BOULDER — Football instincts — the ability to read, react and make a play in a split second — are once again firing on all cylinders for Colorado junior Derrion Rakestraw.
Rakestraw, who came to Colorado as a wide receiver in 2016, is lining up at safety with the No. 1 defense alongside redshirt sophomore Isaiah Lewis this spring. It is his second spring at the position after making the switch in the fall of 2017, and while he did see action in seven games (262 snaps) last year in the secondary, he is just now feeling fully at home on the defensive side of the ball.