` www.CUBuffs.com UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BUFFALOES / SPORTS INFORMATION SERVICE Fieldhouse Annex #50, 357 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0357 © 2017 CU Athletics Telephone 303/492-5626 (FAX: 303/492-3811; E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]) David Plati (Associate AD/Sports Information), Jason Clay (Associate SID), Troy Andre (Associate SID/Internet Managing Editor), Linda Sprouse (Associate SID), Andy Schlichting (Assistant SID), Maggie Still (Assistant SID), Neill Woelk (CUBuffs.com Contributing Editor), Ryan Megay (Graduate Assistant) COLORADO Colorado Football: 2017 Letter-of-Intent Day Notes & Bios / Information Copyright © 2017, University of Colorado (February 1, 2017) QUICKLY It’s the 2017 edition of national letter-of-intent day, as high school seniors around the nation were allowed to sign on the dotted line starting at 7:00 a.m. local time on February 1 … Signed letters are express mailed in, but can be confirmed by FAX or digitally … The team total cannot exceed 85 scholarships, or a maximum 25 qualifiers any single year (more can sign if a school can count some early enrollees back) … The NCAA maximum is 56 recruiting visits allowed, with six transferable to the next recruiting cycle; the Buffs “banked” six from 2016 and have utilized 42 of the 62 (27 players committed out of those 42) ... CU will pick up the maximum six unused visits to bank toward 2018) … The list of signees is on the back page of this packet and biographies within. NAMES & NUMBERS Here’s a look at the preliminary spring numbers when taking a look at the 2017 University of Colorado football roster: Lettermen Returning: 53 (25 offense, 24 defense, 4 specialists) Lettermen Lost: 32 (18 offense, 13 defense, 1 specialists) Career/2016 starts in parenthesis; calculated by those with seven-plus starts in 2016 or by who played the majority of snaps at a position.] Starters Returning (12)—Offense 9: WR Bryce Bobo (16/13), WR Shay Fields (34/14), WR Devin Ross (20/14), OT Jeromy Irwin (26/13), LG Gerrad Kough (23/11), RG Tim Lynott, Jr. (14/14), RT Aaron Haigler (7/7), TB Phillip Lindsay (18/12), WR Jay MacIntyre (12/10). Defense 3: ILB Rick Gamboa (25/14), DE Leo Jackson III (11/1), FS Ryan Moeller (19/10). Others Returning With Significant Starting Experience (6; min. 4 career starts)— TB Michael Adkins (4/0), TE/HB George Frazier (6/1), ILB Addison Gillam (24/2), WR Donovan Lee (5/1), SLB Derek McCartney (24/12), CB Isaiah Oliver (6/3). Others Returning With Significant Position Game Experience (15; three or fewer career starts)— OLB Tim Coleman, WR Kabion Ento, TB Kyle Evans, OLB N.J. Falo, DT Jase Franke, DB Nick Fisher, OLB Terran Hasselbach, OL Jonathan Huckins, CB Anthony Julmisse, TE Dylan Keeney, DT Eddy Lopez, DE Michael Mathewes, QB Steven Montez, WR Lee Walker. Starters Lost (11)—Offense 3: C Alex Kelley (38/13), OT Sam Kronshage (13/7); QB Sefo Liufau (40/11). Defense 8: CB Chidobe Awuzie (42/14), DE Jordan Carrell (26/14), OLB Jimmie Gilbert (27/14), DE Samson Kafovalu (21/13), ILB Kenneth Olugbode (37/12), SS Tedric Thompson (38/14), DT Josh Tupou (45/14), CB Ahkello Witherspoon (21/12). Others Lost With Significant Starting/Playing Experience (7)— OG Shane Callahan (6/1), QB Jordan Gehrke (1/0), TE Sean Irwin (18/3), OG John Lisella (5/0), ILB Ryan Severson (1/0), OLB Christian Shaver (4/0), C Sully Wiefels (2/0). Specialists Returning (4)— SN J.T. Bale, PK Chris Graham, P Alex Kinney, PK Davis Price. Specialists Lost (1)— PK Diego Gonzalez. Spring Roster (94 players/69 scholarship)— 23 seniors (20 fifth-year), 27 juniors, 21 sophomores, 23 freshmen (16 redshirt/7 true). 2017 HONOR CANDIDATES TO WATCH Looking ahead to 2017, CU will have a few candidates for honors. Topping the list are seniors-to-be WR Bryce Bobo, WR Shay Fields, OT Jeromy Irwin, TB Phillip Lindsay, S Ryan Moeller and WR Devin Ross, all of whom earned some kind of All-Pac-12 recognition in 2016 (Lindsay is headed to Columbus this weekend with three dozen players for the city’s annual Touchdown Club reception for the top players in 2017). Others such as seniors ILB Addison Gillam, OG Gerrad Kough and S Afolabi Laguda, juniors ILB Rick Gamboa, OLB Derek McCartney and WR Juwann Winfree and sophomore OG Tim Lynott Jr. (a freshman All-American) are worthy of a look along with other underclassmen that could emerge as honors-type players as the program continues to evolve under national Coach of the Year Mike MacIntyre. 2017 COLORADO Schedule series 2016 Results (Won 10, Lost 4; 8-1 Pac-12) S 1 (Fri.) Colorado State (Denver) 64-22- 2 S 2 (Fri.) Colorado State (Denver) W 44- 7 69,850 S 9 TEXAS STATE 0- 0- 0 S 10 IDAHO STATE W 56- 7 39,505 S 16 NORTHERN COLORADO 9- 2- 0 S 17 at Michigan L 28-45 110.042 S 23 *WASHINGTON 5-10- 1 S 24 at Oregon W 41-38 53,974 S 30 *at UCLA 3- 9- 0 O 1 *OREGON STATE (Family Weekend) W 47- 6 46,839 O 7 *ARIZONA (Family Weekend) 14- 5- 0 O 8 *at Southern California L 17-21 68,302 O 14 *at Oregon State 4- 5- 0 O 15 *ARIZONA STATE (Homecoming) W 40-16 48,588 O 21 *at Washington State 6- 4- 0 O 22 *at Stanford W 10- 5 44,535 O 28 *CALIFORNIA 3- 5- 0 N 3 (Thurs.) *UCLA W 20-10 43,761 N 4 *at Arizona (Homecoming) 3- 5- 0 N 12 *at Arizona W 49-24 41,068 N 11 *SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 0-11- 0 N 19 *WASHINGTON STATE W 38-24 48,658 N 25 *at Utah 32-28- 3 N 26 *UTAH W 27-22 52,301 D 1 or 2 Pac-12 Championship (at Santa Clara, Calif.) D 2 Washington (Pac-12 Championship) L 10-41 47,118 *—Pac-12 Conference game; OPEN WEEK: Nov. 18. D 29 Oklahoma State (Alamo Bowl) L 8-38 59,815 Colorado Football / National Letter-of-Intent Day Information & Notes (February 1, 2017) Page 2 RECRUITING REVIEW Over the past 45 years, the bulk of CU’s recruits have come primarily from three states: California (266), Colorado (254) and Texas (133). The below is a look at CU’s high school only recruiting numbers since 1973, the first class where students knew they would be able to participate as freshmen. It includes signed recruits who might not have reported to campus for whatever reason, unless that player signed again and counted toward a subsequent class; this prevents double counting. (NDP*— how many members of the class were future NFL draft picks; 1 in every 6.4 CU recruits from 1973-2011 were drafted into the pros, 129 of 834; some seniors from ’16 were in ’12 class, so number will be updated later this spring): Year Coach On Signing Day Total Colo. Calif. Texas Other States JC NDP* 2017 Mike MacIntyre 24 (5) 5 9 7 1—Arizona; 1—Florida (1—Australia) 5 — 2016 Mike MacIntyre 14 (2) 2 4 1 2—Florida, Georgia; 1—Louisiana, Oregon, Utah 4 — 2015 Mike MacIntyre 15 (2) 4 5 2 3—Arizona; 1—Hawai’i 4 — 2014 Mike MacIntyre 20 (1) 5 10 2 2—Utah; 1—Hawai’i 4 — 2013 Mike MacIntyre 22 (1) 3 13 3 1—New York, Washington (1—Mexico) 1 — 2012 Jon Embree 28 (1) 3 10 7 3—Washington D.C.; 1—Arizona; Hawai'i, Louisiana, Missouri, New York 0 — 2011 Jon Embree 23 (1) 2 8 4 3—Hawai’i; 2—Arizona; 1—New Mexico, North Carolina, Virginia, Washington D.C. 1 0 2010 Dan Hawkins 21 2 9 2 2—N.J.; 1—Alabama, Florida, Hawai'i, Louisiana, Maryland, Ohio, North Carolina (1—Canada) 2 1 2009 Dan Hawkins 19 5 5 3 1—Connecticut, Illinois, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee 1 2 2008 Dan Hawkins 20 5 6 2 2—Ohio; 1—Arizona, Idaho, Kentucky, New Jersey, Utah 1 1 2007 Dan Hawkins 23 (1) 4 7 0 2—Florida, Hawai’i, Pennsylvania, Tennessee; 1—Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana 4 4 2006 Dan Hawkins 20 4 6 2 2—Hawaii; 1—Florida, Idaho, Kentucky, New Jersey, Washington (1—Samoa) 2 3 2005 Gary Barnett 21 (1) 9 6 1 2—Florida; 1—Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska 4 1 2004 Gary Barnett 17 (1) 2 4 2 3—Michigan; 2—Hawaii; 1—Alabama, Iowa, Louisiana, Oklahoma 1 4 2003 Gary Barnett 23 (1) 5 4 8 2—Tennessee; 1—Alabama, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma 2 2 2002 Gary Barnett 28 (2) 7 6 10 3—Louisiana; 1—Illinois, Wisconsin 2 2 2001 Gary Barnett 13 7 1 3 1—Hawai’i (1—Canada) 4 2 2000 Gary Barnett 19 8 3 2 1—Arizona, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana (2—Canada) 5 2 1999 Gary Barnett 16 6 3 1 1—Arkansas, Hawai’i, Idaho, Illinois, Washington, Wisconsin 2 0 1998 Rick Neuheisel 20 1 9 5 1—Alaska, Florida, Hawai’i, Oregon, Washington 1 5 1997 Rick Neuheisel 22 5 9 3 2—Arizona, Washington; 1—Missouri 1 5 1996 Rick Neuheisel 21 3 9 3 1—Arizona, Hawai’i, Maryland, Ohio, South Dakota, Washington 0 3 1995 Rick Neuheisel 22 5 10 5 1—Arizona, Tennessee 0 2 1994 Bill McCartney 18 3 6 2 3—Michigan; 1—Florida, Illinois, Oklahoma, Tennessee 0 1 1993 Bill McCartney 20 7 2 2 2—Louisiana; 1—Washington D.C., Georgia, Hawai’i, Maryland, Missouri, Nevada (1—Samoa) 0 5 1992 Bill McCartney 25 5 4 4 3—Louisiana; 1—Arizona, Hawai’i, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Wyo.