Cliff Branch was a force to be reckoned with on the football field. Before his 14-year career in the NFL with the Oakland Raiders as one of the most dynamic wide receivers of his time, the man referred to as No. 21 was the original "Prime Time". A 5-foot-11, 170 pound receiver wouldn’t put fear in most defenders, yet for Branch, it was an art forum to pick apart opposing defenses at-will.
Branch said it best himself, "When teams prepared for the Oakland Raiders, number one-- they had to stop me."
After a two-year junior college stay at Wharton County in Branch’s home state of Texas, he decided to move north and commit to the University of Colorado in 1970.