By BuffZone.com: Former CU Buffs and Raiders speedster Cliff Branch was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame as the senior candidate on Thursday.
Branch starred at Colorado as a receiver and also a track athlete.
A first-team All-American by the Football News as a senior in 1971 (honorable mention by the Associated Press), he was the recipient of the Zack Jordan Award as CU’s most valuable player that season.
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