The NFL draft completed Saturday without Colorado Buffaloes tailback Phillip Lindsay among the 256 college football players selected. He called it “frustrating.” Yet, not long after the final pick, something strange happened.
Lindsay, a 5-foot-8 firecracker passed over by all 32 NFL teams despite a record-breaking CU career, was suddenly a hot commodity on the free-agent market. How many pro teams contacted the former Denver South star?
“I wanna say maybe 14,” Lindsay said. “It was bizarre because it was coming one at a time and I couldn’t wrap my head around it.”
Those who know Lindsay best weren’t surprised to learn the proud Colorado native signed with the Denver Broncos in a feel-good story almost too good to believe.