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From Marcus Houston to Antonio Alfano, a history of CU Buffs 5-star football players

The Colorado Buffaloes made headlines in the world of college football this week when head coach Mel Tucker announced that defensive lineman Antonio Alfano, a five-star recruit from New Jersey, was transferring from Alabama.

“The Pac-12 doesn’t get a lot of elite defensive linemen like that,” Brandon Huffman, national recruiting editor at 247Sports.com, told The Denver Post. “… And now (the Buffs) got a player that was the best in the country, with a renewed focus.”

How rare are five-star recruits? In 2019, there were just 30 high school seniors who earned the designation, 0.