Connor Center

Wyoming

Sep 20 (Sat)

8:15 p.m.

Position:
Offensive Tackle
Height:
6-7
Weight:
270
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Clifton Park, N.Y.
High School:
Christian Brothers

AT COLORADO: This Season (Soph.) - He will move from tight end to offensive tackle beginning in fall practices, as he had bulked up 15 pounds in the early portion of the summer in preparing for the move. He had ended spring drills listed third on the depth chart at tight end. He caught one pass for 18 yards in the main spring scrimmages.

2014 (Fr.-RS) - He did not see any action, but did dress for two games (the season opener against Colorado State and the finale against Utah). He did practice at tight end all fall and saw scout team duty. He caught one pass for four yards in the main spring scrimmages.

2013 (Fr.) - Redshirted; he practiced the entire fall at tight end after being the next-to-last player to accept a scholarship offer, which he did in the late spring after he completed his high school baseball career.

HIGH SCHOOL - He did not play football in high school, but was an exceptional pitcher. As a sophomore at Shenendehowa High School, he posted a 6-2 record with a 3.00 earned run average and earned All-League honors. As a junior, he transferred to Christian Brothers Academy in Albany, where he was 2-0 mainly in a relief role; CBA won the Big Ten championship under coach Thomas Reinisch. In addition, in the summer prior to his senior year, he pitched for the South Troy Dodgers, who competed in the AABC Mickey Mantle League. He started seven games and pitched 35 2/3 innings; he was 7-0 with a 0.00 ERA, allowing only 11 hits and striking out 49. A right-hander with a nasty curveball, he also threw two no-hitters with seven shutouts.

ACADEMICS - He is majoring in Communication at Colorado.

PERSONAL - He was born May 3, 1995 in Schenectady, N.Y. His hobbies include playing golf, video games, baseball and lifting weights. He took it upon himself to send video of his workouts to several college teams, most of which took an interest in him despite the fact he had never played football; in the end, he selected CU over Miami and Syracuse (he also had lot of interest from baseball teams, and likely would have been selected in the Major League Baseball draft in June 2013 had he stayed with the sport). He did quite a bit of community service in high school, over 70 hours’ worth, including food drives and coaching youth.