{"id":857705,"date":"2026-04-06T22:57:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T22:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/857705\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T22:57:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T22:57:33","slug":"colorado-football-makes-top-five-for-2027-texas-edge-rusher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/857705\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado football makes top five for 2027 Texas edge rusher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado football wraps up spring camp this week, but the recruiting season is just heating up with many visits scheduled for Saturday&#8217;s spring game and the summer.<\/p>\n<p>One of those players is 2027 edge rusher James Harris Jr., a three-star recruit from Houston, Texas. Harris visited Boulder on March 31 for an unofficial visit and will be back on campus in June.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Harris announced his final five schools with the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/ncaaf\/teams\/colorado-buffaloes\/3424\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Colorado Buffaloes;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Colorado Buffaloes&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Colorado Buffaloes<\/a> making the cut along with North Carolina, Vanderbilt, Texas Tech and Miami. The Buffs face some stiff competition for Harris&#8217; signature.<\/p>\n<p>247Sports ranks the 6-foot-1, 225-pound product as the No. 82 EDGE and the No. 145 player from the state of Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado&#8217;s 2027 recruiting class currently only has one commitment, making every final list the Buffs make a recruit to watch.<\/p>\n<p>With the spring game coming up on Saturday, expect the recruiting momentum to pick up in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Charlie Strella\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charlie_strella\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:X;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;X&quot;}\" class=\"link \">X<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@charlie.strella\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Threads;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" 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