Colorado head coach Mike MacIntyre landed a wide receiver he thinks will spell Paul Richardson, and he signed a familiar name, too, as an “athlete” – his son, Jay MacIntyre.Jeremy Papasso/The Daily Camera
Jay MacIntyre rushed for 696 yards and 14 touchdowns and threw for 986 yards and 12 touchdowns as a senior at Monarch High School in Louisville. He also had six touchdown returns on special teams and broke up 16 passes at cornerback to go with three interceptions, one of which was a pick-6.
Unlike former Buffaloes head coach Dan Hawkins, whose son, Cody, played quarterback for him at CU – which harmed his recruitment of quarterbacks – MacIntyre’s son won’t play quarterback for the Buffaloes.
He’s listed as an “athlete.”
The Buffaloes are losing their best player, Richardson, who set 20 school receiving records and decided to go pro after his junior season, when he caught 83 passes for 1,343 yards and 10 touchdowns.
“With Paul Richardson leaving, we were trying to find a guy or two that could run like Paul,” coach MacIntyre said.
“We definitely feel like we found one with Shay Fields.”
Colorado’s class includes just one quarterback, Cade Apsay of Canyon Country, Calif., even though the Buffs are thin there after Connor Wood’s decision to give up the sport and focus on academics, leaving them with two scholarship quarterbacks for spring ball, returning starter Sefo Liufau and Jordan Gehrke.
With eight running backs already in the mix, coach MacIntyre didn’t add more in this year’s class, which included 10 recruits from California, four from Colorado, two from Texas, two from Utah and one from Hawaii.
AP freelancer Monica Costello contributed to this report.
The Colorado Buffaloes’ recruiting class of ’14
National Rankings: Rivals, 64; Scout, 72.
Best in Class: WR Shay Fields, Bellflower, Calif.
Best of the Rest: DE Terran Hasselbach, Parker; TE Dylan Keeney, Granite Bay, Calif.
Late Addition: “Athlete” Jay MacIntyre, Louisville.
One that Got Away: OL Elijah Rodriguez, Houston.
Note: Hasselbach, a 6-1, 235-pounder from Regis High School in Parker, is the son of former Denver Broncos DL Harald Hasselbach. Terran had 11 sacks, 35 hurries, four forced fumbles and three pass breakups as a senior – his only year of high school football. He was in a near-fatal car accident with his father right before the start of the freshman football season in 2010 and wasn’t cleared until his junior year, but a fluke shoulder injury sidelined him until his senior season.
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Colorado Buffaloes’ Class of 2014
BOULDER – Colorado’s signees announced Wednesday:
Cade Apsay, qb, 6-2, 190, Canyon Country (Calif.) HS
Sam Bennion, de, 6-5, 240, North Logan (Utah) HS
Shay Fields, wr, 5-11, 165, St. John Bosco (Calif.) HS
Jase Franke, de, 6-4, 260, St. Bonaventure (Camarillo, Calif.) HS
Rick Gamboa, ilb, 6-1, 225, Chaminade College Prep (Sylmar, Calif.)
Terran Hasselbach, de, 6-1, 235, Regis (Parker) HS
Hayden Jones, te, 6-6, 245, Christian Brothers (Sacramento, Calif.). HS
Josh Kaiser, ol, 6-5, 270, Mission Viejo (Calif.) HS
Dylan Keeney, te, 6-6, 215, Granite Bay (Calif.) HS
Donovan Lee, ath., 5-8, 170, Chaminade College Prep (West Hills, Calif.).
Eddy Lopez, dt, 604, 300, El Paso Coronado (Texas) HS
Michael Mathewes, de, 6-5, 250, Mission Viejo (Calif.) HS
Jay MacIntyre, ath., 5-10, 185, Monarch (Louisville) HS
Isaac Miller, ol, 6-7, 250 Longmont Silver Creek HS
Jaisen Sanchez, db, 6-1, 195, Kapolei St. Louis (Hawaii) HS
Christian Shaver, de, 6-3, 235 Sandy Jordan (Utah) HS
Wyatt Tucker Smith, sn, 6-2, 230, Jr., Gulfport (Miss.) Gulf Coast CC
Lee Walker, wr, 6-0, 180, San Diego Madison (Calif.) HS
Grant Watanabe, ilb, 5-11, 230, San Antonio Brennan (Texas) HS
Evan White, db, 6-3, 195, Aurora Cherokee Trail HS
Sully Wiefels, ol, 6-3, 300, Jr., Eagle American River (Idaho) College
Ahkello Witherspoon, cb, 6-3, 180, Soph., Sacramento (Calif.) City College
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