Heston Paige

Wyoming

Sep 20 (Sat)

8:15 p.m.

Photo by: Tim Benko, Benko Photographics

Position:
Center
Height:
6-5
Weight:
300
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Highlands Ranch, Colo.
High School:
ThunderRidge

AT COLORADO: 2019 (Soph.)—Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll … Did not see game action …. Dressed for two games, Colorado State and Washington … Was named the Offensive Scout of the Week leading into the UCLA game … He finished spring football as the back-up center.

2018 (Fr.-RS)—Named to the Colorado Chapter of the National Football Foundation All-Academic first-team … Played in two games and dressed for eight … Played eight snaps and had one perfect play on a passing touchdown … Played four snaps each against Colorado State and New Hampshire.

2017 (Fr.)—Redshirted; did not see game action … Dressed for the Colorado State game.

HIGH SCHOOL—Garnered first-team Colorado Class 5A All-State accolades his senior season as an offensive tackle and earned All-Colorado honors from the Mile High Sports Magazine … Was also a first-team All-Conference selection as a both a junior and senior … Under coach Joe Johnson, he helped the Grizzlies rush for 193.2 yards per game his senior year ... His top game that season came in a 35-13 win over rival Mountain Vista when he helped the Grizzlies rush for 403 yards and score five touchdowns ... Between his junior and senior seasons he participated in the Blue-Grey All-American Combine Colorado Regional that also featured fellow Buffalo signee Jalen Sami ... As a junior in a 14-10 win over No. 3-ranked Regis, he helped his team score 14 fourth-quarter points to come back and win ... His team went 7-5 and made it to the quarterfinals of the state playoffs his junior season, where they fell to Cherry Creek ... He also played on the basketball teams his freshman and sophomore seasons.

ACADEMICS—He is majoring in History at Colorado and pursuing a minor in Education … Was an All-State honorable mention academic selection as both a junior and a senior in high school where he carried a 3.6 GPA.

PERSONAL—He was born October 14, 1998 in Littleton, Colo. ... Hobbies include pick-up basketball games, baseball and hanging out with friends ... Father, Bill, lettered for UCLA from 1986-89 ... The elder Paige’s UCLA teams in 1987 and 1988 both won 10 games under coach Terry Donahue and finished the season ranked in the top 10 ... His sister, Laura, played softball at Northern Coloraod and was a Google Cloud 2018 CoSIDA Academic All-District selection … Laura set a new UNC single-season record with 42 walks her senior year when she led the Bears with nine home runs, a .558 slugging percentage and in the circle led the nation in walks allowed per seven innings with a 0.49 figure.