Sam Noyer, quarterback, Beaverton, Ore.
For many high school athletes, the recruiting process goes well into their senior season, but Sam Noyer got it out of the way early. As the first commit in CU's 2016 class, the senior year pressure was lifted off his shoulders a year before he ever stepped on campus as a Colorado Buffalo.
"I definitely wanted to commit early just so I could get it out of the way and focus on my senior year and I think that helped a lot," Noyer said recently. "My junior year there was a lot of stress on me with recruiting.