Editor’s Note: The second in a five-part series on Colorado football icons. The first one profiled Floyd Little.
He was ahead of his time, but Darian Hagan came along at the perfect time for the CU Buffs. If Lamar Jackson could throw for 3,600 yards and run for 1,600 in a collegiate season, what kind of numbers might a young “Mr. Magic” put up with today’s spread out, zone-read, high-tempo offenses?
“I tell the guys all the time, I wish I could’ve been able to run the zone-read, RPOs, play-action, all that stuff,” the longtime Buffs running backs coach and iconic former CU signal-caller said with a chuckle.