Buffs Receive Verbal from JUCO LB Evan Harrington

by Bob_Bell on Jan 10, 2010 9:08 PM MST in Buffaloes Football Recruiting

With the graduation of senior linebackers Jeff Smart, Marcus Burton, Bryan Stengel and Shaun Mohler, the Colorado linebacker corp thinned out a little from a year ago. To try and find some quick depth, the Buffs received a verbal commitment from junior college linebacker Evan Harrington, according to rivals.com's free player page. Harrington, most recently playing football at College of the Canyons Junior College in California, is listed at 6'0" 220 pounds. He is not rated by any of the recruiting services. Harrington had an offer from Utah State and interest from Nevada and UTEP. Colorado has been his favorite for a while now and officially visited Colorado this weekend where presumably he received a scholarship offer.

At College of the Canyons, Harrington was second team all conference in 2009. This past season, Harrington led the team with 5.5 sacks and recorded 8.5 tackles for loss. Before going the junior college route, Harrington attended Bowie High School in Maryland where he was named honorable mention in the Big School division as a linebacker. Back in high school as a junior, he was timed at the junior combine running a 4.62 forty and was listed at 5-11.25. At the State College NIKE Training Camp in State College PA, Harrington was one the stronger participants, bench pressing 185 pounds 22 times. He was listed as a defensive back at the event. Harrington also played running back in high school.

Harrington is Colorado's fifteenth commitment of the 2010 cycle. Colorado is expected to sign between 20 - 22 players. Their is about a month left before signing day. QB Nick Hirschman and OL Eric Richter, another junior college transfer, are currently believed to be in Boulder for the spring semester.

Below is a video of Harrington at College of the Canyons:

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sucks that a JUCO couldn't be an EE but still looks pretty rangy and a good pickup

by roxbombers on Jan 10, 2010 9:12 PM MST reply actions

I think he looks tough

Goes after guys pretty quickly, hits hard, and is psyched to be a Buff.

He’ll be ready to go from Day 1.

GO BUFFS!

by BuffsCrock on Jan 10, 2010 10:06 PM MST reply actions

ready to go from day 1? just like simmons?

I’m sorry, I just can’t help but be a little skeptical based on hawkins’ track record with JC guys (also Mohler getting harldy any PT last year) Hopefully you’re right.

by nebraskasux on Jan 10, 2010 10:31 PM MST up reply actions

Thank god we can still beat out Utah State for recruits.

by MinnesotaBuff1 on Jan 10, 2010 10:19 PM MST reply actions

I'm a little concerned that a lot of the recruits

we seem to be picking up are always mentioned to have had offers from places like UNLV, New Mexico State, College of the Evergreens, etc…. Is that honestly who we are competing against for recruits?

by BuffnBigD on Jan 11, 2010 6:43 AM MST up reply actions

We are going to OWN the WAC next year!

by coffmonster on Jan 11, 2010 8:41 AM MST up reply actions

I thought Utah State was in the Big Sky

Let’s not get carried away, we may be competive in the WAC, but if we want a division title we better look at the Big Sky.

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