BOULDER — Because of weather problems that have affected a large portion of the country, it’s possible that Colorado and other schools may not be able to release the names of their entire recruiting class today.
With many high schools remaining closed a second day, some recruits may not have access to fax machines to send in their national letters of intent (NLI).
“If kids can sign their NLIs and scan them onto their computer, we can get them to send it in that way,” said Julie Manning, CU’s assistant athletic director for compliance. “But there could be some problems with the weather. We’ve been e-mailing the NLI administrators.”
Manning said CU had to reissue some NLIs because the originals “are stuck on a FedEx truck somewhere.”
Colorado has not changed its scheduled 3:30 p.m. news conference today to announce the first recruiting class under new coach Jon Embree.
Few if any of CU’s commitments are expected to come from the Midwest, which has been buried in snow.
Colorado State has a few players from the Midwest, including Missouri and Illinois. As well, some of the kids in Texas could have troubles getting in their letters.
“But it wouldn’t surprise me if some schools around the country have to move theirs back because of these weather problems,” Manning said Tuesday.
The weather has also affected in-state prep athletes who were planning on faxing in their letters today. Planned ceremonies at high schools around the state have been canceled or moved to Thursday.
Mullen linebacker Leilon Willingham has delayed his announcement of which school he will attend until Thursday.
