Part III of CU History Week is, by far, the dumbest part of the series. But no one told me no, so I’m going to publish this labor of love that began when I compiled a power ranking of the most iconic numbers in CU history. (#8 should be in the top 10, by the way, and #31 should drop down to honorable mentions.)
This a list of 99 numbers with the best ever player to wear it. For players who wore multiple numbers, their best years are attributed to the number they wore in those season — Deon Figures, for example, wore #21, #29 and #2, but he won the Jim Thorpe Award wearing #2.