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National Signing Day Rewind: The Class of 2013

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With National Signing Day taking place next week on Wednesday, February 1st, 2017, we take look back at Head Colorado Football Coach Mike MacIntyre's first Class back in 2013.

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For those seniors from the Class of 2013 (MacIntyre's first recruiting class) that leave the program, they leave with an overall record of 20-31 reaching one Bowl Game. The high note was obviously the 2016 season as the Buffs won an incredible 10 games, going 8-1 in PAC 12 play and eventually reaching the 2016 Valero Alamo Bowl.

At Colorado - He broke nearly every Colorado Quarterback School Record, this past season he was 200-319 passing for 2,366-yards with an 11 to 6 touchdown to interception ratio. He also ran the football 165-times for 494-yards (2nd most on the team) scoring 8 additional rushing touchdowns. Against Washington State in front of nearly 50,000 fans at Folsom Field and 2M viewers on Fox, Liufau was 27 of 41 passing for 345-yards and also ran for 108 with three scores in Colorado's 38-24 win over the Cougars. He was named National Player of the Week by CBS sports as well as PAC 12 Player of the Week following the game. Liufau will play in the annual Reese's Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama this weekend.

In High School - The 3-Star Quarterback out of Bellarmine Prep in Tacoma, Washington committed to Colorado in April of 2012. During his senior season, Liufau led Bellarmine Prep to the Class 4A State Championship against Skyline throwing for 2,543-yards with a touchdown to interception ratio of 24/5.

At Colorado - Earlier this year Pro Football Focus listed Awuzie as a potential NFL First Round Draft Pick. The heart and soul of the defense, Awuzie is a leader on the field with tremendous big play potential on every snap. In 2016, Awuzie was very effective as a senior recording 65 tackles, 4 quarterback sacks, had 11 pass deflections, and one interception. Awuzie will play in the annual Reese's Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama this weekend.

In High School - Awuzie had offers from Colorado State, San Diego State, San Joe State, Utah, and Washington State coming out of High School as a 3-Star Defensive Back. During his senior season, Awuzie had a monster year on the offensive side of the football rushing for 1,247-yards, catching for 457-yards and scored a total of 21 touchdowns. On defense, he had 69-tackles and 4 interceptions.

At Colorado - Thompson was one of the top PAC 12 safeties during the 2016 season recording 7 interceptions and 63 total tackles. He was twice named the PAC 12 Defensive Player of the Week and showed up each week with big plays, hits, or momentum changing plays. He recently attended the East/West Shrine Game in Florida, where he had 7 tackles during the game, amongst some of the Nation's top former college football players. It would be very surprising if he's not drafted to the NFL.

In High School - Coming out of high school Thompson had offers from Fresno State, Hawaii, Minnesota, UNLV, and Washington State before committing to Colorado on February 6th, 2013. Thompson caught for 386-yards and 7 touchdowns playing receiver and 58 tackles on defense.

At Colorado - At 6-foot-6, 230 pounds presently, Gilbert turned out to be one of the top outside linebackers in the entire PAC 12 this season. As a senior at Colorado Gilbert recorded a total of 62 tackles and led the entire team in quarterback sacks with 11.0. He recently attended the East/West Shrine Game and should be at this point talking to plenty of NFL scouts. Gilbert still has plenty of next-level upside and we feel you'll be watching him on Sunday's eventually.

In High School - Out of high school Gilbert had offers from only Iowa State, New Mexico, Tulsa, and Colorado. Jim Jeffcoat who recruited him obviously knew what he was doing and saw something special in the then 6-foot-4, 205 pound 3-star linebacker.

At Colorado - Olugbode had a monster season for the Colorado Buffs' Football Team in 2016. He led the team in total tackles wit 115, 72 of the total number came from solo tackles. He also recorded 2.5 sacks, 2 interceptions, and 3 forced fumbles. Was also selected and invited to the 2017 East/West Shrine Game.

In High School - Olugbode had just one offer coming out of high school which was from Colorado. He committed just before signing day on January 25th, 2013.

Class of 2013 Returning Starters (Seniors In 2017)

Lindsay had his first big breakout season in 2016 for Colorado rushing for 244 attempts and recording 1,252-yards with 16 touchdowns. Lindsay proved all season long to be a durable and dependable running back and also a very good receiver out of the backfield, hauling in 53 receptions for 493-yards. We're expecting him to be the main man again the backfield for the Buffs going into the March 18th Spring Game.

Devin Ross had a very productive season in 2016. During the preseason, the question was, which Colorado receiver was going to step up and replace now LA Rams Receiver Nelson Spruce. Ross caught 69 passes (most on team) for 787-yards and 5 touchdowns. He had a per catch average of 11.4, his season-high was 7 receptions for 153-yards and a touchdown against Oregon.

Just type in "Bryce Bobo" in your google chrome search and the first prediction is "Bryce Bobo Catch". Bobo at 6-foot-3, 190 receiver out of Covina, California made ESPN a few times with his one-handed circus catches and had a steady season in 2016 recording 44 receptions for 548-yards and 2 touchdowns.

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