When Colorado brought in Jim Leavitt in to be their new defensive coordinator and it became apparent he would be running a 3-4 defense, Justin Solis was all but sharpied in to be the number two nose tackle, but, like is the case so many times in sports, at the drop of a hat that changed.
Josh Tupou, the anchor of the Buffs defensive line and the projected starter at the nose, was dismissed from school, and all of the sudden the 6-foot-2, 325 puns Solis was no the projected number one.
“I was definitely taken back by it, it was a huge loss, he was one of the heart and souls of this defense,” Solis told BSN Denver.