'11 CA C Alex Kelley (Signed to Colorado)

[Boulder Buff]

Rivals
Scout
ESPN


Vista HS (Vista, CA)

Ht: 6-foot-3
Wt: 295 lbs
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Rivals rating: 3*-5.6rr; unranked C
Scout rating: 3*; #22 C
ESPN rating: 3*-75 grade; #16 C

Reported Offers: Colorado, Boston College, Iowa State, Minnesota, Boise State, Nevada, New Mexico State, San Diego State, San Jose State

[Boulder Buff]

From ESPN:

"I have an offer from Minnesota and I'm also hearing from Boise State, Iowa State, and Arizona State," said Kelley. "My dad went to Colorado and that's the school I grew up rooting for. I'm going to camp with them this summer and they're my top school at the moment.

Pretty good athlete. He won his league's heavyweight wrestling title.

[Buffnik]

http://www.maxpreps.com/news/bEE0Ogi...tball-team.htm

Kelley was named 1st Team All-Palomar League as a junior.

Rep to the first person to PM me with a photo of Kelley I can use for his profile.

[Buffnik]

Scout mod is saying that we have offered and that it will be between CU, Minnesota and Boise State.

Brandon Huffman, the West Recruiting Manager for Scout, says that Kelley is "one of the top centers in the West".

[Buffnik]

http://recruiting.scout.com/2/999566.html

"Colorado offered (Saturday)," said Kelley, who got the offer as a center.

Huffman now describing Kelley as the #2 Center in the West. Should be a solid 3* rating when they get it updated.

[96 Buff]

Does OC in the thread title refer to Center? I've never seen that designation before.

[Buffnik]

Yeah. I should probably switch that to just "C". All the other ones had 2 letters and I was just trying to keep it consistent.

[Buffnik]

Kelley will be making an official visit to CU for the Georgia game.

Hopefully the history, pageantry and everything the makes Boulder/Folsom/Colorado special will be what gets him to commit. I'd love to hold onto Kelley in this class after the new coach takes over. True center, which we need, and a very highly regarded player.

[Boulder Buff]

He would be a very nice pickup with moving away from Shaun Simon. He could step in as a redshirt freshman and start.

[Buffnik]

He would be a very nice pickup with moving away from Shaun Simon. He could step in as a redshirt freshman and start.

I agree. Hopefully he and McClure can be a package deal, too.

[Buffnik]

I didn't realize this, but Kelley's a legacy.

His dad, Karry, played from us from '76-'79 and started at right tackle. Also, it looks like our chief competition is coming from Minnesota (where he will likely visit) with Boise State (where he won't) not in the picture.

http://colorado.scout.com/2/1005708.html

"I guess I just want to see if it's a place where I can fit in," Kelley said. "I want to see how good the coaching is and whether I can maybe make it to the next level. Just pretty see if I can live there for five years and if it's the perfect fit for me."

[Buffsfan09]

Did he cancel his visit?? I don't have a membership to Scout or Rivals and there is a partial something that says something about canceling a visit....http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73...2f1006677.html

[Buffnik]

He cancelled his Boise State trip last week. He narrowed it down to CU and Minnesota.

[Buffsfan09]

sweet....thanks for the update.

[BinaryBuff]

He cancelled his Boise State trip last week. He narrowed it down to CU and Minnesota.

Wow, Minnesota's coaching situation is worse than ours, we should have a great shot at getting Kelley