Signed to CU '26 GA LB Rodney Colton Jr.

[WasianCU]

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Newnan HS (Newnan, GA)

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Ht: 6'1"
Wt: 220
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247s rating: 4* - 90 grade; #16 LB (#236 overall)
ESPN rating: 4* - 80 grade; #21 OLB (#284 overall)
Rivals rating: 4* - 5.8rr; #21 LB
On3 rating: 4* - 91 grade; #13 LB (#200 overall)

247sports Composite: 4* / 0.9153 rating / #17 LB / #236 overall

Reported Offers: COLORADO, App St, Arkansas, Auburn, Cincinnati, East Carolina, Florida, Florida St, Georgia, Georgia Southern, Georgia St, Georgia Tech, LSU, Liberty, Louisville, Marshall, Ole Miss, Miss St, Missouri, Ohio St, Oregon, Penn St, South Carolina, SMU, Tennessee, Texas A&M, UCF, UCLA, Virginia Tech, Western Kentucky

 

[WasianCU]

 

[AztecBuff]

Per a Hayes Fawcett social media post, the Buffs are one of his final 5 schools. (The others are Ole Miss, UCLA, Tennessee and FSU (of Florida).)

 

[WasianCU]

Visit photos here:

 

[Tatanka™]

FSU (of Florida).)

A simpler way to say that would be Florida State.

 

[Pilotbuff]

Always nice to recruit kids that physically look like they could step in and play today instead of taking on projects that need probably 2 years. Georgia players and players from the south are just different. My daughter went to HS with Justin Fields, best HS player I ever saw by far. At the same time, Trevor Lawrence was playing 15 minutes up the road.

 

[WasianCU]

In his top 3. Commitment on July 12th:

 

[GawainBuff]

In his top 3. Commitment on July 12th:

I’m concerned that his favorite color is clearly pale blue. That could be the deciding factor, and we are NOT going back to the Fairbanks era of blue uni’s.

 

[The Alabaster Yak]

Commitment tonight at 6:15 (assume that’s Eastern Time).

 

[InTheBuff]

Signs are strong.

 

[BuffLuke80]

Well, he's got quite the offer list.

 

[SewallBeach]

Buff!

 

[Highlander]

 

[The Alabaster Yak]

Big time get.

 

[Burrito]

 

[Buffnik]

 

[4BienemyTDs]

Huge get
Welcome to the Black and Gold
The next 2-3 years have some serious opportunities ahead of us. Building around Juju and building Coach Livingston a great defense!

 

[Ringer]

This is good stuff. Buffs won a heated recruiting battle to pull an elite prospect out of the south. The guy has like 27 P4 offers.

 

[Corey Trevorson]

Good get

 

[INTHABUFF]

 

[patebuff]

Woot!

 

[Ringer]

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Good job with the AI Coach Hart bronze statue..

 

[DBT]

Dayum!!! I haven’t been paying much attention to HS recruiting. This is a pleasant surprise!

I WANT MORE!!

 

[The Alabaster Yak]

Prime and Hart called him a couple days ago and legit stole him from Ole Miss in the eleventh hour.

 

[Ringer]

The Colorado cap reveal, at the beginning of this video.

 

[GawainBuff]

There’s a bunch of him not getting blocked coming off the edge, at all. lol. He certainly looks the part of big LB force in the middle. Looks more like an ILB than an OLB/Edge at CF level.

 

[BuffLuke80]

Honestly, CU used to get alot of guys like this, but it seems like forever ago. We are lucky to have him, welcome.

 

[Bear Fiend]

Good job with the AI Coach Hart bronze statue..

Spelling is correct. Has to be real.

 

[Bread]

 

[Heywood]