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North Mesquite was 8-2 his senior year and 7-4 his junior year under
coach Steve Bragg; it lost in the first round of the playoffs both years,
both times by three points in overtime. He also lettered twice in
track (sprints, relays), and played two years of basketball.
ACADEMICS—He is undecided on his major at CU, but is interested
in business management. A member of the “A-B” honor roll as a
senior, and also made it once as a junior and sophomore.
PERSONAL—He was born May 28, 1985 in Paris, Texas. His hobbies
include video games and he has a keen interest in computers. He
would like to one day go into the restaurant business.
Season G Plays
TACKLES
UT AT-TOT TFL Sacks 3DS Hurr FR FF PBU Int
2003 10 326 20 4 — 24 3-14 1- 7 8 1 0 0 5 2
ADDITIONAL STATISTICS—Interception Return Yards: 2-6, 3.0 avg., 5 long (2003).
Special Team Tackles: 2,0—2 (2003).
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GERETT BURL, CB
5-10, 160, Soph., JC
Libertyville, Ill. (Libertyville/
Garden City CC)
AT COLORADO: This Season (Soph.)—Enters the fall listed first at
one of the cornerback spots, as his return to CU was most timely
with serious depth concerns at the position. He had a solid spring,
with 18 tackles in the three main scrimmages and an interception in
the finale (the spring game). He completed all requirements set forth
by the coaching staff to return to the team, as he was temporarily
dismissed for violating a team rule.
AT GARDEN CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE: 2003 (Fr.-RS)—He
started all 10 games at cornerback for GCCC, which posted a 5-5
record under coach Bob Larson. He recorded 48 tackles (36 solo),
with two interceptions for 48 yards, returning one for a touchdown,
along added eight passes broken up. He enrolled at Garden City
after being suspended from the team (not university) for violating a
team rule.
AT COLORADO 2002 (Fr.)—He saw brief action on special teams
against San Diego State in the second game of the season; he suffered
a season-ending shoulder injury that required surgery the
following week in practice and thus received a medical hardship
waiver for the season.
HIGH SCHOOL—As a senior, he garnered PrepStar All-America
honors (ranked as the No. 4 DB in the Midwest), while also earning
Football Report all-Midwest honors (both pre- and postseason), with
Rivals.com ranking him as the No. 53 cornerback in the nation. He
earned honorable mention all-state and all-conference honors at tailback,
and was all-area at both running back and cornerback. He was
also all-area as a junior and was all-conference as a sophomore and
junior, all at tailback. A three-year starter at running back and twoyear
starter at cornerback, he rushed for 1,000 yards and 12
touchdowns as a senior, when he was also in on 60 tackles, with nine
passes deflections, three interceptions and two forced fumbles. He
also had about 75 receiving yards on five catches and returned three
kickoffs for touchdowns. As a s junior, he averaged 9.5 yards per
carry In rushing for about 900 yards and 10 scores, catching passes
for 150 yards and another three touchdowns, and added four more
scores on kickoff returns. He had 60 tackles on defense, with eight
passes broken up, two interceptions, a fumble recovery and a forced
fumble. He rushed for 850 yards and nine touchdowns and caught
51
passes for 250 yards and two scores as a sophomore. Top career
games included an seven carry, 154-yard, three-touchdown effort
against Marion Central, and a 180-yard, 3-TD performance in a win
over Antioch, both as a senior. And against Zion Benton, also as a
senior, he had 150 yards in kickoff returns, including a TD, and
rushed for another 120 yards and a score. Libertyville was 7-4 his
senior year, 9-2 his junior season (conference champs both years)
and 6-4 his sophomore year under coach Randy Kuceyeski. He also
lettered four times in track, participating in sprints and jumps
(career best of 21-9 in the long jump, conference champ in the 300
hurdles as a freshman).
ACADEMICS—He is majoring in history at Colorado.
PERSONAL—He was born August 8, 1983 in Denver, attending both
elementary and middle school in the Denver metro area. His hobbies
include working out, participating in all sports and listening to
music. He has an incredible athletic bloodline: his father, Gerald, and
two uncles (Farley, Gerald’s twin, and Gary) ran track at Arizona
State and were members of the 1977 national champion team. His
grandfather, Alex “Bullet” Burl, played running back at Colorado
State and one year (1956) with the Chicago Cardinals; he also
coached track at Manual High School in Denver. Another grandpa,
Eddie Callaway, coached basketball (the first African-American to do
so in Colorado) and was principal at Manual, and an uncle, Donnie
Gatewood, is Montbello High’s (Denver) track coach and played
football at CSU. Another uncle, Eddie Callaway Jr., coached former
Buff Chauncey Billups at George Washington. A cousin, Dominique
Callaway, ran track at Notre Dame and Ohio State and was the
national record holder in the high hurdles, and yet another cousin,
Jan Keith Gatewood, played football at Northwestern. (First name is
pronounced jair-it, as in Jaret.)
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BRANDON CAESAR, TB
6-2, 215, Soph., VR
Broussard, Quebec CANADA
(Avon, Conn., Old Farms Prep)
AT COLORADO: This Season (Soph.)—Enters the fall listed third at
tailback. He received plenty of quality reps in the spring and ran
hard, gaining 107 yards on 26 carries in the three main spring
scrimmages (4.1 per carry, as he was fairly consistent as his two long
runs were both 12 yards).
2003 (Fr.-RS)—He saw action in nine games on both offense and special
teams; from scrimmage, he had eight carries for 21 yards, with
most of his action at Iowa State, where he carried five times for 16
yards. He had one knockdown block on special teams duty. He
toughed it out in spring practice, as he had 24 rushes for 49 yards in
the three scrimmages, with almost all of those carries against the
first-team defense.
2002 (Fr.)— He was recruited as a safety, but was on offense (tailback)
from day one after his arrival on campus. He missed about
seven weeks of practice in the middle of the season due to a turf toe
and dislocated shoulder. He won the Scout Team Offense Award on
two occasions, for the USC and Iowa State games. He continued to
attend prep school after he did not qualify to attend Colorado the
previous year, as he was a member of the Buffs’ 2001 recruiting class.
He made it this time around and arrived in Boulder in May to begin
working out.
2001—He did not initially qualify academically out of prep school,
thus did not enroll at CU; he remained in prep school.
HIGH SCHOOL—He attended Old Farms Prep in Avon, Conn., for