long, 0 In20). Sims capped a 69-yard drive with his second touchdown to pull KU within 45- Punt Returns—Colorado: none. Kansas: none. 24. Kansas then was awarded a controversial on-sides kick and used that Kickoff Returns—Colorado: Jaffee 3-51, Jefferson 1-25. Kansas: Beshears 5-111, Hunt momentum to make the score 45-31 just four plays later when Mecham hit 1-9, Martinovich 1-5, McNulty 1-1. Jonathan Wilson on a 38-yard bomb. Later in the week, Big 12 officials Tackle Leaders—Colorado: Nobriga 8,3—11; Sipili 4,5—9; T.Smith 4,5—9; Polk 3,5— informed CU that they had blown the call. 8; Beatty 4,3—7; Sandersfeld 1,6—7; J.Smith 4,2—6; Pericak 5,0—5; Webb 2,2—4; Cunningham 2,1—3; Olatoye 1,2—3. Kansas: Harris 8,3—11; Springer 4,4—8; Johnson The Buffs then tried to run some time off the clock, but on the drive’s fifth 4,2—6; Barfield 4,1—5; Patmon 4,1—5; Rubles 4,1—5; Brown 3,2—5; Smith 2,3—5; play, Toney Clemons fumbled 12 yards behind the line of scrimmage on a Kande 1,4—5. reverse and Tyler Patmon picked it up and ran the remaining 28 yards for a Quarterback Sacks—Colorado: Beatty 2-10. Kansas: Laptad 1-13. touchdown and KU was within one score at 45-38. Interceptions—Colorado: Sandersfeld 1-16, T.Smith 1-0. Kansas: Barfield 1-7, Patmon 1-0. Patmon then came up big again on the next drive for KU, intercepting Passes Broken Up—Colorado: Nobriga, Polk. Kansas: Patmon 3, Smith 1. Hawkins on the drive’s second play and two minutes later Sims tied the game with his third touchdown. GAME NOTES DE Chidera Uzo-Diribe made his first career start; PK Justin Castor got in Kansas held Colorado to a three-and-out on the next drive and took control for his first plays (four kickoffs) since his only previous play (FGA at back with 2:49 remaining in the game. Sims scored his fourth touchdown on Missouri) …. CB Terrel Smith made his first career interception in the a 28-yard run to give KU its first lead at 52-45 with just 52 ticks left on the second quarter (the first true freshman to do so since Curtis Cunningham clock. had one vs. Florida State in Jacksonville in 2008) … S Travis Sandersfeld had The Buffs then drove all the way to the Kansas 7-yard line in the game’s final his second career interception (other was in season opener vs. CSU); he seconds and Hawkins threw what appeared to be the game-tying touchdown returned it 16 yards—CU’s’ first nine of the year were returned for a to Richardson with just two seconds left, but the play was called incomplete. combined 15 yards … TE DaVaughn Thornton had the receiver version of Hawkins looked to Richardson again on the final play, but was knocked down the double-double: his first career catch late in the first half (12 yards) went and the pass fell incomplete. for a touchdown ... The second quarter interception ended a streak of 10 straight quarters in school history without a turnover, tying the school mark Overlooked in the loss were stellar performances from several Buffs. (third time it’s been done) … Kansas was 11-of-16 on third down, the first Hawkins finished 29-of-44 for 322 yards and three touchdowns, while Stewart team to convert over 50 percent on third down against CU in 22 games … ran for a career-high 175 yards and three scores, averaging 6.5 yards per The 45 points by Colorado were the most the Buffaloes have ever scored in rush on his 27 carries. Richardson tied the CU record with 11 receptions for losing a game; the previous high was 30 years ago on Oct. 4, 1980, when CU 141 yards and two scores, tying the overall school record for the most lost to Oklahoma in Boulder, 82-42 … Colorado’s 35 first half points eclipsed catches in a game and setting the mark for most receiving yards in a game its high point total for a game this year (31 vs. Hawai’i). by a true frosh.

112 COLORADO 34 GAME Iowa State...... 0707—14 IOWA STATE 14 1100 COLORADO...... 3 14 10 7—34 November 13, 2010 (Folsom Field, Boulder) Score Time Qtr COLORADO — Goodman 24 FG 3- 0 11:13 1Q Iowa State — Robinson 8 run (Mahoney kick) 3- 7 12:03 2Q BOULDER — In Brian Cabral’s debut as interim coach, the Colorado COLORADO — Deehan 9 pass from Hawkins (Goodman kick) 10- 7 11:08 2Q Buffaloes snapped a five-game losing streak, won for the first time in Big COLORADO — Clemons 26 pass from Hawkins (Goodman kick) 17- 7 2:27 2Q 12 Conference play this season (1-5, 4-6 overall) and kept their postseason COLORADO — Goodman 39 FG 20- 7 9:03 3Q COLORADO — McKnight 25 pass from Hawkins (Goodman kick) 27- 7 2:25 3Q hopes alive. COLORADO — Sipili 45 fumble return (Goodman kick) 34- 7 11:33 4Q Iowa State — Franklin 24 pass from Tiller (Mahoney kick) 34-14 8:11 4Q Cody Hawkins passed for 266 yards and three touchdowns in the Attendance: 42,722 Time: 3:05 emotional game, his first without his father as head coach. He provided Weather: 41 degrees, partly cloudy skies, 6 mph winds from the southeast the above-ground punch for a Buffs offense that totaled 384 yards. At TEAM STATISTICS COLORADO IOWA STATE ground level, it was Rodney Stewart’s show; he carried a career-high 36 First Downs ...... 18 16 times for 123 yards and broke the 1,000-yard barrier for the season. Third Down Efficiency (Fourth) ...... 5-15 (1-2) 3-14 (1-3) Rushes—Net Yards ...... 45-118 26-(-6) Passing Yards...... 266 235 Defensively, the Buffs found a way to shackle Cyclones running back Passes (Att-Comp-Int)...... 24-16-0 42-27-0 Alexander Robinson, who had averaged 112 yards rushing against CU in Total Offense...... 384 229 three previous meetings. Saturday, he was held to 22 on nine carries while Return Yards ...... 41 13 Punts: No-Average...... 6-35.2 7-46.0 the Buffs held the Cyclones to -6 rushing yards. The Buffs also sacked Fumbles: No-Lost...... 3-1 4-2 quarterback Austen Arnaud six times and then downed his replacement, Penalties/Yards...... 10/94 9/70 Jerome Tiller, three more times. Quarterback Sacks—Yards ...... 9-53 0-0 Time of Possession ...... 34:02 25:58 Carried by Hawkins’ passing, the Buffs took a 17-7 halftime lead over a Drives/Average Field Position ...... 13/C30 14/IS33 Red Zone: Scores-Attempts (Points) ...... 2-2 (14) 1-2 (7) Cyclones team (5-6, 3-4) that entered Saturday’s game needing one win to become bowl eligible for the second consecutive year. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing—Colorado: Stewart 36-123, Hawkins 3-4, Jefferson 3-1, Team 3-minus 10. Hawkins completed all six of his first-quarter passes for 126 yards, with Iowa State: Robinson 9-22, Sh.Johnson 1-3, Tiller 6-minus 2, Arnaud 9-minus 26, Team 1-minus 3. three of the receptions (95 yards) by fleet freshman Paul Richardson, who Passing—Colorado: C.Hawkins 24-16-0, 266, 3 td. Iowa State: Arnaud 23-15-0, 136, 0 finished with five receptions for 121 yards. On its first possession, CU took td; Tiller 19-12-0, 99, 1 td. a 3-0 lead on Aric Goodman’s 24-yard field goal - his third consecutive Receiving—Colorado: Richardson 5-121, Clemons 4-55, McKnight 3-56, Stewart 3-25, successful kick and his seventh in 11 attempts this season. Deehan 1-9. Iowa State: Franklin 11-118, Reynolds 5-26, Williams 3-24, Lenz 2-31, Darks 2-13, Sa.Johnson 2-8, Robinson 1-10, Sh.Johnson 1-5. Two series later, the Buffs appeared to be driving for their first touchdown Punting—Colorado: Grossnickle 6-35.2 (41 long, 1 In20). Iowa State: VanDerKamp when the football was stripped from Stewart and recovered by the 7-46.0 (61 long, 2 In20, 1 TB). Punt Returns—Colorado: Clemons 1-minus 4. Iowa State: Lenz 1-14, Sims 1-minus 1. Cyclones at the ISU 18-yard line. Nine plays later Robinson capped an 82- Kickoff Returns—Colorado: Jaffee 1-89. Iowa State: Sims 4-115, Sh.Johnson 1-29, yard drive with an 8-yard touchdown run to put ISU ahead, 7-3. Reynolds 1-20, Lenz 1-19. Tackle Leaders—Colorado: Sandersfeld 8,1—9; Brown 6,1—7; J.Smith 5,1—6; Sipili The Cyclone lead was short lived, as CU special teams ace Arthur Jaffee 3,3—6; Cunningham 4,1—5; West 4,0—4; Hartigan 3,1—4; T.Smith 1,3—4; Pericak returned the ensuing kickoff 89 yards to the ISU 9. Hawkins hit tight end 1,2—3; Nobriga 0,3—3; Webb 2,0—2; Beatty 1,1—2; Kasa 1,1—2; Polk 1,1—2. Iowa Ryan Deehan two plays later with a 9-yard strike to push CU back in front State: Knott 15,1—16; Tau’fo’ou 5,2—7; Sims 5,1—6; Benton 3,3—6; Lattimer 2,3—5. 10-7. Quarterback Sacks—Colorado: West 2-11, Sipili 1-10, Kasa 1-9, Uzo-Diribe 1-8, Mahnke 1-6, Beatty 1-5, Hartigan 1-4, Cunningham 1-0. Iowa State: none. Next, Toney Clemons dialed up what was arguably his most productive Interceptions—Colorado: none. Iowa State: none. series to date. On third-and-nine at the ISU 47, he adjusted his route and Passes Broken Up—Colorado: Mahnke 2, Brown, Cunningham, Hartigan, Nobriga, J.Smith. Iowa State: Knott 3, Johnson. made a nice sideline catch of a Hawkins pass for an 11-yard gain to save the drive and three plays later, he caught a 26-yard touchdown from GAME NOTES Hawkins to give CU a 17-7 lead at intermission. The series likely concludes for the foreseeable future with Colorado owning a 49- 15-1 lead (25-6-1 in Boulder); CU’s 34 points were the most in the series since a The Cyclones and Buffs traded punts on their first two series of the second 44-10 Colorado win in Ames in 2003 … Iowa State’s 229 total yards was a season low by the opponent (though CU closed ’09 by limiting Nebraska to 217 yards) half, but the Buffs trade was much better. The ball was poked away from … The win assured the Buffs of not going winless in conference play since 1915 ISU returner Josh Lenz by CU’s Deji Olatoye, allowing Ray Polk to recover (0-5 in the RMAC) … Former head coach Dan Hawkins watched the game from at midfield. his old office in Dal Ward ... TE Ryan Deehan caught his second career TD pass – his first since a 1-yard snag against Eastern Washington in 2008 … Iowa State Hawkins drove CU as far as the ISU 23, where Goodman hit his second field had three possessions in the third quarter, all going three-and-out (9 plays for minus-5 yards) … ILB Michael Sipili scored his first career touchdown with the goal of the afternoon - a 39-yarder - and the Buffs’ lead swelled to 20-7. 45-yard fumble return in the fourth quarter, which was also CU’s first non- offensive score of the season … This was the 31st time in school history (second Hawkins then fashioned a 69-yard scoring drive over the next 5:08, time in ’10) that the Buffs had a 100-yard rusher (Stewart) and receiver finishing it with a 25-yard TD pass to McKnight that gave that combo their (Richardson) in the same game; CU is 23-8 in these games … The 79 points by 13th career pass-catch score. It also gave McKnight his 20th career Colorado in back-to-back games is the most since ending 2007 with 93 (28 at touchdown reception. The first set a new CU mark, the second tied one. Iowa State, 65 vs. Nebraska) … CB Arthur Jaffee recorded the long play of the season for Colorado with his second quarter 89-yard kickoff return ... Colorado’s defense returned to being a terror on third down: Iowa State converted 3-of-14 CU’s 27-7 lead carried into the fourth quarter and it was then that Patrick times (21.4%, 0-of-10 on 3rd-&-5 or more), with the Buffaloes recording four sacks Mahnke stripped the ball from ISU quarterback Austen Arnaud and senior on the down with a fumble recovery. ISU gained just a net 13 yards on the down. linebacker Mike Sipili scooped it up and ran 45 yards for the first TD of his Colorado had 9-for-53 yards in losses (includes a sack for zero by Curtis career. With 11:33 to play, the Buffs surged ahead 34-7 on Goodman’s extra Cunningham that CU acknowledges but the NCAA does not). That tied for the third-most sacks in Buff history, the most since 14 at Missouri in 2000 … point kick. Hawkins’ 25-yard TD pass to McKnight in the third quarter established the pair as the record holder for the most touchdown passes by a duo in CU history, The Buffs did allow the Cyclones a final score with 8:11 to play. ISU’s besting Koy Detmer-to-Rae Carruth, who teamed for 12 from 1992-96. comeback ended there.

113 COLORADO 44 GAME Kansas State ...... 14 0814 — 36 KANSAS STATE 36 1111 COLORADO...... 9 14 14 7—44 November 20, 2010 (Folsom Field, Boulder) Score Time Qtr Kansas State — Klein 1 run (Cherry kick) 0- 7 13:16 1Q COLORADO — Goodman 48 FG 3- 7 8:42 1Q BOULDER — On a November afternoon reserved for honoring Colorado’s Kansas State — Klein 1 run (Cherry kick) 3-14 3:47 1Q 16 seniors, junior running back Rodney Stewart upstaged the COLORADO — Stewart 1 run (kick blocked) 9-14 0:11 1Q upperclassmen. “Speedy” did what he does best (run) and did what does COLORADO — Clemons 23 pass from Stewart (Goodman kick) 16-14 10:27 2Q least (pass) to push CU past Kansas State 44-36 in the Buffaloes’ final Big COLORADO — McKnight 37 pass from Hawkins (Goodman kick) 23-14 1:10 2Q 12 Conference game at Folsom Field. COLORADO — McKnight 13 pass from Hawkins (Goodman kick) 30-14 8:04 3Q Kansas State — Coffman 6 run (McDonald pass from Thomas) 30-22 4:18 3Q Offensively, the Buffs (5-6 overall, 2-5 Big 12) got the surge they needed COLORADO — Stewart 51 run (Goodman kick) 37-22 2:46 3Q against the Wildcats (6-5, 3-5) from Stewart, who rushed for a career-high Kansas State — Quarles 16 pass from Coffman (Cherry kick) 37-29 13:18 4Q 195 yards and two touchdowns. He also completed his first passing COLORADO — Richardson 3 pass from Hawkins (Goodman kick) 44-29 9:08 4Q Kansas State — Harper 23 pass from Coffman (Cherry kick) 44-36 6:47 4Q attempt in a game since his Pop Warner days in Westerville, Ohio - a 23- yard scoring toss to Toney Clemons. Attendance: 41,147 Time: 3:20 Weather: 37 degrees, partly cloudy skies, 6 mph winds from the east Cody Hawkins threw for 202 yards and three TDs, while Will Jefferson also TEAM STATISTICS COLORADO KANSAS STATE showed up big for the Buffs, gaining 73 yards on five carries - including a First Downs ...... 22 18 pair of runs for 45 and 31 yards out of the wildcat formation after taking a Third Down Efficiency (Fourth) ...... 9-14 (0-0) 6-14 (2-3) direct center snap. Rushes—Net Yards ...... 44-251 38-101 Passing Yards...... 225 310 K-State jumped out to a quick 14-3 lead just over 11 minutes into the game, Passes (Att-Comp-Int)...... 26-15-0 26-17-0 as CU got off to an auspicious start. Arthur Jaffee lost the opening kickoff Total Offense...... 476 411 in the sun but did manage to corral it in but could only return it to the CU Return Yards ...... 22 41 Punts: No-Average...... 4-38.8 5-46.6 13. The Buffs then had their only three-and-out on offense in the game, Fumbles: No-Lost...... 3-0 1-1 followed by Tysyn Zimmerman returning a Zach Grossnickle punt 41 yards Penalties/Yards...... 2/5 7/57 to the CU 1-yard line. On the next snap, quarterback Collin Klein, of Quarterback Sacks—Yards ...... 6-38 1-20 Loveland, punched over for the touchdown. Time of Possession ...... 30:51 29:09 Drives/Average Field Position ...... 13/C33 12/KS29 CU answered with a drive to the K-State 31, where Aric Goodman hit a 48- Red Zone: Scores-Attempts (Points) ...... 3-3 (21) 4-4 (29) yarder to cut the Wildcats’ advantage to 7-3, but K-State and Klein INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS responded with a nine-play, 80-yard drive, capped by Klein‘s second 1- Rushing—Colorado: Stewart 34-195, Jefferson 5-73, Hawkins 1-9, Team 4-minus 26. yard scoring sneak and the Wildcats were up by 11 with 3:47 left in the Kansas State: Thomas 14-58, Klein 12-36, Quarles 1-18, Coffman 11-minus 11. first quarter. Passing—Colorado: C.Hawkins 25-14-0, 202, 3 td; Stewart 1-1-0, 23, 1 td. Kansas State: Coffman 23-16-0, 270, 2 td; Klein 3-1-0, 40, 0 td. The Buffs then reeled off the game’s next 27 points, starting with their next Receiving—Colorado: McKnight 4-74, Clemons 3-56, Richardson 3-19, Stewart 2-49, possession that ended with Stewart launching into the end zone from 2 Deehan 2-19, Cefalo 1-8. Kansas State: Quarles 5-114, Harper 4-74, Hilburn 3-28, yards out after Jefferson did his damage in the wildcat with a 31-yard run. Tannahill 2-64, McDonald 2-24, Thomas 1-6. Goodman’s PAT kick was blocked, leaving the score 14-9. Punting—Colorado: Grossnickle 4-38.8 (44 long, 1 In20). Kansas State: Doerr 5-46.6 (51 long, 2 In20). Two plays after Jimmy Smith scooped up a fumble and raced 22 yards to Punt Returns—Colorado: none. Kansas State: Zimmerman 2-41. the K-State 24, Stewart took a pitch right, looked as if he was headed for Kickoff Returns—Colorado: Jefferson 3-90, Jaffee 2-37. Kansas State: Hubert 6-111, the perimeter, slowed and launched his first career pass to Toney Clemons Quarles 1-19. in the end zone, and CU went ahead, 16-14. Later in the quarter, from his Tackle Leaders—Colorado: Sandersfeld 5,3—8; Sipili 4,4—8; Pericak 5,2—7; T.Smith own 39 with 2:30 left before the half, Hawkins found McKnight whose 37- 5,2—7; J.Smith 6,0—6; Polk 4,2—6; Nobriga 1,5—6; Hartigan 5,0—5; Beatty 1,3—4; yard TD reception gave him 21 for his career, a new CU standard. Cunningham 2,1—3; Mahnke 1,1—2; Brown 0,2—2. Kansas State: Garrett 14,2—16; Walker 7,2—9; Hartman 6,3—9; Zimmerman 3,3—6; Harrison 5,0—5; Childes 4,0—4. After Goodman was wide left on a 54-yard field on the first half’s final play, Quarterback Sacks—Colorado: Hartigan 3-20, Sipili 1-8, Pericak 1-5, West 1-5. Kansas the Buffs took their 23-14 lead to the locker room. State: Harrison 1-20. Interceptions—Colorado: none. Kansas State: none. After the Buffs sacked Coffman twice to open the second half, Hawkins Passes Broken Up—Colorado: Brown, Nobriga. Kansas State: Brown, Garrett, and McKnight teamed for a TD - this one a 13-yarder, putting CU up 30-14 Harrison, Kibble. and starting a string of six consecutive drives with a touchdown. GAME NOTES Speedy and the Buffs answered with an 80-yard drive, Stewart running 51 The CU-KSU series likely concludes for the foreseeable future with Colorado yards for his second TD of the day and 10th of the season. Following owning a 45-20-1 lead (28-5 in Boulder); CU’s 44 points were its most in the series since a 54-7 win in Boulder in 1992 … This was the highest scoring Goodman’s PAT, CU shot ahead 37-22 - and the third quarter ended that game in the series, topping the 1969 game in Boulder that CU won, 45-32 (77 way. points) … With this win, CU won back-to-back games in conference play for Coffman then hit receiver Aubrey Quarles with a 16-yard scoring pass, the first time since 2007 (first time two straight over North teams since again pulling the Wildcats to within eight points (37-29) with 13:18 to play. 2005—the last time CU won three straight Big 12 games) … CU had a season high in total offense (476) and won the time of possession battle for the 10th Jefferson sparked the Buffs with a 45 yard scamper out of the wildcat, time in 11 games (30:51) … All 14 first down plays in the first quarter were Giving the Buffs a first down at the 2, and three plays later Hawkins and rushes (8 CU, 6 KSU); in fact, 25 of the 30 plays by both in the quarter were freshman Paul Richardson hooked up for a 3-yard score to restore CU’s rushing plays, a factor in the quarter taking only 34 minutes to play … P Zach Grossnickle has had a wild year, but when needed the most, he pinned the 15-point lead (44-29) with 9:08 remaining. opponent inside their own 10 for the sixth time this season when his boot Coffman then hit receiver Chris Harper for a 23-yard TD, completing an forced KSU to start its final drive at its own 5 … DE Josh Hartigan became 84-yard drive and pulling KSU back to an eight-point deficit (44-36) and the first Buff to record three quarterback sacks in a game since Abraham making this the highest-scoring game in the CU-KSU series. Wright had three versus CSU in Denver on Sept. 9, 2006 … CU outscored (14- 0) and outgained (151-50) Kansas State in the second quarter; coming in, CU Coffman and his offense trotted onto the field with 3:01 remaining but had been on the short end of 105-67 in points and 1331-867 in yards in the could pickup just one first down; after taking the Wildcats as far as their period … Colorado had season lows in penalties (2) and yards (5); previous own 38, Josh Hartigan recorded his third sack of the afternoon on fourth lows were 3-21 versus Georgia. It was also the fewest of both since not being flagged against Texas Tech on Oct. 14, 2006. down to seal the win.

114 NEBRASKA 45 GAME COLORADO...... 0314 0—17 COLORADO 17 1122 Nebraska ...... 3 14 21 7—45 November 26, 2010 (Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Neb.) Score Time Qtr Nebraska — Henery 42 FG 0- 3 5:13 1Q LINCOLN, Neb. - Colorado and Nebraska said their goodbyes in the final Nebraska — Burkhead 2 run (Henery kick) 0-10 13:47 2Q COLORADO — Goodman 22 FG 3-10 10:22 2Q Friday-after-Thanksgiving showdown here at Memorial Stadium. In the Nebraska — Kinnie 26 pass from Burkhead (Henery kick) 3-17 0:49 2Q process, the Huskers ruined the Buffs bowl hopes in both team’s final Big Nebraska — Kinnie 16 pass from Green (Henery kick) 3-24 11:58 3Q 12 season by winning, 45-17. Nebraska — Reed 4 pass from Burkhead (Henery kick) 3-31 10:53 3Q COLORADO — Richardson 50 pass from Hawkins (Goodman kick) 10-31 8:19 3Q The loss ended the Buffs season at 5-7 overall, 2-6 in the Big 12 and halted Nebraska — Reed 1 pass from Green (Henery kick) 10-38 3:38 3Q a two-game win streak under interim coach Brian Cabral. The 16th-ranked COLORADO — Jefferson 29 pass from Hawkins (Goodman kick) 17-38 0:00 3Q Huskers improved to 10-2, 6-2, and earned a trip to the Big 12 Nebraska — Reed 1 run (Henery kick) 17-45 12:55 4Q championship game against Oklahoma while winning the last North Attendance: 85,646 Time: 3:11 Division title. Weather: 49 degrees, sunny skies, 17 mph winds from the northwest It was Colorado’s final Big 12 Conference game before heading to the Pac- TEAM STATISTICS COLORADO NEBRASKA 12 in 2011, while Nebraska will be off to join the Big 10 next summer as First Downs ...... 12 24 well. Third Down Efficiency (Fourth) ...... 2-10 (0-0) 11-17 (1-1) Rushes—Net Yards ...... 23-99 59-265 The defeat wasn’t without at least three upbeat individual notes for the Passing Yards...... 163 142 Buffs. Senior quarterback Cody Hawkins added passing yardage and Passes (Att-Comp-Int)...... 27-10-2 19-15-0 completions leader to the handful of school career passing records he set. Total Offense...... 262 407 Scotty McKnight extended his school record by catching at least one pass Return Yards ...... 11 57 in 48 consecutive regular-season games, and Paul Richardson eclipsed Punts: No-Average...... 5-41.0 4-38.0 Fumbles: No-Lost...... 1-1 2-0 McKnight’s freshman receiving yards mark. Penalties/Yards...... 6/55 8/79 The Huskers fed the Buffs an early, steady diet of Rex Burkhead and took Quarterback Sacks—Yards ...... 1-8 0-0 Time of Possession ...... 20:30 39:30 a 17-3 lead at intermission. The sophomore ran 18 times for 98 yards and Drives/Average Field Position ...... 12/C21 12/N45 a touchdown before intermission and completed his only first-half pass Red Zone: Scores-Attempts (Points) ...... 1-1 (3) 5-5 (35) attempt for a 26-yard touchdown. In the Cornhuskers’ first scoring drive he ran for 28 yards and helped Alex Henery for a 42-yard field goal that INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS gave Nebraska a 3-0 lead with 5:13 left in the first quarter. A series later Rushing—Colorado: Stewart 20-88, Jefferson 3-11. Nebraska: Burkhead 19-101, Helu he capped a 72-yard Huskers drive with a 2-yard scoring plunge and Jr. 15-77, Robinson 13-55, Green 7-23, Jones 4-8, Marlowe 1-1. Henery’s PAT pushed Nebraska ahead 10-0. Passing—Colorado: C.Hawkins 26-10-2, 163, 2 td; McKnight 1-0-0, 0. Nebraska: Green 13-10-0, 80, 2 td; Lee 4-3-0, 32, 0 td; Burkhead 2-2-0, 20, 2 td. CU answered with an Aric Goodman’s 22-yard field goal. The Buffs Receiving—Colorado: McKnight 3-10, Richardson 2-62, Walters 2-43, Stewart 2-19, produced their two biggest offensive plays of the first half on the march - Jefferson 1-29. Nebraska: Kinnie 4-48, Reed 4-17, Broekemeier 3-34, McNeill 1-18, a lateral Rodney Stewart threw back to Cody Hawkins, who passed Long 1-17, Robinson 1-8, Burkhead 1-0. downfield for 25 yards to tight end Luke Walters, and a 24-yard run by Punting—Colorado: Grossnickle 5-41.0 (45 long, 1 In20). Nebraska: Henery 4-38.0 (48 Stewart. long, 3 In20). Punt Returns—Colorado: Clemons 1-11. Nebraska: Marlowe 1-0. The Buffs kept the Huskers in check on their next possession but couldn’t Kickoff Returns—Colorado: Jefferson 3-62, Jaffee 2-35. Nebraska: Marlowe 2-37, duplicate their success of the previous series, going three-and-out and Kinnie 1-15. giving Nebraska the ball at midfield with 3:42 remaining before Tackle Leaders—Colorado: T.Smith 11,6—17; Nobriga 7,3—10; Sipili 5,5—10; intermission. Sandersfeld 4,4—8; Polk 3,3—6; Pericak 2,4—6; J.Smith 3,2—5; Brown 2,3—5; Hartigan 1,4—5; Vigo 3,1—4; Cunningham 3,1—4; West 2,1—3; Beatty 1,2—3. Burkhead and his offense took advantage, capitalizing on CU being off Nebraska: David 4,4—8; Compton 1,6—7; Gomes 4,1—5; Dennard 3,1—4; Allen 0,4— sides on 3rd-and-8 at the Buffs 34. Burkhead ran 3 yards on the next play 4; Hagg 3,0—3; Osborne 0,3—3. to keep the drive intact, then threw a 26-yard scoring pass to receiver Quarterback Sacks—Colorado: West 1-8. Nebraska: none. Brandon Kinnie. Interceptions—Colorado: none. Nebraska: Hagg 1-26, Gomes 1-12. Henery’s extra point kick sent the Huskers to the locker room cradling a Passes Broken Up—Colorado: T.Smith. Nebraska: Amukamara 2, David 2, Crick, 17-3 advantage. The idea of a fast second-half start for the Buffs fizzled Williams. when on the third play after intermission, Hawkins was tipped and then GAME NOTES intercepted by safety DeJon Gomes at the CU 43-yard line. Green hit Kinnie Nebraska’s seven scoring drives combined for 262 yards, while Colorado’s in the end zone with a 16-yard strike. Add Henery’s PAT and it was three covered 234 … The Buffaloes are 6-7 in regular season finales when Nebraska 24, CU 3. needing a win to become bowl-eligible (1-5 versus Nebraska) … Colorado’s streak of scoring in 12 straight quarters came to an end when CU didn’t score On CU’s next possession, it was nearly a carbon copy … a batted Hawkins in the first stanza today … Not including center snaps (which four players pass on second down was picked off by nickel back Eric Hagg and did), CU only had five players touch the football in the first half: Stewart (14 returned to the CU 4, where on first down Burkhead took a direct snap, carries, one lateral), Hawkins (8 passes), Walters (1 reception), Jaffee (1 KOR) started right, reversed his field and lobbed a 4-yard scoring pass to tight and J.Smith (1 PBU) … TB Rodney Stewart finished the season with 1,318 end Kyler Reed. yards on the year, the fifth highest single-season total in CU history and the most by a Buff since 2002; he will enter his senior year with 2,744 (the third Henery kicked the Huskers in front 31-3 - and with 10:53 left in the third most yards by a CU junior, behind Rashaan Salaam and Chris Brown, who quarter. both left early for the NFL) … QB Cody Hawkins earned the last two major A little over 2 minutes later, CU cut the deficit to 31-10 on a 50-yard records within his grasp, moving into first all-time in passing yards (7,409) Hawkins-to- Richardson pass, giving Richardson the school’s freshman and completions (667), overtaking Joel Klatt in both (7,375, 666) … WR Scotty record for receiving yardage. McKnight caught three balls, ending his career with at least one reception every game of his career, 49, including postseason: he became just the 10th Hawkins threw his second TD pass of the game - a 29-yarder to Will player in NCAA history to catch at least one pass in every game he played in Jefferson on a play where he passed Joel Klatt to become CU’s all-time his career (and the sixth to do so without missing any games due to injury) leading passer, but that score was bookended by Nebraska TDs (a 1-yard … WR Paul Richardson broke McKnight’s record for single-season receiving Green-to-Reed pass, a 1-yard Green run) that gave the Huskers a 45-17 lead yards by a freshman with 514; McKnight had 488 in 2007; he finished the year with four plays over 50 yards, the most by a Buff since 2003. with 12:55 remaining in the game, a score that would hold the remainder of the fourth quarter. 115 2010 Statistics

Won 5, Lost 7 (2-6 Big 12) RUSHING —avg. per— high Player G Att Gain Loss NET att. game TD Long 10+ 5+ game RESULTS/Attendance (N—Big 12 Game) Time Attendance Rodney Stewart...... 12 290 1364 46 1,318 4.54 109.8 10 65 33 110 195 S 4 Colorado State (Denver)...... W 24- 3 2:49 60,989 Brian Lockridge...... 5 35 159 13 146 4.17 29.2 1 19 4 12 109 S 11 at California ...... L7-52 3:07 55,440 Will Jefferson...... 12 23 149 12 137 5.96 11.4 0 45 46 73 S 18 HAWAI’I ...... W 31-13 2:57 47,840 Justin Torres...... 4 14 60 2 58 4.14 14.5 090532 O 2 GEORGIA (N) ...... W 29-27 3:32 52,855 Tyler Hansen ...... 7 51 177 136 41 0.80 5.9 4 39 3 14 51 O 9 N at Missouri (N) ...... L0-26 3:02 62,695 Toney Clemons...... 12 3 29 12 17 5.67 1.4 0 19 22 19 O16 N BAYLOR (N) ...... L 25-31 3:10 48,953 Travon Patterson...... 8929 16 13 1.44 1.6 0902 9 O23 N TEXAS TECH ...... L 24-27 3:16 47,665 Paul Richardson...... 12 6 18 11 7 1.17 0.6 080217 O 30 N at Oklahoma (N)...... L 10-43 3:30 84,173 David Bakhtiari ...... 12 0707 ...... 0701 7 N 6 N at Kansas...... L 45-52 3:19 40,851 Cody Hawkins...... 12 9 13 45 -32 -3.56 -2.7 0901 9 N13 N IOWA STATE ...... W 34-14 3:05 42,722 Team (k-downs, snaps) .. – 10 0 68 -68 ...... –………… N 20 N KANSAS STATE...... W 44-36 3:20 41,147 N 26 at Nebraska ...... L 17-45 3:11 85,646 PASSING —avg. per— TOTAL OFFENSE N Player G Att-Com-Int (T) Pct. Yards att. comp. TD Long Sacked Att. Yards Avg. SCORE-BY-QUARTERS 1234OT — Total Cody Hawkins...... 12 231-124- 5 (3) 53.7 1,547 6.7 12.5 14 62t 4/ 42 240 1,515 6.3 COLORADO ...... 53 84 108 45 x—290 Tyler Hansen ...... 7 164-112- 6 (2) 68.3 1,102 6.7 9.8 6 73t 16/125 215 1,143 5.3 Opponents...... 52 119 78 120 x—369 Rodney Stewart... 12 1- 1- 0 (0) 100.0 23 23.0 23.0 1 23t 0/ 0 291 1,341 4.6 TEAM STATISTICS Colorado Opponents Scotty McKnight.. 12 1- 0- 0 (0) 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 000/ 0 1 0 0.0 Team (spiked passes) – 0- 0- 0 … 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 001/ 20 11 -68 -6.2 FIRST DOWNS...... 237 251 by rushing...... 92 95 NCAA Ratings: Hansen 129.5; Hawkins 125.6, Stewart 623.2. Passes w/o INT: Hawkins 16, by passing...... 123 142 Hansen 34, Stewart 1, McKnight 1. by penalty...... 22 14 RECEIVING —— avg. per—— high games FIRST DOWN PLAYS/YARDS...... 362/1638 372/2530 Player G No. Yards rec. game TD Long 20+ 10+ rec yards average gain on first down...... 4.52 6.80 Scotty McKnight...... 12 50 621 12.4 51.8 7 49t 9 29 6 5-84 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY...... 82-182 66-161 Toney Clemons...... 12 43 482 11.2 40.2 3 73t 7 16 8 8-98 percentage...... 45.1 41.0 Paul Richardson...... 12 34 514 15.1 42.8 6 62t616 11 11-141 FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY ...... 8-14 8-19 Rodney Stewart...... 12 29 290 10.0 24.2 0 34 4 11 6 2-49 percentage...... 57.1 42.1 Ryan Deehan...... 12 25 249 10.0 20.8 1 19 0 13 7 7-70 RUSHING ATTEMPTS...... 450 421 Travon Patterson ...... 8 20 127 6.4 15.9 1 35 15 6 1-35 yards gained...... 2005 1959 Will Jefferson ...... 12 14 177 12.6 14.8 1 46 27 4 1-46 yards lost...... 361 276 Luke Walters ...... 12 10 111 11.1 9.3 0 25 14 3 2-43 NET RUSHING YARDS ...... 1644 1683 Kyle Cefalo...... 11 6 35 5.8 3.2 0 11 01 2 2-16 average per rush...... 3.65 4.00 Brian Lockridge...... 5 2 33 16.5 6.6 0 35 11 1 1-35 average per game ...... 137.0 140.3 Matt Bahr ...... 12 2 7 3.5 0.6 1 4t 00 1 1- 4 PASSING ATTEMPTS...... 397 388 Jason Espinoza...... 12 1 13 13.0 1.1 0 13 01 1 1-13 passes completed...... 237 264 DaVaughn Thornton . 10 1 12 12.0 1.2 1 12t 01 1 1-12 had intercepted ...... 11 10 completion percentage...... 59.7 68.0 Cody Hawkins...... 12 0 7 ….. …. 070000- 7 NET PASSING YARDS...... 2672 3117 Ethan Adkins ...... 12 0 - 6 ….. …. 0 - 6 00 00-(-6) average per attempt...... 6.73 8.03 SCORING Touchdowns——————-— 2Pt average per completion...... 11.3 11.8 Player G Total Rush Rec. Ret. PAT EP-EPA FG-FGA Saf DEX PTS average per game ...... 222.7 259.8 Aric Goodman ...... 12 00000-0 32-33 10-15 ——62 QBs sacked/yards lost ...... 21/187 34/181 Rodney Stewart...... 12 10 10 000-0 0-0 0-0 ——60 TOTAL OFFENSIVE PLAYS ...... 847 809 Scotty McKnight...... 1270700-0 0-0 0-0 ——42 TOTAL NET YARDS ...... 4316 4800 Paul Richardson...... 12 60601-0 0-0 0-0 ——38 AVERAGE GAIN PER PLAY...... 5.10 5.93 Tyler Hansen ...... 7 44000-2 0-0 0-0 ——24 AVERAGE PER GAME...... 359.7 400.0 Toney Clemons...... 1230300-0 0-0 0-0 ——18 FUMBLES-LOST...... 22-8 21-9 Ryan Deehan...... 1210101-0 0-0 0-0 ——8 PENALTIES/YARDS...... 79/603 72/643 Matt Bahr ...... 12 10100-0 0-0 0-0 ——6 Offensive...... 41/256 33/235 Will Jefferson ...... 12 10100-0 0-0 0-0 ——6 Defensive ...... 20/175 20/241 Brian Lockridge...... 5 11000-0 0-0 0-0 ——6 Special Teams ...... 18/172 18/163 Travon Patterson ...... 8 10100-0 0-0 0-0 ——6 Bench/Fans/NCAA Unsportsmanlike 0/0 1/ 4 Michael Sipili ...... 1210010-0 0-0 0-0 ——6 TURNOVERS (Margin: E/+0.00) ...... 19 19 DaVaughn Thornton .. 10 10100-0 0-0 0-0 ——6 TOTAL RETURN YARDS ...... 236 519 Justin Castor...... 3 00000-0 0-0 0-1 ——0 Punt Returns: No-Yards ...... 18-131 24-189 Cody Hawkins...... 12 00000-2 0-0 0-0 ——0 Interceptions: No-Yards ...... 10-31 11-201 COLORADO...... 12 37 15 21 1 2-4 32-33 10-16 10290 Misc. (Fumble/Blk. FG) Returns...... 4-74 4-129 Opponents ...... 12 45 15 27 3 2-2 43-43 16-20 20369 KICKOFF RETURNS: No-Yards ...... 50-1164 48-976 average per return...... 23.3 20.3 PUNTING In had Ret. Net Net PUNTS...... 62 50 Player G No. Yards Avg. Long 20 50+ TB blk Yds. Yds Avg. yards...... 2389 2183 Zach Grossnickle ...... 12 60 2368 39.47 52 11 222184 2144 35.7 gross average ...... 38.6 43.7 Team...... 12 2 21 10.50 21 0000 5 16 8.0 yard deductions: returns/touchbacks 189/40 131/40 COLORADO...... 12 62 2389 38.53 52 11 222189 2160 34.8 net yards...... 2160 2012 Opponents ...... 12 50 2183 43.66 66 17 11 20131 2012 40.2 net average...... 34.8 40.2 DEFENSIVE/tackles for loss...... 69-270 65-318 FIELD GOALS G 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+ Total Pct. Long quarterback sacks/yards...... 34/181 21/187 Aric Goodman ...... 12 0-0 5-5 2-3 3-5 0-2 0-0 10-15 66.7 48 quarterback hurries ...... 34 53 (28) (42wl) (—) (52wl) (40wl) (45,25) (23,35wr) (40) (38) (24,39) (48,54wl) (22) passes broken up ...... 29 48 Justin Castor...... 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0- 1 0.0 0 forced fumbles ...... 7 11 (—) (—) (—) (—) (40blk) (—) (—) (—) (—) (—) (—) (—) BLOCKED KICKS (Special Teams)...... 14Opponents ...... 12 0-0 4-6 6-7 5-6 1-1 0-0 16-20 80.0 50 TIME OF POSSESSION...... 377:26 342:34 ALL-PURPOSE YARDS (Top 2) G Plays Rush Rec. PR KOR Total Avg. Avg./G average per game ...... 31:27 28:33 Rodney Stewart ...... 12 319 1,318 290 001,608 5.0 134.0 TIME SPENT IN THE LEAD (tied 113:54). 312:45 293:21 Toney Clemons ...... 12 59 17 482 6 255 760 12.9 63.3 TIMES PENETRATED OPPONENT 20 ...... 35 53 scores/td,fg...... 28/23,5 45/33,12 PUNT RETURNS G No. Yards Avg. Long TD GOAL-TO-GO SITUATIONS ...... 19 28 Travon Patterson...... 8 15 125 8.3 45 0 scores/td,fg...... 17/16,1 26/23,3 Toney Clemons...... 12362.0 11 0 TOTAL DRIVES...... 150 146 drives ended by: TD ...... 36 42 KICKOFF RETURNS G No. Yards Avg. Long TD FG Made/FG Miss... 10/6 16/4 Toney Clemons...... 12 10 255 25.5 53 0 Punt...... 62 50 Will Jefferson...... 12 8 203 25.4 43 0 Downs/TO...... 5/18 10/17 Arthur Jaffee...... 12 14 336 24.0 89 0 SAF/Clock ...... 1/12 1/6 Brian Lockridge...... 5 10 218 21.8 39 0 TOTAL POINTS ...... 290 369 Travon Patterson...... 87140 20.0 29 0 average per game ...... 24.2 30.8 Tyler Ahles...... 12 1 12 12.0 12 0

116 RUSHING —avg. per— high Player G Att Gain Loss NET att. game TD Long 10+ 5+ game DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Tackles ——————— –—For Loss— Miscellaneous——————————– ATTENDANCE Rodney Stewart...... 12 290 1364 46 1,318 4.54 109.8 10 65 33 110 195 Pos Player...... G Plays UT AT —TOT Avg. Sacks Other TZ 3DS QBP QCD FR FF PBU Site G Attend. Average High W-L Brian Lockridge...... 5 35 159 13 146 4.17 29.2 1 19 4 12 109 LB Michael Sipili...... 12 655 51 43 — 94 7.8 3½-21 7-13 8 410110 In Boulder ...... 6 281,182 46,863.7 52,855 4-2 Will Jefferson...... 12 23 149 12 137 5.96 11.4 0 45 46 73 DB Ray Polk...... 12 787 42 30 — 72 6.0 0- 0 0- 0 1 410001 On The Road.... 5 328,805 65,761.0 85,646 0-5 Justin Torres...... 4 14 60 2 58 4.14 14.5 090532 DB Jimmy Smith...... 12 772 52 18 — 70 5.8 0- 0 2- 3 4 512115 Neutral...... 1 60,989 60,989.0 60,989 1-0 DB Terrel Smith...... 6 414 30 30 — 60 10.0 1- 6 1- 2 1 300001 Tyler Hansen ...... 7 51 177 136 41 0.80 5.9 4 39 3 14 51 LB Jon Major...... 7 371 32 25 — 57 8.1 0- 0 2- 3 8 700102 Toney Clemons...... 12 3 29 12 17 5.67 1.4 0 19 22 19 INTERCEPTION RETURNS DB Jalil Brown...... 12 799 28 18 — 46 3.8 0- 0 2- 5 0 610205 Player G No. Yards Avg. Long TD Travon Patterson...... 8929 16 13 1.44 1.6 0902 9 LB Liloa Nobriga...... 9 298 23 23 — 46 5.1 0- 0 1- 1 6 100013 Paul Richardson...... 12 6 18 11 7 1.17 0.6 080217 DT Will Pericak ...... 12 621 30 15 — 45 3.8 2- 9 3- 8 11 643000 Jalil Brown...... 12 300.0 00 David Bakhtiari ...... 12 0707 ...... 0701 7 DB Travis Sandersfeld...... 7 331 22 17 — 39 5.6 0- 0 1- 4 0 711000 Travis Sandersfeld.. 7216 8.0 16 0 Cody Hawkins...... 12 9 13 45 -32 -3.56 -2.7 0901 9 CB Anthony Perkins...... 5 296 22 16 — 38 7.6 0- 0 1-10 1 300102 Anthony Perkins..... 51 99.0 90 Team (k-downs, snaps) .. – 10 0 68 -68 ...... –………… LB B.J. Beatty...... 12 444 21 15 — 36 3.0 5-34 4-10 3515 1011 Michael Sipili...... 12 144.0 40 LB Patrick Mahnke...... 12 378 20 15 — 35 2.9 1- 6 0- 0 2 512113 Josh Hartigan...... 11 122.0 20 PASSING —avg. per— TOTAL OFFENSE DT Curtis Cunningham ...... 12 625 24 7— 31 2.6 1- 0 5-11 4 421001 Player G Att-Com-Int (T) Pct. Yards att. comp. TD Long Sacked Att. Yards Avg. Terrel Smith...... 61 00.0 00 LB Tyler Ahles ...... 12 365 20 8— 28 2.3 0- 0 1- 1 1 122003 Cody Hawkins...... 12 231-124- 5 (3) 53.7 1,547 6.7 12.5 14 62t 4/ 42 240 1,515 6.3 DE Josh Hartigan...... 11 380 18 6— 24 2.2 7-46 1- 1 1 820011 Jonathan Hawkins .. 12 100.0 00 Tyler Hansen ...... 7 164-112- 6 (2) 68.3 1,102 6.7 9.8 6 73t 16/125 215 1,143 5.3 DE Forrest West...... 11 258 14 5— 19 1.7 5½-28 3- 6 1 310000 Rodney Stewart... 12 1- 1- 0 (0) 100.0 23 23.0 23.0 1 23t 0/ 0 291 1,341 4.6 DL Nick Kasa...... 12 286 12 6— 18 1.5 1- 9 1- 1 2 100000 FUMBLE RETURNS Scotty McKnight.. 12 1- 0- 0 (0) 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 000/ 0 1 0 0.0 LB Derrick Webb ...... 7 124 12 5— 17 2.4 ½- 2 2- 5 2 300000 Player G No. Yards Avg. Long TD Team (spiked passes) – 0- 0- 0 … 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 001/ 20 11 -68 -6.2 DB Jonathan Hawkins ...... 9 200 10 5— 15 1.6 0- 0 1- 3 0 201001 Michael Sipili...... 12 1 45 45.0 45t 1 NCAA Ratings: Hansen 129.5; Hawkins 125.6, Stewart 623.2. Passes w/o INT: Hawkins 16, DE Chidera Uzo-Diribe...... 12 148 83—11 0.9 3½-15 0- 0 2 501010 Jimmy Smith...... 12 1 22 22.0 22 0 Hansen 34, Stewart 1, McKnight 1. DB Jered Bell...... 8 54 74—11 1.4 0- 0 0- 0 0 000000 Jalil Brown...... 11 177.0 70 DB Paul Vigo...... 4 62 52—7 1.8 0- 0 1- 2 1 100000 Anthony Perkins..... 51 00.0 00 RECEIVING —— avg. per—— high games DB Deji Olatoye...... 6 48 43—7 1.4 0- 0 0- 0 0 000000 Player G No. Yards rec. game TD Long 20+ 10+ rec yards DT Conrad Obi...... 10 64 31—4 0.4 0- 0 0- 0 0 000000 DEFENSIVE SCRIMMAGE SNAPS: 809. TOUCH- Scotty McKnight...... 12 50 621 12.4 51.8 7 49t 9 29 6 5-84 LB Douglas Rippy...... 6 27 13—4 0.7 0- 0 0- 0 0 000000 Toney Clemons...... 12 43 482 11.2 40.2 3 73t 7 16 8 8-98 DE Marquez Herrod ...... 7 59 20—2 0.3 0- 0 0- 0 0 001000 DOWN SAVES (17): J.Smith 5, Polk 3, Bell 2, Perkins Paul Richardson...... 12 34 514 15.1 42.8 6 62t616 11 11-141 LB David Goldberg...... 3 11 20—2 0.7 0- 0 0- 0 0 010000 2, Beatty, Brown, J.Hawkins, Major, Sipili. Rodney Stewart...... 12 29 290 10.0 24.2 0 34 4 11 6 2-49 DT Tony Poremba...... 3710—1 0.3 1- 1 0- 0 0 100000 INTERCEPTIONS CAUSED (3): Beatty 2, Mahnke. Ryan Deehan...... 12 25 249 10.0 20.8 1 19 0 13 7 7-70 DT Eugene Goree...... 3610—1 0.3 1- 2 0- 0 0 100000 Travon Patterson ...... 8 20 127 6.4 15.9 1 35 15 6 1-35 LB Evan Harrington ...... 2600—0 0.0 0- 0 0- 0 0 000000 SAFETIES (1): Perkins. SACKS FOR 0 (4; deducted Will Jefferson ...... 12 14 177 12.6 14.8 1 46 27 4 1-46 DB Parker Orms...... 1300—0 0.0 0- 0 0- 0 0 010000 from TFL count): Beatty, Cunningham, Sipili, Uzo- Luke Walters ...... 12 10 111 11.1 9.3 0 25 14 3 2-43 …. Team...... 12 … .. .. — .. … 1- 2 0- 0 0 000000 Diribe; Opponents 0. Kyle Cefalo...... 11 6 35 5.8 3.2 0 11 01 2 2-16 SPECIAL TEAMS STATISTICS Brian Lockridge...... 5 2 33 16.5 6.6 0 35 11 1 1-35 Matt Bahr ...... 12 2 7 3.5 0.6 1 4t 00 1 1- 4 Player (CP) ...... UT UT/20 AT AT/20 FF FR KSD WB DP BLK RK FFC FDF Points Player (CP) ...... UT UT/20 AT AT/20 FF FR KSD WB DP BLK RK FFC FDF Points Jason Espinoza...... 12 1 13 13.0 1.1 0 13 01 1 1-13 Arthur Jaffee (1) ...... 8361119010054=40 Ryan Iverson...... 3000000010011=6 DaVaughn Thornton . 10 1 12 12.0 1.2 1 12t 01 1 1-12 Derrick Webb (1) ..... 10 250004000032=27 Anthony Perkins ...... 1000001000040=6 Cody Hawkins...... 12 0 7 ….. …. 070000- 7 Douglas Rippy ...... 4120008200006=23 Liloa Nobriga (2) ..... 1000001100000=5 Ethan Adkins ...... 12 0 - 6 ….. …. 0 - 6 00 00-(-6) Deji Olatoye ...... 4220103000040=16 Jalil Brown ...... 3000001000000=4 *Cameron Ham...... 8110003000100=15 Ryan Deehan ...... 0000004000000=4 SCORING Touchdowns——————-— 2Pt Player G Total Rush Rec. Ret. PAT EP-EPA FG-FGA Saf DEX PTS Tyler Ahles...... 10000012 000000=13 *Jimmy Smith...... 2010000000000=4 Aric Goodman ...... 12 00000-0 32-33 10-15 ——62 Corey Nabors ...... 10000010 100001=13 Aric Goodman ...... 1010000000000=2 Rodney Stewart...... 12 10 10 000-0 0-0 0-0 ——60 Travis Sandersfeld... 2110001000043=12 Zach Grossnickle ..... 0020000000000=2 Scotty McKnight...... 1270700-0 0-0 0-0 ——42 David Goldberg ...... 00000010 000000=10 Michael Sipili ...... 0000002000000=2 Paul Richardson...... 12 60601-0 0-0 0-0 ——38 Jonathan Hawkins (1) 6200000000001=10 Josh Hartigan ...... 0000001000000=1 Tyler Hansen ...... 7 44000-2 0-0 0-0 ——24 Evan Harrington (1) 3041000000000=9 Brian Lockridge...... 0000000000001=1 Toney Clemons...... 1230300-0 0-0 0-0 ——18 Ray Polk ...... 1100010010022=8 Patrick Mahnke ...... 0000001000000=1 Ryan Deehan...... 1210101-0 0-0 0-0 ——8 Paul Vigo (2)...... 1100002000011=8 Matt Meyer ...... 0000001000000=1 Matt Bahr ...... 12 10100-0 0-0 0-0 ——6 Will Jefferson ...... 12 10100-0 0-0 0-0 ——6 Terrel Smith...... 3120001000000=7 Will Pericak...... 0000000001000=1 Brian Lockridge...... 5 11000-0 0-0 0-0 ——6 Jered Bell ...... 4010001000000=6 Travon Patterson ...... 8 10100-0 0-0 0-0 ——6 BLOCKED KICKS SUMMARY (1): Pericak (FG/CSU). *—includes TD saves (Ham vs. Kansas State; Smith vs. Georgia). Michael Sipili ...... 1210010-0 0-0 0-0 ——6 KEY: (CP—caused penalty); UT—Unassisted Tackle; UT/20—UT Inside-the-20; AT—Assisted Tackle; AT/20—AT Inside-the-20; TZ—Tackles For Zero; 3DS—Third/Fourth DaVaughn Thornton .. 10 10100-0 0-0 0-0 ——6 Down Stops (tackles, INTs or PBUs); QBP-Quarterback Pressure; QBC—Quarterback Chasedowns; FF—Forced Fumble; FR—Fumble/Muff Recovery (Opponent on defense Justin Castor...... 3 00000-0 0-0 0-1 ——0 or CU or Opponent on special teams); PBU—Passes Broken Up; KSD—Knockdown or Springing Block on Kick Return; WB—Wedge Break; DP—Downed Punt (meaningful); Cody Hawkins...... 12 00000-2 0-0 0-0 ——0 BLK—Blocked Kick; RK—Recovered Blocked Kick, Punt or On-side kick; FFC—Forced Fair Catch; FDF—First Downfield (on kickoff). A defensive game played is credited COLORADO...... 12 37 15 21 1 2-4 32-33 10-16 10290 only when a player is in for at least one defensive play; defensive tackles do not include special team tackles. NOTE: Defensive/special team statistics compiled from Opponents ...... 12 45 15 27 3 2-2 43-43 16-20 20369 coaches’ video; NCAA/Big 12 Colorado Stats ARE NOT ACCURATE. PUNTING In had Ret. Net Net Player G No. Yards Avg. Long 20 50+ TB blk Yds. Yds Avg. AT-A-GLANCE SUMMARIES Zach Grossnickle ...... 12 60 2368 39.47 52 11 222184 2144 35.7 First Downs Rushing Passing Total Off. Return Punting Fumbles Penalties Third QB Avg. Time of Team ...... 12 2 21 10.50 21 0000 5 16 8.0 Game Score 1234OT Tot Ru Pa Pn Att Yards TD Att-Com-Int Yards TD Att Yards Yards No-Avg. No-Lost No/Yds Downs Sacks F.Pos. Poss. COLORADO...... 12 62 2389 38.53 52 11 222189 2160 34.8 COLORADO 24 7 10 70 18 7 10 1 35 115 1 25-17-1 192 2 60 307 55 7-41.4 1-0 10/101 5-13 4-12 C 35 32:38 Opponents ...... 12 50 2183 43.66 66 17 11 20131 2012 40.2 Colorado State 3 0003 14 3 10 1 25 49 0 33-24-3 196 0 58 245 58 6-40.7 1-0 2/29 1-12 2-29 CS 26 27:22 COLORADO 7 0070 17 78242 75 1 34-18-3 166 0 76 241 8 6-40.2 2-2 9/75 8-18 2- 5 C 27 32:15 FIELD GOALS G 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+ Total Pct. Long California 52 14 17 0 21 18 10 6236 159 1 24-15-0 197 4 60 356 169 4-48.2 2-0 6/54 4-11 6-41 Ca 40 27:45 Aric Goodman ...... 12 0-0 5-5 2-3 3-5 0-2 0-0 10-15 66.7 48 COLORADO 31 0017 14 26 13 12 1 52 252 2 26-19-0 200 2 78 452 - 3 4-36.5 3-2 9/48 10-14 2-12 C 26 35:49 (28) (42wl) (—) (52wl) (40wl) (45,25) (23,35wr) (40) (38) (24,39) (48,54wl) (22) Hawai’i 13 7330 13 0 13 0 13 7 0 42-27-1 330 1 55 337 - 1 4-44.0 2-1 6/37 3-11 0- 0 H 30 24:11 Justin Castor...... 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0- 1 0.0 0 COLORADO 29 7715 0 18 10 6247 235 3 20-13-1 158 1 67 393 13 4-40.5 1-0 3/21 7-15 3-17 C 23 34:00 (—) (—) (—) (—) (40blk) (—) (—) (—) (—) (—) (—) (—) Georgia 27 3 14 73 20 10 9132 188 0 27-16-1 221 3 59 409 38 3-46.3 3-1 5/48 5-12 2-14 G 35 26:00 Opponents ...... 12 0-0 4-6 6-7 5-6 1-1 0-0 16-20 80.0 50 COLORADO 0 0000 18 4 13 1 26 61 0 46-31-1 250 0 72 311 18 5-32.2 1-0 8/46 7-17 2- 8 C 32 32:38 Missouri 26 5 14 07 18 4 14 0 32 119 0 33-20-1 226 3 65 345 54 5-44.4 1-1 2/17 6-15 4-24 M 28 27:22 ALL-PURPOSE YARDS (Top 2) G Plays Rush Rec. PR KOR Total Avg. Avg./G COLORADO 25 69010 25 11 13 1 49 192 2 28-21-1 207 1 77 399 4 3-44.7 3-1 4/28 9-15 0- 0 C 38 36:36 Rodney Stewart ...... 12 319 1,318 290 001,608 5.0 134.0 Baylor 31 0 10 11 10 29 14 13 2 35 309 2 27-22-1 234 1 62 543 34 0- 0.0 4-2 9/71 3- 7 2-17 B 29 23:24 Toney Clemons ...... 12 59 17 482 6 255 760 12.9 63.3 COLORADO 24 7314 0 20 5 15 0 32 28 1 53-31-0 336 2 85 364 53 7-38.9 2-0 7/44 9-21 2-12 C 29 30:53 Texas Tech 27 07713 23 7 14 2 37 144 1 38-24-1 286 2 75 430 7 5-46.2 1-1 5/42 5-15 2-15 TT 27 29:07 PUNT RETURNS G No. Yards Avg. Long TD COLORADO 10 0370 12 57024 76 0 44-17-0 187 1 68 263 - 2 10-38.1 0-0 5/36 6-19 1- 6 C 25 27:05 Travon Patterson...... 8 15 125 8.3 45 0 Oklahoma 43 3 26 14 0 31 11 20 0 44 147 1 49-34-0 488 4 93 635 14 5-42.0 0-0 2/15 8-17 1-14 O 26 32:55 Toney Clemons...... 12362.0 11 0 COLORADO 45 14 21 37 31 9 15 7 31 142 3 44-29-2 322 3 75 464 16 1-31.0 2-1 6/50 5-11 2-10 C 29 30:09 KICKOFF RETURNS G No. Yards Avg. Long TD Kansas 52 37735 27 13 12 2 44 201 4 28-23-2 252 2 72 453 35 2-30.5 0-0 11/124 11-16 1-13 K 35 29:51 Toney Clemons...... 12 10 255 25.5 53 0 COLORADO 34 3 14 10 7 18 6 10 2 45 118 0 24-16-0 266 3 69 384 41 6-35.2 3-1 10/94 5-15 9-53 C 30 34:02 Will Jefferson...... 12 8 203 25.4 43 0 Iowa State 14 0707 16 3 10 3 26 - 6 1 42-27-0 235 1 68 229 13 7-46.0 4-2 9/70 3-14 0- 0 IS 33 25:58 Arthur Jaffee...... 12 14 336 24.0 89 0 COLORADO 44 9 14 14 7 22 11 9244 251 2 26-15-0 225 4 70 476 22 4-38.8 3-0 2/ 5 9-14 6-38 C 33 30:51 Kansas State 36 14 0814 18 6 12 0 38 101 3 26-17-0 310 2 64 411 41 5-46.6 1-1 7/57 6-14 1-20 KS 29 29:09 Brian Lockridge...... 5 10 218 21.8 39 0 COLORADO 17 0314 0 12 45323 99 0 27-10-2 163 2 50 262 11 5-41.0 1-1 6/55 2-10 1- 8 C 21 20:30 Travon Patterson...... 87140 20.0 29 0 Nebraska 45 3 14 21 7 24 14 9159 265 2 19-15-0 142 4 78 407 57 4-38.0 2-0 8/79 11-17 0- 0 N 45 39:30 Tyler Ahles...... 12 1 12 12.0 12 0

117 SCORING DRIVES (Game-By-Game) Drive Analysis Opponent Plays Yards Time Result Qtr (Down) How PAT Quarterback DISTANCE COLORADO OPPONENT Colorado State 5 44 1:52 TD 1 (3) Patterson 18 pass from Hansen Goodman Hansen Length TD FG TD FG Colorado State 9 82 1:35 TD 2 (1) McKnight 27 pass from Hansen Goodman Hansen (minus) —1—0 Colorado State 6 35 1:58 *FG 2 (4) Goodman 28 FG …………… Hansen 0— 9 1032 Colorado State 8 50 1:58 TD 3 (2) Hansen 1 run Goodman Hansen 10—19 0010 Colorado State 9 60 4:38 TD 3 (4) Hansen 4 run Goodman Hansen 20—29 1200 Hawai’i 14 80 3:32 TD 3 (1) Stewart 4 run Goodman Hansen 30—39 0132 40—49 3244 Hawai’i 10 60 3:18 TD 3 (1) Stewart 2 run Richardson pass from Hansen Hansen 50—59 4034 Hawai’i 6 91 3:03 TD 4 (3) Clemons 73 pass from Hansen Goodman Hansen 60—69 9052 Hawai’i 7 59 4:40 TD 4 (3) McKnight 23 pass from Hansen Goodman Hansen 70—79 6371 Georgia 13 80 7:13 TD 1 (2) Bahr 4 pass from Hansen Goodman Hansen 80—89 11 0 13 1 Georgia 8 78 3:15 TD 2 (1) Lockridge 1 run Goodman Hansen 90—99 1030 Georgia 5 81 2:47 TD 3 (3) Hansen 2 run Deehan pass from Hawkins Hansen Georgia 5 67 0:55 TD 3 (1) Stewart 11 run Goodman Hansen GAME OPENING DRIVES Missouri none COLORADO OPPONENT Game Pts FD Yds Pts FD Yds Baylor 9 60 4:49 TD 1 (1) Stewart 18 run pass failed Hansen Colorado State 0142 004 Baylor 8 65 3:44 TD 2 (2) Stewart 6 run run failed Hansen California 00 40330 Baylor 4 - 4 0:31 *FG 2 (4) Goodman 45 FG …………… Hansen Hawai’i 0125 0* 1 81 Baylor 7 13 3:26 *FG 4 (4) Goodman 25 FG …………… Hansen Georgia 7480 319 Baylor 8 44 4:32 TD 4 (3) McKnight 7 pass from Hansen Goodman Hansen Missouri 0122 008 Texas Tech 11 40 6:03 TD 1 (2) Hansen 1 run Goodman Hansen Baylor 0446 0121 Texas Tech 18 73 5:53 FG 2 (4) Goodman 23 FG …………… Hawkins Texas Tech 0118 0112 Texas Tech 11 80 2:34 TD 3 (2) Richardson 3 pass from Hawkins Goodman Hawkins Oklahoma 0119 0115 Texas Tech 4 72 1:12 TD 3 (1) Richardson 60 pass from Hawkins Goodman Hawkins Kansas 7485 3356 Oklahoma 9 40 3:16 FG 2 (4) Goodman 40 FG …………… Hawkins Iowa State 3273 0119 Oklahoma 4 61 1:19 TD 3 (2) McKnight 49 pass from Hawkins Goodman Hawkins Kansas State 00-5 701 Kansas 12 80 5:38 TD 1 (4) Stewart 7 run Goodman Hawkins Nebraska 0113 0127 Kansas 6 80 2:37 TD 1 (3) Richardson 62 pass from Hawkins Goodman Hawkins SECOND HALF OPENING DRIVES Kansas 11 71 5:18 TD 2 (2) Richardson 4 pass from Hawkins Goodman Hawkins COLORADO OPPONENT Kansas 6 51 2:53 *TD 2 (2) Stewart 1 run Goodman Hawkins Game Pts FD Yds Pts FD Yds Kansas 5 62 0:41 TD 2 (3) Thornton 12 pass from Hawkins Goodman Hawkins Colorado State 0123 009 Kansas 7 28 2:15 FG 3 (4) Goodman 38 FG …………… Hawkins California 0331 006 Kansas 7 73 3:18 TD 4 (1) Stewart 8 run Goodman Hawkins Hawai’i 7681 00-5 Iowa State 7 73 3:47 FG 1 (4) Goodman 24 FG …………… Hawkins Georgia 8181 7485 Iowa State 290:31 TD 2 (2) Deehan 9 pass from Hawkins Goodman Hawkins Missouri 0351 002 Baylor 0* 4 79 3374 Iowa State 11 80 4:14 TD 2 (3) Clemons 26 pass from Hawkins Goodman Hawkins Texas Tech 7480 0116 Iowa State 6 27 2:23 *FG 3 (4) Goodman 39 FG …………… Hawkins Oklahoma 7261 0280 Iowa State 10 69 5:08 TD 3 (2) McKnight 25 pass from Hawkins Goodman Hawkins Kansas 3228 017 Kansas State 10 41 4:28 FG 1 (4) Goodman 48 FG …………… Hawkins Iowa State 00 6004 Kansas State 7 55 3:29 TD 1 (2) Stewart 1 run kick blocked Hawkins Kansas State 7471 011 Kansas State 2 24 0:37 *TD 2 (2) Clemons 23 pass from Hawkins Goodman Hawkins Nebraska 0* 027243 Kansas State 5 61 1:20 TD 2 (2) McKnight 37 pass from Hawkins Goodman Hawkins (*—drive ended by a turnover.) Kansas State 10 86 3:25 TD 3 (2) McKnight 13 pass from Hawkins Goodman Hawkins Kansas State 4 80 1:32 TD 3 (1) Stewart 51 run Goodman Hawkins POSSESSIONS AT-A-GLANCE Kansas State 8 73 4:02 TD 4 (3) Richardson 3 pass from Hawkins Goodman Hawkins Avg. 3-Plays Snaps/ No. Plays Snaps &Out* TD Nebraska 9 75 3:25 FG 2 (4) Goodman 22 FG …………… Hawkins Colorado 150 847 5.65 44 23.5 Nebraska 5 80 2:34 TD 3 (2) Richardson 50 pass from Hawkins Goodman Hawkins Opponent 146 809 5.54 41 19.3 Nebraska 9 79 3:33 TD 3 (1) Jefferson 29 pass from Hawkins Goodman Hawkins (*—less if there is a turnover; must not have earned a (*—scored following a turnover) first down or scored a touchdown.) Yards Per Play—TD Drives: 8.4 (271-2277); FG Drives: 5.6 (73-406); Non-Scoring Drives: 3.2 (503-1633)

LONGEST PLAYS COLORADO OPPONENT Yards Opponent Player(s) Yards Opponent Player(s) 73 Hawai’i Toney Clemons pass from Tyler Hansen (TD) 81 Oklahoma Ryan Broyles pass from Landry Jones (TD) 65 Georgia Rodney Stewart run 80 Hawai’i Kealoha Pilares pass from Bryant Moniz 62 Kansas Paul Richardson pass from Cody Hawkins (TD) 64 Oklahoma Ryan Broyles pass from Landry Jones (TD) 60 Texas Tech Paul Richardson pass from Cody Hawkins (TD) 62 California Marvin from Kevin Riley 55 Iowa State Paul Richardson pass from Cody Hawkins 50 Georgia A.J. Green pass from Aaron Murray 51 Kansas State Rodney Stewart run (TD) 47 Oklahoma Trent Ratterree pass from Landry Jones 50 Nebraska Paul Richardson pass from Cody Hawkins (TD) 45 Texas Tech Alex Torres pass from Taylor Potts 49 Oklahoma Scotty McKnight pass from Cody Hawkins (TD) 43 Texas Tech Alex Torres pass from Taylor Potts 46 Georgia Will Jefferson pass from Tyler Hansen 40 Georgia A.J. Green run 45 Kansas State Will Jefferson run 40 Kansas State Travis Tannahill pass from Collin Klein

Number of plays 20-plus yards in length: 43 (32 pass, 11 rush) Number of plays 20-plus yards in length: 33 (22 pass, 18 rush) Number of plays 40-plus yards in length: 10 ( 7 pass, 3 rush) Number of plays 40-plus yards in length: 10 ( 9 pass, 1 rush) Returns Returns Type Yards Opponent Player Yards Yards Opponent Player KICKOFF 89 Iowa State Arthur Jaffee KICKOFF 72 Georgia Brandon Boykin PUNT 45 Texas Tech Travon Patterson PUNT 41 Kansas State Ty Zimmernan INTERCEPTION 16 Kansas Travis Sandersfeld INTERCEPTION 49 Missouri Kip Edwards FUMBLE 45 Iowa State Michael Sipili (TD) FUMBLE 82 California Darian Hagan, Jr. (TD) Number of returns 20+ yards in length: 32 (27 kickoff, 3 punt, 0 interception, 2 fumble, 0 misc.) Number of returns 20+ yards in length: 33 (22 kickoff, 4 punt, 5 interception, 2 fumble, 0 misc.) Number of returns 30+ yards in length: 10 ( 8 kickoff, 1 punt, 0 interception, 1 fumble, 0 misc.) Number of returns 30+ yards in length: 11 ( 5 kickoff, 2 punt, 3 interception, 1 fumble, 0 misc.)

118 FIRST DOWN RUSHING THIRD-FOURTH DOWN PASSING Player Att. Yards Avg. FD TD Long Player Att-Com-Int Pct. Yards FD TD Long Sacked Rodney Stewart ...... 153 679 4.4 16 4 51t Cody Hawkins...... 74-37- 2 50.0 566 28 4 62t 2/21 Will Jefferson ...... 13 87 6.2 10 45 Tyler Hansen ...... 54-37- 1 68.5 447 27 4 73t 9/76 Brian Lockridge ...... 18 53 2.9 21 13 Tyler Hansen...... 14 47 3.4 10 14 THIRD-FOURTH DOWN RECEIVING Justin Torres ...... 7 34 4.9 00 9 Player Att. Yards Avg. FD TD Long Toney Clemons ...... 1 10 10.0 10 10 Toney Clemons ...... 20 298 14.9 16 2 73t Travon Patterson ...... 591.8 00 9 Scotty McKnight ...... 15 201 13.4 13 2 29 Cody Hawkins ...... 111.0 00 1 Paul Richardson ...... 12 197 16.4 92 62t Paul Richardson ...... 1 - 3 - 3.0 00 -3 Rodney Stewart ...... 8 129 16.1 50 34 Team...... 3 - 19 - 6.3 00 -3 Ryan Deehan...... 6 53 8.8 40 13 Will Jefferson ...... 4 37 9.3 20 15 FIRST DOWN PASSING Travon Patterson ...... 4 32 8.0 11 18t Player Att-Com-Int Pct. Yards FD TD Long Sacked Luke Walters ...... 3 18 6.0 30 6 Cody Hawkins ...... 83-41- 1 49.4 428 12 2 60t 1/ 7 Brian Lockridge ...... 1 35 35.0 10 35 Tyler Hansen...... 57-36- 5 63.2 352 15 1 46 5/33 DaVaughn Thornton...... 1 12 12.0 11 12t Cody Hawkins ...... 07…...... 7 FIRST DOWN RECEIVING Ethan Adkins...... 0 - 6 …...... - 6 Player Att. Yards Avg. FD TD Long Scotty McKnight ...... 13 130 10.0 51 27t NON-OFFENSIVE SCORES (1) Toney Clemons ...... 12 85 7.1 10 15 vs. Opponent Player Play Ryan Deehan...... 11 100 9.1 20 19 Iowa State Michael Sipili 45 fumble return Rodney Stewart ...... 11 62 5.6 20 15 Paul Richardson ...... 10 181 18.1 51 60t By Opponent (3) Player Play Travon Patterson ...... 8 68 8.5 30 35 California Mike Mohamed 41 interception return Will Jefferson ...... 4 90 22.5 31 46 California Darian Hagan, Jr. 82 fumble return Luke Walters ...... 4 42 10.5 20 15 Kansas Tyler Patmon 28 fumble return Kyle Cefalo ...... 4 22 5.5 10 11

THIRD-FOURTH DOWN RUSHING 3/4-&-1 QUARTERBACK SACKS (34-181) Player Att. FD Pct. Yards Avg. TD Att. FD Colorado State (4-12): Beatty 1-9, Goree 1-2, Poremba 1-1, Uzo-Diribe 1-0. Cody Hawkins...... 22100.0 10 5.0 0 1- 1 California (2-5): Pericak 1-4, West 1-1. Hawai’i (2-12): Beatty 1-10, Team 1-2. Justin Torres...... 11100.0 2 2.0 0 1- 1 Georgia (3-17): Hartigan 2-17, Sipili 1-0. Missouri (2-8): Hartigan 1-5, Uzo-Diribe 1- Rodney Stewart...... 37 25 67.6 114 3.1 1 22-18 3. Baylor (0-0): None. Texas Tech (2-12): T.Smith 1-6. Uzo-Diribe ½-4, Web ½-2. Tyler Hansen ...... 9666.7 76 8.4 2 1- 1 Oklahoma (1-6): Sipili ½-3, West ½-3. Kansas (2-10): Beatty 2-10. Iowa State (9-53): Brian Lockridge...... 2150.0 10 5.0 0 0- 0 West 2-11, Sipili 1-10, Kasa 1-9, Uzo-Diribe 1-8, Mahnke 1-6, Beatty 1-5, Hartigan 1-4, Will Jefferson...... 3133.3 33 11.0 0 0- 0 Cunningham 1-0. Kansas State (6-38): Hartigan 3-20, Sipili 1-8, Pericak 1-5, West 1- David Bakhtiari ...... 00 0.0 7 …. 0 0- 0 5. Nebraska (1-8): West 1-8. Team...... 30 0.0 - 24 - 8.0 0 1- 0

2010 COLORADO BUFFALO SINGLE-GAME HIGHS Individual Team Bests/Highs LONGEST SCORING RUN— 51, Rodney Stewart vs. Kansas State MOST FIRST DOWNS— 31, at Kansas LONGEST NON-SCORING RUN— 65, Rodney Stewart vs. Georgia MOST RUSHING ATTEMPTS— 52, vs. Hawai’i LONGEST SCORING PASS— 73, Toney Clemons from Tyler Hansen vs. Hawai’i MOST RUSHING YARDS— 252, vs. Hawai’i LONGEST NON-SCORING PASS— 55, Paul Richardson from Cody Hawkins vs. MOST PASS ATTEMPTS— 53, vs. Texas Tech Iowa State MOST COMPLETIONS— 31, at Missouri & vs. Texas Tech LONGEST KICKOFF RETURN— 89, Arthur Jaffee vs. Iowa State MOST INTERCEPTIONS THROWN— 3, at California LONGEST PUNT RETURN— 45, Travon Patterson vs. Texas Tech MOST PASSING YARDS— 336, vs. Texas Tech LONGEST INTERCEPTION RETURN— 16, Travis Sandersfeld at Kansas MOST OFFENSIVE PLAYS— 85, vs. Texas Tech LONGEST PUNT— 52, Zach Grossnickle at Oklahoma MOST TOTAL OFFENSE— 476, vs. Kansas State LONGEST FIELD GOAL— 48, Aric Goodman vs. Kansas State FEWEST FUMBLES— 0, at Oklahoma MOST TOUCHDOWNS—3, Rodney Stewart at Kansas MOST FUMBLES— 3, on four occasions MOST RUSHING ATTEMPTS— 36, Rodney Stewart vs. Iowa State FEWEST TURNOVERS— 0, vs. Texas Tech, at Oklahoma, vs. Kansas State MOST RUSHING YARDS— 195, Rodney Stewart vs. Kansas State MOST TURNOVERS— 5, at California MOST PASS ATTEMPTS— 44, Cody Hawkins at Oklahoma, at Kansas MOST TIME OF POSSESSION— 36:36, vs. Georgia MOST PASS COMPLETIONS— 29, Cody Hawkins at Kansas LONGEST TOUCHDOWN DRIVE— 91 yards (6 plays), vs. Hawai’i MOST INTERCEPTIONS THROWN— 3, Tyler Hansen at California LONGEST FIELD GOAL DRIVE— 75 yards (9 plays), at Nebraska MOST PASSING YARDS— 322, Cody Hawkins at Kansas MOST TOUCHDOWN PASSES— 3, Cody Hawkins at Kansas, vs. Iowa State, vs. Defensive Bests Kansas State FEWEST FIRST DOWNS ALLOWED— 13, by Hawai’i MOST RECEPTIONS—11, Paul Richardson at Kansas FEWEST RUSHING ATTEMPTS ALLOWED— 13, by Hawai’i MOST RECEIVING YARDS— 141, Paul Richardson at Kansas FEWEST RUSHING YARDS ALLOWED— (-6), vs. Iowa State MOST TOTAL OFFENSIVE PLAYS— 45, three times (Hawkins 2, Hansen 1) FEWEST PASS ATTEMPTS ALLOWED— 19, by Nebraska MOST TOTAL OFFENSE— 309, Cody Hawkins at Kansas (322 pass, -13 rush) FEWEST PASS COMPLETIONS ALLOWED— 15, by California & Nebraska MOST FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED— 2, Aric Goodman on four occasions FEWEST PASSING YARDS ALLOWED— 142, by Nebraska MOST FIELD GOALS MADE— 2, Aric Goodman vs. Baylor, Iowa State MOST INTERCEPTIONS— 3, vs. Colorado State MOST TACKLES— 17, Terrel Smith at Nebraska (11 solo) FEWEST TOTAL PLAYS ALLOWED— 55, by Hawai’i MOST SOLO TACKLES— 11, Terrel Smith at Nebraska FEWEST TOTAL YARDS ALLOWED— 229, by Iowa State MOST TACKLES FOR LOSS— 3, Josh Hartigan vs. Kansas State MOST FUMBLES FORCED— 2, vs. Georgia, Baylor MOST QUARTERBACK SACKS— 3, Josh Hartigan vs. Kansas State MOST TURNOVERS GAINED— 3, vs. Colorado State, Baylor MOST QUARTERBACK HURRIES— 3, B.J. Beatty at California MOST PASSES BROKEN UP— 6, vs. Iowa State MOST INTERCEPTIONS— 1, on 10 occasions (by six players) MOST QUARTERBACK SACKS— 9, vs. Iowa State MOST PASSES BROKEN UP— 2, Patrick Mahnke vs. Iowa State MOST QUARTERBACK HURRIES— 6, vs. Colorado State MOST THIRD/FOURTH DOWN STOPS— 3, Will Pericak at California MOST TACKLES FOR LOSS— 11, vs. Iowa State MOST KNOCKDOWN/FINISH BLOCKS (OL)— 18, Nate Solder vs. CSU (12/6); vs. Hawai’i (14/4); vs. Kansas State (14/4) MOST SPECIAL TEAM POINTS— 7, Douglas Rippy vs. Kansas State

119 GAME-BY-GAME INDIVIDUAL CHARTS RUSHING PASSING HANSEN HILDRETH JEFFERSON LOCKRIDGE STEWART TORRES Receivers HANSEN HAWKINS HIRSCHMAN Opponent Att Yds TD Att Yds TD Att Yds TD Att Yds TD Att Yds TD Att Yds TD Att Yds TD A - C - I Yds TD A - C - I Yds TD A - C - I Yds TD Colorado State ...... 821––– DNP ––– 000 46016 67 0526 0214 0 25-17-1 192 2–— ST ONLY–— ––– DNP––– California ...... 11 - 9 1 ––– DNP ––– 000 1- 5 0 29 80 000019034-18-3 166 0–— ST ONLY–— ––– DNP––– Hawai’i ...... 5 21 0 ––– DNP ––– 000 14 109 0 22 106 2932 012026-19-0 200 2–— ST ONLY–— ––– DNP––– Georgia...... 10 51 1 ––– DNP ––– 000 16 36 1 19 149 100011020-13-1 158 1–— ST ONLY–— ––– DNP––– Missouri...... 4 -15 0 0 00 000 00018 91 0 ––– DNP––– 2 - 4 0 21-15-0 117 0 25-16-1 133 0 ––– DNP––– Baylor ...... 9 - 9 0 ––– DNP ––– 4 36 0 ––– INJ ––– 30 125 2 ––– DNP––– 6 40 0 28-21-1 207 1–— ST ONLY–— ––– DNP––– Texas Tech ...... 400––– DNP ––– 4 11 0 ––– INJ ––– 20 34 0 ––– DNP––– 3 -10 0 10- 9-0 62 0 43-22-0 274 2 ––– DNP––– Oklahoma ...... ––– INJ ––– ––– DNP ––– 450––– INJ ––– 19 85 0 ––– DNP––– 000 –––– INJ –––– 44-17-0 187 1 ––– DNP––– Kansas ...... ––– INJ ––– ––– DNP ––– 000––– INJ ––– 27 175 3 ––– DNP––– 2 -15 0 –––– INJ –––– 44-29-2 322 3 ––– DNP––– Iowa State ...... ––– INJ ––– ––– DNP ––– 310––– INJ ––– 36 123 0 ––– DNP––– 000 –––– INJ –––– 24-16-0 266 3 ––– DNP––– Kansas State ...... ––– INJ ––– ––– DNP ––– 5 73 0 ––– INJ ––– 34 195 2 ––– DNP––– 000 –––– INJ –––– 25-14-0 202 3 ––– DNP––– Nebraska ...... ––– INJ ––– ––– DNP ––– 3 11 0 ––– INJ ––– 20 88 0 ––– DNP––– 000 –––– INJ –––– 26-10-2 163 2 ––– DNP–––

RECEIVING CEFALO CLEMONS DEEHAN ESPINOZA JEFFERSON LOCKRIDGE McKNIGHT PATTERSON RICHARDSON STEWART THORNTON WALTERS Opponent No Yds TD No Yds TD No Yds TD No Yds TD No Yds TD No Yds TD No Yds TD No Yds TD No Yds TD No Yds TD No Yds TD No Yds TD Colorado State ...... 2 16 0325 00000001501- 2 0678 1118 1111 0241 0000000 California ...... 1 11 0336 0451 0000211 0000214 0434 0 0 00 0 00 0 00 1 60 Hawai’i ...... 1 - 4 0385 1332 0000000000665 1140390290-----DNP----- 000 Georgia...... 000110 0130000146 0135 0221 02- 1 0000331 0000190 Missouri...... 140648 0170000212 0000572 0630 0117 0634 0000326 0 Baylor...... -----INJ----- 2 15 0770 0000180 ------INJ----- 5 38 1135 0227 0 2 80 0 00 1 60 Texas Tech...... 000898 0227 0113 0446 0 ------INJ----- 5 50 04- 5 0479 2221 0000160 Oklahoma ...... 000427 0170000220 0 ------INJ----- 5 84 1112 0228 0 2 90 0 00 0 00 Kansas...... 000627 0324 0000000 ------INJ----- 4 59 0 ------INJ----- 11 141 2344 0112 1115 0 Iowa State ...... 000455 1191000000 ------INJ----- 3 56 1 ------INJ----- 5 121 0325 0000000 Kansas State...... 180356 1219 0000000 ------INJ----- 4 74 2 ------INJ----- 3 19 1249 0000000 Nebraska...... 000000000000129 1 ------INJ----- 3 10 0 ------INJ----- 2 62 1219 0000243 0

DEFENSIVE AHLES BEATTY BROWN CUNNINGHAM HARTIGAN HERROD KASA Opponent UT,AT-TK TFL Other UT,AT-TK TFL Other UT,AT-TK PD Other UT,AT-TK TFL Other UT,AT-TK TFL Other UT,AT-TK TFL Other UT,AT-TK TFL Other Colorado State...... 2, 0— 2 1- 1 QBH 2, 0— 2 2-11 QBS,2H 1, 0— 1 0 INT,2-3DS 1, 0— 1 0-0 QBH 2, 0— 2 0- 0 3DS 1, 0— 10-0 …… 0 ,0— 0 0-0 …… California...... 1, 2— 3 0- 0 QCD 1, 1— 2 1- 1 3-QBH 3, 1— 4 1 TFL 1, 1— 2 0-0 …… 0, 0— 0 0- 0 QBH 1, 0— 10-0 …… 1 ,0— 1 0-0 …… Hawai’i...... 4, 0— 4 0- 0 QBH 4, 0— 4 1-10 QBS,TZ 0, 2— 2 1 …… 1, 0— 1 0-0 3DS 1, 1— 2 0- 0 …… 0, 0— 00-0 …… 0, 1— 1 0-0 …… Georgia ...... 2, 2— 4 0- 0 …… 3, 2— 5 1- 3 FF,QBH 7, 1— 8 0 INT,3DS 3, 0— 3 1-5 …… 3, 0— 3 2-17 3-3DS 0, 0— 00-0 …… 0, 0— 0 0-0 …… Missouri ...... 0, 1— 1 0- 0 PBU,3DS 3, 3— 6 0- 0 PBU,QP 0, 2— 2 0 FR 1, 0— 1 0-0 …… 2, 0— 2 1- 5 INT,QBS 0, 0— 00-0 …… 2, 1— 3 0-0 TFZ Baylor ...... 3, 1— 4 0- 0 …… 1, 0— 1 0- 0 3DS,TZ 2, 0— 2 0 FR 1, 1— 2 1-1 QCD 0, 0— 0 0- 0 …… 0, 0— 00-0 …… 1, 1— 2 0-0 ……. Texas Tech ...... 3, 0— 3 0- 0 TFZ 0, 0— 0 0- 0 QBH 0, 3— 3 1 INT,3DS 1, 0— 1 0-0 QBH,TZ ------INJ------0, 0— 00-0 …… 2, 0— 2 1-1 ……. Oklahoma...... 2, 0— 2 0- 0 PBU 0, 0— 0 0- 0 2-QBH 6, 2— 8 0 TFL 4, 1— 5 0-0 2-3DS,TZ 1, 0— 1 0- 0 …… ------DNP------3, 1— 4 0-0 TFZ Kansas ...... 1, 0— 1 0- 0 …… 4, 3— 7 2-14 2-QBS 1, 1— 2 0 …… 2, 1— 3 0-0 TZ 0, 0— 0 0- 0 …… ------DNP------1, 1— 2 0-0 …… Iowa State...... 1, 0— 1 0- 0 …… 1, 1— 2 1- 5 QBS,2-H 6, 1— 7 1 2-3DS,QH 4, 1— 5 1-1 QBS,PD 3, 1— 4 2- 5 PBU ------DNP------1, 1— 2 1-9 3DS Kansas State ...... 0, 1— 1 0- 0 …… 1, 3— 4 0- 0 2-QBH 0, 2— 2 1 …… 2, 1— 3 1-3 …… 5, 0— 5 3-20 2-3DS ------DNP------0, 0— 0 0-0 …… Nebraska ...... 1, 1— 2 0- 0 …… 1, 2— 3 0- 0 QBH 2, 3— 5 0 …… 3, 1— 4 1-1 …… 1, 4— 5 0- 0 …… ------DNP------1, 0— 1 0-0 ……

MAHNKE MAJOR OBI OLATOYE ORMS PERICAK PERKINS Opponent UT,AT-TK TFL Other UT,AT-TK TFL Other UT,AT-TK TFL Other UT,AT-TK PD Other UT,AT-TK PD Other UT,AT-TK TFL Other UT,AT-TK PD Other Colorado State...... 2, 1— 3 0- 0 …… 8, 2—10 0-0 2-3DS,2Z 1, 0— 1 0-0 …… ------ST ONLY------0, 0— 0 0 QBH 1, 2— 3 0-0 TFZ 4, 5— 9 0 INT California...... 3, 0— 3 0- 0 3DS 1, 1— 2 0-0 3DS,PBU 1, 0— 1 0-0 …… ------ST ONLY------INJ------6, 1— 7 2-5 3-3DS 6, 5—11 0 …… Hawai’i...... 2, 0— 2 0- 0 …… 1, 2— 3 0-0 3DS,PBU 0, 0— 0 0-0 …… ------ST ONLY------INJ------1, 0— 1 1-3 2-3DS 5, 2— 7 0 TFL,FR Georgia ...... 2, 4— 6 0- 0 3DS,TZ 4, 4— 8 0-0 FR,3DS 0, 0— 0 0-0 …… ------SUSP------INJ------1, 1— 2 0-0 TFZ 4, 2— 6 1 3DS,TZ Missouri ...... 3, 5— 8 0- 0 3DS,PD 9, 4—13 2-3 2-TFZ 1, 0— 1 0-0 …… ------ST ONLY------** T. SMITH ** 1, 1— 2 0-0 QBH 3, 2— 5 1 …… Baylor ...... 2, 2— 4 0- 0 FR,TFZ 3, 6— 9 0-0 3DS 0, 0— 0 0-0 …… 3, 1— 4 0 …… UT,AT-TK PD Other 1, 1— 2 0-0 PD,QCD ------INJ------Texas Tech ...... 0, 1— 1 0- 0 …… 6, 6—12 0-0 3DS.TFZ ——ST ONLY—— 0, 0— 0 0 …… 4,11—15 0 QBS,3D 2, 0— 2 0-0 QBH ------INJ------Oklahoma...... 3, 0— 3 0- 0 …… ------INJ------0, 0— 0 0-0 …… 0, 0— 0 0 …… 5, 3— 8 0 TFL 4, 1— 5 0-0 2-TFZ ------INJ------Kansas ...... 1, 0— 1 0- 0 1-QCD ------INJ------0, 0— 0 0-0 …… 1, 2— 3 0 …… 4, 5— 9 0 INT 5, 0— 5 0-0 TFZ,QH ------INJ------Iowa State...... 1, 0— 1 1- 6 FF,2-PD ------INJ------0, 1— 1 0-0 …… 0, 0— 0 0 …… 1, 3— 4 0 …… 1, 2— 3 0-0 TFZ ------INJ------Kansas State ...... 1, 1— 2 0- 0 3DS ------INJ------——ST ONLY—— 0, 0— 0 0 …… 5, 2— 7 0 3DS 5, 2— 7 2-9 QBS,2TZ ------INJ------Nebraska ...... 0, 1— 1 0- 0 …… ------INJ------0, 0— 0 0-0 …… ------INJ------11,6—17 1 3DS,TZ 2, 4— 6 0-0 TFZ ------INJ------Nebraska ...... 0, 0— 0 0- 0 …….. 1, 1—2 0-0 FR 0, 2— 2 0-02 3DS,QBH ——–– DNP––—— —— ST ONLY—— 1, 1— 2 0-0 …… 3, 3— 6 1-0 QBS,FF

POLK RIPPY SANDERSFELD SIPILI J.SMITH UZO-DIRIBE WEST Opponent UT,AT-TK PD Other UT,AT-TK TFL Other UT,AT-TK TFL Other UT,AT-TK TFL Other UT,AT-TK PD Other UT,AT-TK TFL Other UT,AT-TK TFL Other Colorado State...... 2, 3— 5 0 …… 0, 1— 1 0-0 …… 2, 2— 4 1-4 INT,2-3D 5, 2— 7 1- 2 3DS 2, 1— 3 0 QBH 1, 0— 1 0-0 QBS 2, 0— 2 1- 3 …… California...... 3, 3— 6 0 …… 1, 2— 3 0-0 …… 2, 0— 2 0-0 …… 4, 1— 5 2- 2 …… 3, 1— 4 1 …… 1, 0— 1 0-0 3DS 2, 0— 2 1- 1 QBS Hawai’i...... 5, 1— 6 0 …… ——ST ONLY—— ————INJ———— 1, 2— 3 0- 0 3DS,TZ 4, 1— 5 1 TDS 0, 0— 0 0-0 …… 0, 0— 0 0- 0 …… Georgia ...... 2, 1— 3 0 …… 0, 0— 0 0-0 …… ————INJ———— 4, 2— 6 1- 3 QBS,TZ 1, 4— 5 1 2-TDS 1, 0— 1 0-0 …… 0, 1— 1 0- 0 …… Missouri ...... 5, 2— 7 0 3DS ——ST ONLY—— ————INJ———— 4, 4— 8 0- 0 2-,TZ 5, 0— 5 0 QCD 2, 0— 2 1-3 FF,QBS ———–INJ———– Baylor ...... 5, 2— 7 0 3DS ——ST ONLY—— ————INJ———— 4, 5— 9 0- 0 FF 6, 0— 6 0 FF 0, 1— 1 0-0 …… 0, 0— 0 0- 0 …… Texas Tech ...... 5, 3— 8 0 …… ——ST ONLY—— ————INJ———— 5, 6—11 1- 4 3DS,TZ 3, 4— 7 0 …… 0, 1— 1 1-4 ½-QBS 1, 1— 2 1- 1 QBH Oklahoma...... 4, 4— 8 0 …… 0, 0— 0 0-0 …… 0, 1— 1 0-0 …… 8, 4—12 1- 3 QBS,3D 10, 2—12 1 TFL,3DS 0, 0— 0 0-0 …… 3, 1— 4 2- 5 QBS,2-3DS Kansas ...... 3, 5— 8 1 3DS ——ST ONLY—— 1, 6— 7 0-0 INT,2-3D 4, 5— 9 0- 0 …… 4, 2— 6 0 TFZ 1, 1— 2 0-0 …… 0, 1— 1 0- 0 …… Iowa State...... 1, 1— 2 0 3DS 0, 0— 0 0-0 …… 8, 1— 9 0-0 3DS,QC 3, 3— 62-11QBS,FR 5, 1— 6 1 3-3DS 1, 0— 1 1-8 QBS,3DS 4, 0— 4 2-11 …… Kansas State ...... 4, 2— 6 0 …… ——ST ONLY—— 5, 3— 8 0-0 …… 4, 4— 8 2- 9 QBS 6, 0— 6 0 FR,3DS 0, 0— 0 0-0 …… 1, 0— 1 1- 5 QBS Nebraska ...... 3, 3— 6 0 TFZ 0, 0— 0 0-0 …… 4, 4— 8 0-0 3DS 5, 5—10 0- 0 TFZ 3, 2— 5 0 TFL 1, 0— 1 0-0 3DS,QCD 2, 1— 3 1- 8 QBS,3DS

120 MISCELLANEOUS FOOTBALL STATISTICS (Won 5, LOST 7)

DRIVE ENGINEERING Drives Drives Ended By———————————————— Points Pts./ Quarterback **Directing Offense Quarterback Started TD FG FGA PNT DWN TRN SAF CLK RPL Yielded Drive Drive Efficiency* Plays Yards Avg. CODY HAWKINS ...... 77 20 7230 58050 160 2.08 35.1% 40.3% 413 2323 5.62 TYLER HANSEN...... 73 16 3432 0 10 170 121 1.66 26.0% 34.8% 425 2043 4.81 COLORADO...... 150 36 10 6 62 5 18 1 12 (0) 281 1.87 30.7% 37.7% 838 4366 5.21 OPPONENTS ...... 146 42 16 4 50 10 17 16(0) 341 2.34 39.7% 44.3% 802 4813 6.00 *—second number is the percentage the QB has put his team in position to score, allowing for missed field goals and minus drives ended by the clock. **—excludes kneel-downs, spiked passes and fake/muffed punt plays when not actually directing offense: Hansen 1-(-2), Hawkins 8-(-48); Opponent 7-(13).

KICKOFF ANALYSIS No. Opp. OSY ASY YARDAGE SUMMARY Kicker Total Ret. FC MF NA TB EZ+ In20/25 OB OnS SQB OSY Ret. ASY Ret. Team Plays 20+ 10+ 5+ 0 Neg. ARIC GOODMAN ...... 52 40 00 012 5 9 / 32 0 (1) (1) 1296 1056 O 25 O 26 Colorado 947 43 151 337 201 76 JUSTIN CASTOR...... 5500000 2 / 2 0 (0) (0) 151 151 O 30 O 30 Opponent 809 50 185 355 170 68 OPPONENTS...... 70 49 00 020 11 9 / 34 1 (1) (0) 1874 1434 C 27 C 29 KICKOFF KEY: MF—muffed; NA—no attempt at a return; EZ+—through or over end zone; OSY—Opponent Starting Yardline; ASY—Average Starting Yardline; Ret—averages using returned kicks only. Onsides (OnS), short squibs (SQB) and free kicks are omitted in figuring the above; out-of-bounds are not; returns may not add to team totals due to those credited on on-side kicks; free kicks following safeties NOT included. FREE KICKS: Colorado 2 (Grossnickle 2), Opponents 1.

FIRST DOWN TENDENCIES Rushing————- Passing————-- Overall————— Times Gained——————— Miscellany— Second Half Team Plays Yards Avg. Plays Yards Avg. Plays Yards Avg. 20+ 10+ 5+ 2- 0 Neg. TD QBS TO Att Yds Avg. COLORADO ...... 216 898 4.2 146 740 5.1 362 1638 4.52 14 50 127 180 86 34 10 6 11 187 903 4.8 Opponents ...... 205 1126 5.5 167 1404 8.4 372 2530 6.80 33 89 170 153 68 26 20 86168 1206 7.2 *—kept like the NFL in that quarterback sacks are deducted from passing to present the accurate picture. YARDS GAINED ANALYSIS 1st Down——— 2nd Down———- 3rd Down———-- 4th Down——- Season————— *By Quarter————— Opp. Territory Breakdown Team Att Yards Avg. Att Yards Avg. Att Yards Avg. Att Yards Avg. Att. Yards Avg. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Att. Yards Avg. +0– COLORADO ..... 362 1638 4.5 289 1534 5.3 182 1111 6.1 14 33 2.4 847 4316 5.10 948 1094 1479 795 350 1737 5.0 570 201 76 Opponents ...... 372 2530 6.8 257 1356 5.3 161 821 5.1 19 93 4.9 809 4800 5.93 831 1493 1094 1382 387 2040 5.3 571 170 68 *—Overtime Yards: Colorado 0, Opponent 0. Drives In Opponent Territory (minus those with 50+scores): Colorado 74/145 (51.0%, 23.5 yards per drive); Opp. 88/146 (60.3%, 23.2 ypd) THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS 3rd Down and————————————————————————————————————————— Second Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11-14 15-19 20+ Rush Pass Half Total Pct. COLORADO...... 18-22 5- 9 7-14 9-13 11-22 8-17 5-13 3- 9 4- 9 5-17 4-19 2-12 1- 6 29-49 53-133 39-87 82-182 45.1 Opponents...... 9-15 10-19 9-14 7-17 5-11 6-14 5-10 4-12 3- 9 3-12 5-16 0- 5 0- 7 23-43 43-118 36-87 66-161 41.0 AVERAGE YARDS TO GO: Colorado 7.2 (182/1314); Opponents 6.9 (161/1108). SECOND DOWN EFFICIENCY: Colorado 90-289 (31.1%; 1-4 yds: 37-54), Opponent 92-257 (35.8; 1-4 yds: 37-67). TURNOVER ANALYSIS Location Own Territory————————— Opponent Territory———————————— By Quarter—————— Last 2 Min./OT** Team TO PTS (TD,FG) Pct(Pts) EZ/G-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 49-40 39-30 29-20 19-10 9-G/EZ Total (TD*) 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT 1st-H 2nd-H COLORADO ...... 19 88 (12,1) 23.8 (369) 0225220321=19 (3) 5 53603 (1) 1 (0) Opponents...... 19 33 (3,4) 11.4 (290) 0113324113=19 (1) 2 82703 (2) 2 (1) First Offensive Play After Gaining Turnover: Colorado 18-77, 4.3 avg., 16 long, 0 TD (13-71 rush/5-2-1, 6 pass; 1 Ret TD); Opponent: 16-133, 8.3 avg., 26 long, 1 TD (7-57 rush/9-6-0, 76 pass; 3 Ret TD). *—interception or fumble returns for a touchdown; **—number in parenthesis is number of turnovers in last 2-minutes while team is protecting lead or trying to tie or go ahead.

YARDS LOST DUE TO PENALTIES Colorado Opponent GOAL-TO-GO SITUATIONS Times Penalized After Offensive Gain ...... 79 Summary —————————————- GTG Plays———- 1-Yard Line Yards Lost Due To Penalties...... 62 103 Team Total TD FG FGA TO DWN CLK Plays TDs Pct. Plays TDs Touchdowns Cost ...... 04COLORADO. 19 16 11001 41 16 39.0 64 First Downs Lost ...... 42OPPONENTS 28 23 31100 60 23 38.3 11 6

EXPANDED PUNTING Avg. No. Return Avg. Long Pct. Not Net Inside Own 25 Opp Terr. Adjusted 50 & Out Player Punts Yards Avg. Spot Ret. Yards Return Return Returned Avg. In20 / 10 / 5 TB FC 60+ No. Yds. Avg. No.Yards No. Yds. Avg ZACH GROSSNICKLE 60 2368 39.47 C33 23 184 8.0 41 61.7 35.73 11 / 6 / 3 2 22 0 17 703 41.4 9-343 51 2025 39.7 (Average Spot—the yardline where punts average from: Grossnickle 60/2003) AVERAGE STARTING FIELD POSITION FIRST DOWNS EARNED FUMBLES Colorado Opponent Player Rush Pass Rec. — Total 3/4 Player No-Lost Drives Started ...... 150 146 RODNEY STEWART ...... 65 1 14 — 80 (30) ADKINS ...... 1-0 Cumulative Starting Yardlines ...... 4366 4629 Average Field Position ...... C29 O32 TYLER HANSEN ...... 7 61 0—68 (33) LOCKRIDGE...... 1-0 Drives Started In Plus Territory ...... 19 22 CODY HAWKINS...... 2 61 0—63 (29) C.HAWKINS...... 4-0 Scores/TD,FG ...... 11/6,5 13/11,2 SCOTTY McKNIGHT...... 0028—28 (13) CLEMONS ...... 1-1 FGA/Punts/Downs/Clock...... 3/2/1/1 2/1/3/0 TONEY CLEMONS...... 2023 — 25 (14) DEEHAN...... 1-1 Turnovers/Ran Out Clock ...... 0/1 3/0 PAUL RICHARDSON...... 1019—20 (11) JEFFERSON...... 1-1 Points...... 54 83 RYAN DEEHAN ...... 0013 — 13 (4) McKNIGHT ...... 1-1 Drives Started Inside/At Own 20...... 61 (33/28) 46 (26/20) WILL JEFFERSON ...... 308—11 (3) PATTERSON...... 1-1 Points Scored (TD/FG) ...... 91 (12/2) 125 (16/4) BRIAN LOCKRIDGE...... 801—9 (2) HANSEN...... 4-1 SCORING PERCENTAGE INSIDE-THE-20 (Red Zone) LUKE WALTERS ...... 008—8 (3) STEWART...... 4-2 Colorado Opponent TRAVON PATTERSON...... 106—7 (1) TEAM ...... 3-0 Times Penetrated Opponent 20 ...... 35 53 JUSTIN TORRES ...... 300—3 (1) TEAM TOTAL ...... 22-8 Total Scores...... 28 45 KYLE CEFALO...... 001—1 (0) Touchdowns (Rush/Pass)...... 23 (15/8) 33 (14/19) JASON ESPINOZA ...... 001—1 (0) Field Goals-Attempts ...... 5-8 12-14 Turnovers/Downs/Punts/Clock ...... 0/2/0/2 4/2/0/0 DaVAUGHN THORNTON ...... 001—1 (1) Scores From Outside the 20/TD,FG...... 18/12,6 14/9,5 Scoring Percentage (TD Pct.) ...... 80.0 (65.7) 84.9 (62.3) MISCELLANEOUS Colorado Opponent Total Red Zone Plays/Yards (Avg.) ...... 98/298 (3.0) 130/429 (3.3) Points Scored Last 2 Minutes (Total/1st, 2nd) 26/26,0 60/50,10 Third Down Efficiency...... 7-14/50.0 12-29/41.4 Fourth Down Efficiency...... 2-3/66.7 1-3/33.3 *Ran Out Clock Not Trying To Score.... 00 (*—not included in total count above; the 20 IS NOT in the Red Zone) 121 OFFENSIVE LINE STATISTICS

Play Count ——————––————————––———–– Plays Season Totals —————————— High Games————————————––—————————— Game Counts Player ...... CSU CAL HAW UGA MU BU TTU OU KU ISU KSU NU Total/Plus Grade F/K TDB QBS PRS PEN Grade (minimum 10 snaps) Finishes & KDs High 80%+ (90+) 5+F/K ADKINS...... 25 — 78 67 72 77 85 68 75 69 70 50 736/658 89.4% 66 3114 2 94%/ Kansas State 11 / Kansas, Kansas St. 11 (4) 8 BAKHTIARI ...... 47 62 78 67 72 77 61 68 75 69 70 50 796/715 89.8% 59 31 76 94%/ Baylor 8 / Iowa State 12 (7) 8 DANIELS...... 12 — ———————— 12/ 10 83.3% 100 00 83%/ Colorado State 1 / Colorado State 1 (0) 0 GIVENS ...... 13 14 ————24 ——— 51/ 45 88.2% 600 00 92%/ Colorado State 4 / Texas Tech 3 (2) 0 ILTIS...... 35 76 78 67 72 77 85 68 75 69 70 11 783/692 88.4% 41 32 52 91%/ Colorado State 7 / Kansas State 11 (4) 3 MILLER...... 60 76 78 67 72 77 85 68 75 69 70 50 847/753 88.9% 83 6213 2 96%/ Kansas State 13 / Kansas State 11 (5) 9 SOLDER...... 60 76 78 67 72 77 85 68 75 69 70 50 847/799 94.3% 142 10 131 99%/ Kansas State 18 / CSU, Hawai’i, KSU 12 (11) 12 STEVENS ...... 48 76 ———————— 39 163/128 78.5% 511 12 87%/ Nebraska 3 / Nebraska 2 (0) 0

KEY: Play count in bold indicates game grade of 80 percent or better; F/K—Finishes/Knockdown blocks; TDB—Touchdown Blocks (direct); QBS—Quarterback Sacks Allowed; PRS—Pressures Allowed; PEN—Penalties.

FG/PAT TEAM PLAY COUNT (50, includes roughing plays): Adkins 50, Bahr 50, Bakhtiari 50, Clark 50, Dannewitz 50, Deehan 50, Solder 50, Walters 50 (Snappers: Silipo 50; Holders: C.Hawkins 50; Kickers: Goodman 49, Castor 1). PUNT TEAM SNAPS (63, includes fakes, roughing calls): Iverson 63.

Aric Goodman Cody Hawkins Scotty McKnight

Mike Sipili Nate Solder Rodney Stewart

122 2010 SEASON HONORS

ALL-AMERICAN BIG 12 CONFERENCE PLAYERS-OF-THE-WEEK OT NATE SOLDER (first-team (consensus): Associated Press, FWAA, (*—also selected as Rivals.com Conference Sporting News, Walter Camp, ESPN.com, Pro Football Weekly, Sports Player of the Week/ESPN Helmet Sticker) Illustrated, Phil Steele’s College Football; second-team: Kickoff, OLB B.J. BEATTY (Co-Defensive: October 2 vs. Georgia: 5 tackles (3 solo), Rivals.com) 1-3 TFL, 1 3DS, 1 QBH, 1 FF (the latter with 1:55 remaining, recovered TB RODNEY STEWART (honorable mention: Sports Illustrated) by CU) MID-SEASON ALL-AMERICAN: OT NATE SOLDER (second-team: Phil QB CODY HAWKINS (Offensive: November 13 vs. Iowa State: 16-of-24 for Steele’s College Football) 266 yards, 3 TD (0 INT), 201.0 rating passing; earned 11 first downs.) TB *RODNEY STEWART (Offensive: November 20 vs. Kansas State: 34- FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICAN 195 yards, 2 TD rushing; 2-49 receiving; 1-of-1, 23 yards, 1 TD passing; OT DAVID BAKHTIARI (honorable mention: collegefootballnews.com) 11 first downs earned) WR PAUL RICHARDSON (second-team: collegefootballnews.com; third- team: Phil Steele’s College Football) THE SPORTING NEWS GAME BALLS-OF-THE-WEEK (three players chosen weekly) ALL-BIG 12 CONFERENCE TB RODNEY STEWART (Offensive: November 20 vs. Kansas State: 34-195 OT DAVID BAKHTIARI (honorable mention: Associated Press) yards, 2 TD rushing; 2-49 receiving; 1-of-1, 23 yards, 1 TD passing; 11 OLB B.J. BEATTY (honorable mention: Big 12 Coaches) first downs earned) CB JALIL BROWN (honorable mention: Big 12 Coaches) TE RYAN DEEHAN (third-team: Phil Steele’s College Football; JIM THORPE DEFENSIVE BACK-OF-THE-WEEK honorable mention: Big 12 Coaches) SS ANTHONY PERKINS (honorable mention: September 18 vs. DE JOSH HARTIGAN (second-team: Associated Press; honorable Hawai’i: 7 tackles (5 solo), pass broken up, fumble recovery) mention: Big 12 Coaches) WR SCOTTY McKNIGHT (third-team: Phil Steele’s College Football; COLORADO CHAPTER/NFF COLLEGE FOOTBALL honorable mention: Associated Press, Big 12 Coaches) OG RYAN MILLER (honorable mention: Associated Press, Big 12 HALL OF FAME PLAYERS-OF-THE-WEEK Coaches) WR SCOTTY McKNIGHT (September 4 vs. Colorado State: 6-78 receiving, DT WILL PERICAK (second-team Dallas Morning News; third-team: Phil 1 TD, 4 first downs earned; set CU school record for career receptions Steele’s College Football; honorable mention: Associated Press, Big with third catch) 12 Coaches) QB CODY HAWKINS (November 13 vs. Iowa State: 16-of-24 for 266 yards, ILB MICHAEL SIPILI (honorable mention: Associated Press) 3 TD (0 INT), 201.0 rating passing; earned 11 first downs.) CB JIMMY SMITH (first-team: Big 12 Coaches, TB RODNEY STEWART (November 20 vs. Kansas State: 34-195 yards, 2 collegefootballnews.com, Phil Steele’s College Football; second-team TD rushing; 2-49 receiving; 1-of-1, 23 yards, 1 TD passing; 11 first Dallas Morning News, Fort Worth Star-Telegram; honorable mention: downs earned) Associated Press) OT NATE SOLDER (first-team: Associated Press, Big 12 Coaches, COLORADO MALE COLLEGE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR collegefootballnews.com Dallas Morning News, Fort Worth Star- OT NATE SOLDER (Colorado Sports Hall of Fame) Telegram Kansas City Star, Phil Steele’s College Football, Rivals.com) TB RODNEY STEWART (second-team: Associated Press, Fort Worth Star- CU ATHLETES-OF-THE-WEEK Telegram, Kansas City Star, Phil Steele’s College Football) DE FORREST WEST (honorable mention: Associated Press) TB BRIAN LOCKRIDGE (September 13-19: vs. Hawai’i: 14-109 yards, 2- 44 KOR earned 6 first downs BIG 12 PLAYERS OF THE YEAR TB RODNEY STEWART (Sept. 27-Oct. 3: vs. Georgia: 19-149 yards, 1 TD rushing; 3-31 receiving, earned 8 first downs) OT NATE SOLDER (Offensive Lineman of the Year) DE JOSH HARTIGAN (October 4-10; vs. Missouri: 2 tackles, including a WR PAUL RICHARDSON (honorable mention: Offensive Freshman of quarterback sack, 1 interception) the Year) WR PAUL RICHARDSON (October 18-24; vs. Texas Tech: 4-79, 2 TD receiving, latter a CU freshman receiver record) ALL-BIG 12 CONFERENCE MID-SEASON WR PAUL RICHARDSON (November 1-7; vs. Kansas: 11-141, 2 TD TE RYAN DEEHAN (third-team: Phil Steele’s College Football) receiving; all CU freshman receiver records) ILB JON MAJOR (second-team: Phil Steele’s College Football) QB CODY HAWKINS (November 8-14: vs. Iowa State: 16-of-24 for 266 CB JIMMY SMITH (second-team: Phil Steele’s College Football) yards, 3 TD (0 INT), 201.0 rating passing; earned 11 first downs.) TB RODNEY STEWART (November 15-21: vs. Kansas State: 34-195 yards, OT NATE SOLDER (first-team: Phil Steele’s College Football) 2 TD rushing; 2-49 receiving; 1-of-1, 23 yards, 1 TD passing; 11 first TB RODNEY STEWART (third-team: Phil Steele’s College Football) downs earned) BUFFALOES ON NATIONAL AWARD LISTS ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 CONFERENCE (SEMIFINALIST, FINALIST, WATCH) DT WILL PERICAK (first-team: Business-Finance, 3.54 GPA) Biletnikoff Award (top receiver): WR Scotty McKnight (one of 51 on DE TONY POREMBA (first-team: Business-Finance, 3.35 GPA) official watch list) S TRAVIS SANDERSFELD (first-team: Business-Finance, 3.45 GPA) Lowe’s Senior Class (top senior player, on/off field): OT Nate Solder OT NATE SOLDER (first-team: Biology, 3.52 GPA) (one of 30 official candidates) OT DAVID BAKHTIARI (second-team: Pre-Communication, 3.00 GPA) William V. Campbell Trophy (academic “Heisman”): OT Nate Solder OL DAVID CLARK (second-team: History & Sociology, 3.04 GPA) (one of 18 finalists) QB CODY HAWKINS (second-team: Humanities, 3.00 GPA) Lombardi Award (top interior linemen/backer): OT Nate Solder (one of ILB JON MAJOR (second-team: Business, 3.00 GPA) 87 on official watch list) TE LUKE WALTERS (second-team: Geography & Environmental Studies, Outland Trophy (top interior linemen): OG Ryan Miller (one of 63 on 3.12 GPA) official watch list); OT Nate Solder (one of three finalists) Rimington Award (top center): C Keenan Stevens (one of 37 on official ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT fall watch list) Thorpe Award (top defensive back): CB Jimmy Smith (one of 35 on OT NATE SOLDER (3.52 GPA, Biology) official watch list) Doak Walker Award (top running back): TB Rodney Stewart (one of 49 NFF / SCHOLAR-ATHLETE on official watch list) OT NATE SOLDER (3.52 GPA, Biology)

123 POSTSEASON ALL-STAR GAMES COLORADO TEAM AWARDS (Selected by coaches unless otherwise indicated) CB JALIL BROWN (Senior Bowl) Zack Jordan Award (most valuable player, selected by teammates): OT Nate Solder CB JIMMY SMITH (Senior Bowl) John Mack Award (outstanding offensive player): WR Scotty McKnight OT NATE SOLDER (Senior Bowl) Dave Jones Award (outstanding defensive player): CB Jimmy Smith Kordell Stewart Career Achievement Award (outstanding career achievement): QB Cody Hawkins, WR COLORADO CHAPTER/NFF Scotty McKnight COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF Hang Tough Award (overcame the most adversity): QB Cody Hawkins FAME ALL-COLORADO TEAM Lee Willard Award (outstanding freshman): WR Paul Richardson Tyronee “Tiger” Bussey Award (perseverance over adversity, injury and/or illness): S Travis Sandersfeld WR SCOTTY McKNIGHT (first-team) Dean Jacob Van Ek Award (academic excellence): OT Nate Solder OG RYAN MILLER (first-team) Bill McCartney Award (special teams achievement): CB Arthur Jaffee CB JIMMY SMITH (first-team) Regiment Award (greatest contribution with least recognition): DT Will Pericak & TB Rodney Stewart OT NATE SOLDER (first-team) Derek Singleton Award (spirit, dedication, enthusiasm): QB Cody Hawkins Tom McMahon Award (dedication and work ethic): OLB B.J. Beatty TB RODNEY STEWART (first-team) Eddie Crowder Award (leadership): SS Anthony Perkins OT DAVID BAKHTIARI (second-team) Robbie Robinson Good Works Award (community service): PK Aric Goodman OLB B.J. BEATTY (second-team) Offensive Scout Award: QB Justin Gorman CB JALIL BROWN (second-team) Defensive Scout Award: DE David Goldberg TE RYAN DEEHAN (second-team) Special Teams Scout Award: S Matt Meyer DE JOSH HARTIGAN (second-team) Best Interview (selected by team beat media): WR Scotty McKnight Buffalo Heart Award (selected by “the fans behind the bench”): QB Cody Hawkins ILB JON MAJOR (second-team) David Plati Staff Support Award (tireless effort for football program): Rob Drybread (financial aid) and WR PAUL RICHARDSON (second-team) Mary Ellen “Clyde” O’Malley (sports medicine). David Clough Faculty Support Award (extraordinary support for football program): Matt McQueen (Integrative Physiology). Pasta Jay Elowski Community Support Award (active support and enthusiasm): Dean & Jessica Laws

COLORADO COACHES’ WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS Colorado’s 2010 weekly award winners for each game as selected by the coaching staff (#—chosen if a linemen does not win offensive or defensive; none selected following losses; *—denotes nominated for Big 12 player-of-the-week; Victory Club—players grading to roughly 85 percent or higher): Opponent Offensive Defensive Special Teams #Lineman (Off or Def) Scout Team (Offense/Defense/Special Teams) Colorado State *WR Scotty McKnight *ILB Jon Major DT Will Pericak DE Josh Hartigan OL Daniel Munyer S Makiri Pugh DE David Goldberg Hawai’i TB Brian Lockridge CB Jimmy Smith OLB Liloa Nobriga DT Will Pericak QB Justin Gorman DE Tony Poremba FS Matt Meyer FS Ray Polk Georgia *TB Rodney Stewart CB Jimmy Smith CB Arthur Jaffee DE Josh Hartigan WR Mario Conte S Makiri Pugh TE Kyle Slavin Opponent Player of the Game DL LB S CB OL QB TB TE WR ST Victory Club # Iowa State QB Cody Hawkins Cunningham Sipili Sandersfeld Brown Solder Hawkins Stewart Deehan Clemons Jaffee 35 Kansas State TB Rodney Stewart Hartigan/Pre Nobriga none none Solder Hawkins Stewart Deehan McKnight Webb/Rippy/Clemons 51 GAME-BY-GAME STARTERS Here were CU’s starters for the 2010 season (bold indicates first career start); this list often does not reflect who might be “listed” first at a position, as especially on offense, the first play selected often involves a particular grouping: OFFENSE WR WR LT LG C RG RT TE QB TB WR / Other Colorado State McKnight Clemons Solder Adkins Stevens Miller Bakhtiari Thornton Hansen Stewart Cefalo California Patterson Clemons Solder Iltis Stevens Miller Bakhtiari Deehan Hansen Stewart Walters (TE) Hawai’i Espinoza Jefferson Solder Adkins Iltis Miller Bakhtiari Deehan Hansen Stewart Walters (TE) Georgia McKnight Jefferson Solder Adkins Iltis Miller Bakhtiari Deehan Hansen Lockridge Walters (TE) Missouri Patterson Jefferson Solder Adkins Iltis Miller Bakhtiari Bahr Hansen Stewart Fernandez (FB) Baylor Patterson Clemons Solder Adkins Iltis Miller Bakhtiari Deehan Hansen Stewart Bahr (TE) Texas Tech McKnight Clemons Solder Adkins Iltis Miller Givens Deehan Hansen Jefferson Richardson (WR) Oklahoma McKnight Espinoza Solder Adkins Iltis Miller Bakhtiari Bahr C. Hawkins Jefferson Patterson Kansas McKnight Clemons Solder Adkins Iltis Miller Bakhtiari Thornton C. Hawkins Stewart Richardson (WR) Iowa State McKnight Clemons Solder Adkins Iltis Miller Bakhtiari Deehan C. Hawkins Stewart Richardson (WR) Kansas State McKnight Clemons Solder Adkins Iltis Miller Bakhtiari Jefferson(WR) C. Hawkins Stewart Richardson (WR) Nebraska McKnight Clemons Solder Adkins Iltis Miller Bakhtiari Deehan C. Hawkins Stewart Walters (TE) DEFENSE DE DT NT MLB WLB SLB LCB SS NB FS RCB Colorado State Hartigan Cunningham Pericak Sipili Major Ahles Brown Perkins Orms Polk J. Smith California Hartigan Cunningham Pericak Sipili Major Ahles Brown Perkins Sandersfeld Polk J. Smith Hawai’i Hartigan Cunningham Pericak Sipili Major Beatty Brown Perkins Vigo Polk J. Smith Georgia Hartigan Cunningham Pericak Sipili Major Beatty Brown Perkins Mahnke Polk J. Smith Missouri Hartigan Cunningham Pericak Sipili Major Beatty Brown Perkins Mahnke Polk J. Smith Baylor Hartigan Cunningham Pericak Sipili Major Beatty Brown Bell Mahnke Polk J. Smith Texas Tech Kasa Cunningham Pericak Sipili Major Beatty Brown T.Smith J.Hawkins Polk J. Smith Oklahoma West Cunningham Pericak Sipili Webb Beatty Brown T.Smith Nobriga Polk J. Smith Kansas Uzo-Diribe Cunningham Pericak Sipili Nobriga Beatty Brown T.Smith Sandersfeld Polk J. Smith Iowa State Hartigan Cunningham Pericak Sipili Nobriga Beatty Brown T.Smith Sandersfeld Polk J. Smith Kansas State Hartigan Cunningham Pericak Sipili Nobriga Beatty Brown T.Smith Sandersfeld Polk J. Smith Nebraska Hartigan Cunningham Pericak Sipili Nobriga Beatty Brown T.Smith Sandersfeld Polk J. Smith (N)—Nickel back. CONSECUTIVE STARTS— Solder 36, J.Smith 27, Cunningham 24, Pericak 24. CAREER STARTS— Solder 40, Miller 35, C.Hawkins 33, McKnight 33, Brown 28. PLAYER PARTICIPATION (dressed/played): Colorado State 86/68; California 70/61; Hawai’i 95/59; Georgia 103/56; Missouri 70/57; Baylor 98/54; Texas Tech 97/54; Oklahoma 67/52; Kansas 66/53; Iowa State 93/53; Kansas State 92/51; Nebraska 61/52.

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