BOULDER — When Chidobe Awuzie arrived in Boulder as a University of Colorado freshman in 2013, he had a goal and a dream.
As far as his family was concerned, the goal — a college degree — was non-negotiable.
The dream — a chance to play in the National Football League — was up to him.
In typical Awuzie fashion, he not only achieved both, but did so in outstanding fashion.
Last December, Awuzie earned his degree from the Leeds School of Business, reaching the goal in 3½ years — a timespan considered excellent for any student, and almost mind-boggling for anyone involved with the time demands and rigors of Division I athletics.