CU Receiver Juwann Winfree Out For Season

Junior Suffers A Torn ACL; Will Undergo Surgery

BOULDER — University of Colorado junior wide receiver Juwann Winfree will be lost for the season after suffering torn knee ligaments in practice earlier this week, head coach Mike MacIntyre announced Friday evening.

The 6-3, 205-pound junior college transfer suffered the knee injury in Wednesday morning's practice. CU team physicians examined him twice, including late Friday afternoon, and the determination was made that he did in fact tear his ACL and will have to undergo season-ending surgery in the near future.

Winfree was making an immediate impact at wide receiver, as he was coming off a fine junior college season combined with some previous Division I experience at Maryland.

"We all really feel for Juwann, he is a phenomenal young man and has fit in really well on our team," MacIntyre said. "Unfortunately this is what can happen in football. But Juwann is a very positive young man and no doubt will work hard in his rehabilitation and will be back for 2017."

He arrived at Colorado with three years to play two in eligibility, thus can take a redshirt year for this season.

As a sophomore last year at Coffeyville Community College, he earned honorable mention All-KJCCC honors, when he was ranked as the No. 26 JUCO prospect in the nation and as the fifth receiver. He had 55 receptions for 837 yards and seven touchdowns; he had four 100-yard games in averaging 15.2 yards per catch.

He transferred to Coffeyville from the University of Maryland, where he played as a true freshman. He saw action in eight games (no starts), making 11 receptions for 158 yards and two touchdowns. His first career touchdown was a 30-yard reception at Indiana, and had his season high in both receptions and yards (4-80) at No. 13 Michigan State (one of those was a 31-yard touchdown).

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