CU football: Mullen's Marcus McElroy taking time with decision

Mullen running back Marcus McElroy rushed for 1,430 yards and 21 touchdowns as a junior. (Karl Gehring / The Denver Post)

For the past several years, Mullen High School running back Marcus McElroy has known Cherry Creek teammates Dante Sparaco and Jonathan Van Diest.

The three are friends, but not close enough to where they talk or text all the time.

So, McElroy found it strange when, in late February, Sparaco and Van Diest both started texting him.

"We were all supposed to be visiting (Colorado) for junior day," McElroy said. "They never really text me. When they texted me, I was sort of surprised."

Sparaco and Van Diest kept asking McElroy, "What do you think about CU?"

Then, they let him know…