During a recent practice, Colorado defensive line coach Kwahn Drake watched as the lessons from previous practices sunk in for a young walk-on.
"I had just been trying to get him to work a certain technique," Drake said. "He didn't make the play, but just to see him know, be on time to the one gap, work the releases and do the things that we're talking about, you could see the child in him, like, 'Yes, I made my coach happy!'"
In his first season with the Buffaloes (3-0), Drake said he has had those types of moments with "every one of them" in his group, and it's been incredibly satisfying for him.