When Deon Figures was a senior at Serra High School in Southern California, he had a lot of college recruiters contacting him. Included in that group was a young recruiting coordinator at Colorado ...

NEW YORK – When he was coming out of high school in 1988, Deon Figures was labeled as an “athlete” and the idea of playing on offense and defense was discussed with recruiters. “The ...

NFL veteran Deon Figures (Soc’93) was inducted into the 2014 CU Athletic Hall of Fame. As a Buff, he was an All-American Defensive Player of the Year in 1992 and won the Jim Thorpe Award. The ...

Cornerback Deon Figures was elected to the Class of 2024 last year. There are a total of 77 former FBS players on the ballot, comprised of eligible candidates who were named a first-team All ...

Kordell Stewart, Michael Westbrook and Deon Figures popped to mind. There’s many others but all fall short. Buff fans said goodbye, arguably, to two of the best players in school history.

Figures was an integral part of CU's lone national championship in 1990, recording a career-high 85 tackles as a sophomore. But, his senior season, in 1992, is when he stood out the most.