I'm sure we're all excited about the players signed to CU from the state of Colorado in 2014 -- especially with the addition of Isaiah Holland.
It's definite improvement from where CU had been during the later Hawkins years and the Embree years when in-state recruiting had bottomed out.
But things are still a long way from getting where they need to be.
There were 30 players from Colorado in 2014 with D1A credentials. Rivals database rated them as follows:
Buffs got shut out of the Top 5, but grabbed 5 players in the 6-15 range.
The early Top 15 from Adam Munsterteiger (Rivals - BuffStampede) is as follows:
Looks like more momentum for CU into the Top 5, but also a class that isn't going to be as highly rated as 2014.
For 2016, CU has 1 early offer out in-state (DE Carlo Kemp - Fairview HS). 2016 looks like it will be a good in-state year, headlined by Kemp and a couple OLs (Ashton Torres - Cherokee Trail HS & Dalton Lawrence - Rock Canyon HS).
It's definite improvement from where CU had been during the later Hawkins years and the Embree years when in-state recruiting had bottomed out.
But things are still a long way from getting where they need to be.
There were 30 players from Colorado in 2014 with D1A credentials. Rivals database rated them as follows:
- ATH Kalen Ballage 4*-5.9rr (Arizona State)
- RB Christian McCaffrey 4*-5.9rr (Stanford)
- RB Nathan Starks 4*-5.8rr (UCLA)
- OL Sam Jones 3*-5.7rr (Arizona State)
- OL Dalton Risner 3*-5.5rr (Kansas State)
- DB Marcus Wilson 3*-5.5rr (Colorado State)
- ATH Jay MacIntyre 3*-5.5rr (CU)
- DB Evan White 3*-5.5rr (CU)
- K JK Scott 3*-5.5rr (Alabama)
- OL Isaac Miller 3*-5.5rr (CU)
- OL Isaiah Holland 2*-5.4rr (CU)
- ATH Trey Smith 2*-5.4rr (Colorado State)
- WR John Freismuth 2*-5.4rr (Colorado State)
- DE Jacob Martin 2*-5.4rr (Temple)
- DE Terran Hasselbach 2*-5.4rr (CU)
- OL Alec Ruth 2*-5.4rr (Kansas State)
- LB Tre Thomas 2*-5.3rr (Colorado State)
- DB Shun Johnson 2*-5.3rr (Colorado State)
- OL Zach Stefo 2*-5.3rr (Colorado State)
- WR Sam Martin 2*-5.3rr (Miami-OH)
- DB Jeaden Graham 2*-5.3rr (Yale)
- OL Jamin Smith 2*-5.3rr (New Mexico State)
- ATH Nathan Lucas 2*-5.2rr (Colorado State)
- K Wyatt Bryan 2*-5.2rr (Colorado State)
- RB Jalen Williams 2*-5.2rr (Colorado State)
- DE Conner Cain 2*-5.2rr (Wyoming)
- OL Ryan Cummings 2*-5.2rr (Wyoming)
- OL Trenton Noller 2*-5.2rr (Navy)
- TE Metise Moore 2*-5.2rr (Foothill Community College - liked CU a lot)
- DT Levi Cecil 2*-5.2rr (Air Force)
Buffs got shut out of the Top 5, but grabbed 5 players in the 6-15 range.
The early Top 15 from Adam Munsterteiger (Rivals - BuffStampede) is as follows:
- DB Eric Lee 4* (Nebraska)
- OL Tim Lynott 3* (undeclared)
- DB Avery Anderson 4* (Nebraska)
- OL Dillon Middlemiss 3* (CU)
- DT Frank Umu NR (undeclared)
- OL Salofi Gaoa NR (undeclared)
- QB Tommy Lazzaro 3* (undeclared)
- RB Chukwuma Obinnah NR (undeclared)
- WR Isaiah Young NR (undeclared)
- DB James Jones IV 2* (undeclared)
- ATH Kevin Prosser NR (Wyoming)
- K Alex Kinney NR (undeclared)
- RB Milo Hall 2* (undeclared)
- TE Parker Hammond NR (undeclared)
- DB Brian Dawkins 2* (undeclared)
Looks like more momentum for CU into the Top 5, but also a class that isn't going to be as highly rated as 2014.
For 2016, CU has 1 early offer out in-state (DE Carlo Kemp - Fairview HS). 2016 looks like it will be a good in-state year, headlined by Kemp and a couple OLs (Ashton Torres - Cherokee Trail HS & Dalton Lawrence - Rock Canyon HS).