10 of the NFL’s Best Players With Roots in Colorado

The University of Colorado Buffaloes have won 28 National Championships in several sports over the years. The Buffaloes have won championships in skiing, co-ed skiing, men's and women's cross country, and football.

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The University of Colorado's National Championship in football was won in 1990 when the team beat the University of Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl by a final score of 10-9. Over the years, some of the University of Colorado Buffaloes have become some of the best players in the NFL with roots in the Centennial State.

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Buffaloes Who Became the NFL's Best

It can be a bit of a challenge to find great professional football players who were born in Colorado, played high school and college football in Colorado, and went on to set records in the National Football League.

AI will try to tell you that John Elway checks all these boxes but that is false. He grew up in California and played at Sanford before becoming a Bronco. While they may not have been born in Colorado, keep scrolling to check out 10 NFL greats in the gallery below who did play football at the University of Colorado before becoming a force to be reckoned with once they reached the NFL.

Remembering Phillip Lindsay

Who remembers Phillip Lindsay? He was Colorado's chance to check all the boxes. Lindsay was born July 24, 1994, in Denver. He grew up to play football at Denver South High School, where he became the school's all-time leading rusher with 4,587 yards. He set a record for all-purpose yards for the Buffaloes at the University of Colorado (5,760) and was then signed by the Broncos as an undrafted free agent in 2018. Lindsay was even the first undrafted rookie to make the Pro Bowl.

He surely would go on to have an epic career at Mile High right? Nope, Linsay was released at the end of the 2020 season.