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Valor Christian H.S. (Highlands Ranch, CO)
Ht: 6-foot-4
Wt: 295 lbs
40: 5.3 secs
Rivals rating: 4*-5.8rr; #12 OG
Scout rating: 3*; #16 OG
ESPN rating: 4*-79 grade; #23 OG
247s rating: 3*-88 rating; #47 OT
Reported Offers: Colorado, Arizona, Arizona State, Arkansas, Auburn, Connecticut, Duke, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kansas State, LSU, Michigan, North Carolina, Oklahoma State, Oregon, South Carolina, Syracuse, Utah, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest, Colorado State, UNLV
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#22 Most Prestigious Program in College Football History (ESPN)
1990 National Championship & 26 Conference Championships
1 Heisman Trophy Winner & 8 Other National Award Winners
5 Player & 7 Scholar-Athlete Inductions in College Football Hall of Fame
70 First Team All-Americans (30 Consensus All-Americans)
#19 in All-Time Wins, #24 in All-Time Win Percentage & #23 in Times Ranked
#29 in Wins and #12 in Wins Against Ranked Opponents Since 1989
Valor is looking more and more like it could turn into an important pipeline for CU.
In general, the quality of high school football is definitely trending up imo.
CU is definitely recruiting Kozan, who looks to be making a case for himself to be mentioned with Thurston and Callahan when we discuss who the best in-state OL prospect is this cycle. He had a big performance at the US Army National Combine, winning 5 of his 7 one-on-ones against elite competition.
Here's more from a new Rivals article:
"I really like CU. I like what [head] coach [Jon] Embree is doing up there," Kozan said. "I also like the Big Ten schools: Wisconsin and Northwestern. I really hope to hear from Ohio State."
Kozan plans to attend the Rams' Junior Day this Saturday. He is also planning to take an unofficial visit up to Boulder to meet with the Buffs' coaches and tour CU's facilities sometime in February.
"The excitement level has risen at CU and I think the program is about to get back to what it was in the 1990s and the early 2000s," Kozan said. "They have had a couple down years there at CU but they are about to get back. They brought back their roots, all those coaches, which is exciting."
Be a Buff, Alex!
glad he thinks it's only been a "couple of down years"......
Really, it was the Hawkins years. It seems weird after all we've been through, but the truth is that in the last 10 years of Big 12 football CU won the North 4 times and the conference once. That's better than any other North program over that decade.Originally Posted by Fight CU
Will be interesting to see how the OL recruiting plays out. I am wondering how many we will take; my guess is 5-6, but that is just a guess without looking too hard at the numbers.
Regardless, we should never struggle with OL recruiting. There are quality OL churned out of CO high schools yearly.
Adam just tweeted that Alex visited today and we offered him. He also has offers from ASU and KjSU.
Good to hear. We need to get the majority of our in-state recruits in the fold early. It would not surprise me if Kozan and Baylis commit sooner rather than later.
If we can pull it off, Kozan, Thurston and Callahan would send a message that CU is closing the border. Watch out if we can start keeping the top 2 or 3 OLs home every year.
70-3. 1-11. BTN titles are laughable.
It is a new dawn though sO the kid is right!
Que?
Kozan will be attending the CU Spring Game/Junior Day this Saturday.
His recent Iowa offer is the sign of a good prospect IMO. Ferentz is as good as any coach in the country at identifying OL talent.
i think he commits this weekend
FAIL by CSU.
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