Colorado Football Letterwinners-X-Y-Z - University of Colorado Athletics

Throughout the years, various standards have been used to determine who has been awarded letters at CU (as well as at every school in the nation, as all set their own criteria). From the 1930s until the late 1970s, letters were awarded based on a player seeing action in at least half of the quarters played by CU in a particular season. In recent times, criteria have ranged from a minimum of 100 plays in a season or possessing a special skill (the Bill McCartney Era) to playing at least one snap in at least one game (Rick Neuheisel Era). Under Gary Barnett, and the head coaches since, the Buffs returned to the criteria that McCartney first instituted. In addition, it has been a standing policy since 1982 to award letters to all seniors in the program, regardless of playing time.

Jersey numbers, heights and weights are generally those listed in CU publications (or other sources) in the player's final letter-winning year. Positions are listed in the terminology of the era in which the letterman played; if more than one position is listed, then that player saw substantial game time at those positions. Hometowns are usually the place from which the player came to CU, followed by the high school and any previous institution, be it a junior or senior college.

Information prior to 1940 is limited at best and thus some holes do exist. The football lettermen list was researched and expanded with the help of the late CU athletic historian Fred Casotti in 1999; if you have additional information on yourself or someone on this list, please call the Sports Information Office at 303/492-5626. Please note that this list includes varsity lettermen only; it is not an all-time roster to include those who did not letter or play, nor those who may have lettered those times CU had a freshman or junior varsity team, and also does not include honorary letters for administration, coaches, trainers or managers.

To view the lettermen, sorted alphabetically by last name, click on the links below:

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Player	Years	No.	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Hometown (High School/Previous College)
YAGO, Roger	1990	41	TB	5-11	200	Littleton, Colo. (Littleton)
YATES, Jarrell	2006	80	WR	5-11	200	Denver, Colo. (Montbello)
YATES, Richard II	2012-13-14	33	DB	6-2	185	Lakewood, Colo. (Kent Denver)
YATES, Scott	1979	13	SS	6-2	185	Denver, Colo. (Kennedy)
YEGGE, W. Bernard	1917	4	G-T		170	Wiggins, Colo.
YELVERTON, Elijah	2023	83	TE	6-5	240	Royse City, Texas (Trinity Christian)
YOUNG, Brad	1978-79	58	NT-LB	6-1	220	Renton, Wash. (Renton)
YOUNG, Bruce	1988-89	7	SS	5-10	200	Carson, Calif. (Banning/Long Beach City College)
YOUNG, Darrin	1987	56	ILB	6-1	220	Commerce City, Colo. (Adams City)
YOUNG, Dave	1960-61	70	G	5-10	190	Aliquippa, Pa. (Aliquippa)
YOUNG, Noah	2023	58	ILB	6-1	220	Gulf Breeze, Fla. (Gulf Breeze)
YOUNG, Pat	1960-61	12	QB	5-10	170	Santa Monica, Calif. (Santa Monica)
YOUNG, Reggie	2023	70	OG	6-4	290	New Orleans, La. (Edna Karr)
YOUNG, Steve	1974-75	74	OT	6-9	270	Ontario, Calif. (Chaffey)
YURACHEK, Jake	2018	50	ILB	6-1	235	Friendswood, Texas (Friendswood)
ZAHARIAS, Dave	1966	52	C	6-2	210	Golden, Colo. (Golden)
ZANONI, August	1930					Denver, Colo.
ZEIGLER, Bob	1926
ZEIGLER, John	1942	22	B	6-0	175	Denver, Colo.
ZEIGLER, Walter	1914		C
ZETTERBERG, Mark	1976	4	PK	6-3	185	Bayport, N.Y. (Young)
ZIEGLER, Nick	1995-96-97-98	57	DE	6-5	250	Huntington Beach, Calif. (Huntington Beach)
ZILINSKAS, Hank	2023	58	C	6-3	285	Englewood, Colo. (Cherry Creek)
ZIMMERS, Ray	1907		E	6-0	165
ZISCH, John	1946-47-48	44	E	6-3	210	Johnstown, Colo. (Johnstown)
ZORDANI, Jim	1984	61	OLB	6-1	205	Denver, Colo. (Machebeuf)
ZUCKERMAN, Sam	1920		T		165
ZUMBACH, Jake	1971-72	79	OT	6-3	235	Binghamton, N.Y. (North/Nassau CC)