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Dunbar’s Kyeran Garcia signed a letter of intent to play under coach Deion Sanders at Colorado on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024.
Colorado football commit Kyeran Garcia’s future changed drastically in a matter of two months.
At the conclusion of his senior season at Dunbar High School (Fort Myers, Florida), the wide-receiver-turned-linebacker had a handful of college football offers to the likes Air Force, Delaware State, Kent State, Temple and others.
That was until Dec. 18, as he was practicing for the Florida Athletic Coaches Association All-Star game, when Garcia picked up an offer from a coach who comes from the same place as him: Deion Sanders.
“I actually never talked to them (Colorado) before the 18th,” Garcia said. “My head coach said that they were trying to look at me so I was just shocked.”
Garcia shouldn’t have been all that surprised to hear that Sanders and the Colorado football program were targeting him.
The senior linebacker racked up an eye-popping 140 tackles (22 for a loss) and 10 sacks in 2023. As a junior, his first full season playing linebacker, Garcia totaled 142 tackles (12 for a loss) and an INT for the Tigers.
As productive as Garcia was the last two seasons, there are other boxes to check before a recruiting staff can extend an offer. It didn’t take more than a couple of conversations to realize that Garcia has what Sanders wants in his players: smarts, toughness, speed, discipline and character.
“They (Colorado coaching staff) were talking to my coaches and they were just talking about my character, my grades, they like my grades because I have a 4.3 (GPA),” Garcia said. “They ended up watching my film and they liked the way I play.
“They feel like I can come in and get developed based off of my size and they offered me a scholarship.”
At 6-foot-2, 220 pounds, Garcia has the ideal size for a Power 4…
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Author : The Coloradoan
Publish date : 2024-02-19 12:46:06
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