Of all the things Jon Embree learned in his first year on the job as Colorado's head football coach, this might be near the top of the list: When talking about your school's "recruiting footprint," think big, then go bigger. If you normally wear a 12, go for a size 13.

In a word, be expansive.

Embree and his staff initially might have been reluctant to step into the Washington, D.C., area to recruit, but that changed Wednesday and perhaps forevermore with the signing of "The D.C. Three" - a trio of highly rated defensive prospects from Washington's H.D. Woodson High School.

Corners Kenneth Crawley and John Walker and defensive linemen De'Jon Wilson were among 28 signees Embree announced in his Class of 2012, a group he promised "will make the Buffaloes better."

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