Derrion Rakestraw is in his third year at the University of Colorado, yet it has only been this fall that he feels as if he has found a home with the Buffaloes.
Certainly Rakestraw has found Boulder welcoming enough. It is on the gridiron where the third-year sophomore has lived an unsettled existence. Recruited as a wide receiver out of Woodstock, Ga., Rakestraw has twice changed positions before finding his way into the rotation this season at safety.
While it has been a rough few weeks for the Buffs' injury-depleted secondary, Rakestraw provided one of the few highlights for the Buffs defense last week at Arizona, taking advantage of his first career start in place of injured strong safety Evan Worthington to record his first interception at a critical juncture.