Colbern was born in Santa Monica, California. Before playing professional baseball, Colbern was an All-American at Arizona State University.
On June 18, 1976, Arizona State, then ranked #1, faced second ranked Arizona in the college world series. Arizona State was favored to win, because the top half of their line up, one that would include Colbern and future Dodgers outfielder Ken Landreaux was batting over .300. Behind the hitting of Ron Hassey and pitching of Steve Powers, Arizona pulled off the upset, 5–1.
Colbern was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 5th round of the 1973 MLB amateur draft out of Hawthorne High School. Colbern opted not to sign with Kansas City and instead chose to attend Arizona State. Colbern was an All-American as an outfielder. In his college career he was a career .352 hitter. In 1976, he had what might have been his best season, hitting 11 home runs while batting .361 with 78 RBIs. The Chicago White Sox drafted Colbern in 1976 in the second round of the MLB draft.

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