Leon Fuller

Head coach, Colorado State, 1982 to 1988

College career25-55

Program liftNo. 715tied · of 1,290 tenures since 1937

Now

Career arc

Stats

Big games

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

4-8 against his rivals. Winless in 5 tries against Fisher DeBerry.

Rivalry record

4-8

33.3% · 2 rivals

One-score games

11-17

39.3% · margin ≤8

Against Blue Bloods or better

0-2

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

Wyoming3-443%

Colorado1-420%

The toughest matchup

vs. Fisher DeBerry0-5

5 meetings, 1984–1988

’84 L’85 L’86 L’87 L’88 L

0% win rate across a real, 5-meeting series — short of the bar this site uses before badging a series “Nemesis.” Shown here as the toughest matchup on record, not an algorithmic crown.

Performance by opponent class

Blue Blood

0-2 0.0%

Power Program

1-10 9.1%

National Program

2-17 10.5%

Regional Program

20-25 44.4%

Building the roster

Two numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.

1Roster ownership
2The NFL pipeline

Roster ownership

This coach's entire tenure (1982-1988) predates 2021, when transfer-portal tracking begins in this database. Portal usage cannot be measured for this tenure at all -- this is not the same as '0% portal'.

“His own” means the player arrived while he was head coach; “inherited” means a predecessor brought him in.

The NFL pipeline

at least7Drafted

players drafted into the NFL off his teams here (a floor — see the note below). None can be traced to who brought them in — there’s no roster record for these players here. 1 went in the first round.

At least 7 — the draft class following his 1987 season is missing from this table entirely; and his 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988 seasons predate the modern 7-round draft, so this table’s pre-1994 pick counts are a floor, not a full count, for those seasons.

0 roster-verified · 7 estimated

Most recent picks first

Year	Pick	Player	Pos	NFL team	Note
1987	R1.06	Kelly Stouffer	Quarterback	St. Louis Cardinals	Estimated
1987	R6.03	Steve Bartalo	Running Back	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Estimated
1987	R7.21	Steve DeLine	Place Kicker	San Francisco 49ers	Estimated
1986	R3.11	Terry Unrein	Defensive End	San Diego Chargers	Estimated
1985	R4.26	Keli McGregor	Tight End	Denver Broncos	Estimated
1984	R5.18	Kevin Call	Offensive Tackle	Indianapolis Colts	Estimated
1984	R6.18	Terry Nugent	Quarterback	Cleveland Browns	Estimated

A pick counts toward his tenure when the player’s final college season was one he coached, a checkable rule rather than a claim about who developed the player. A blank note means the player is on a verified roster and arrived on his watch. “Estimated” means no roster record, so the final season is assumed to be the year before the draft.