CSU Rams DB D’Mon Brinson grateful for unexpected year | CFB Insider

FORT COLLINS — Back in the spring, Jim Mora said if the NCAA’s new “5-in-5” rule made Class of 2022 high school graduates eligible for a fifth season, he had a handful of players from UConn he’d bring to Colorado State “like that” and snapped his fingers.

There was no sweeping injunction or temporary restraining order granted to that group of players, and with no formal announcement of additions in the summer, it seemed like the Rams roster was the same as it was in the spring.

Then, in the season opener against Wyoming, an unknown to almost everyone inside Canvas Stadium wearing No. 1 came flying off the edge and hit Cowboys quarterback Tyler Hughes as he released the ball. The ball found…