Spring practices came to an end on Saturday with spring games taking place across the country. The Colorado Buffaloes had their spring game televised on ESPN, which is rare in today’s era, as most programs either opt not to televise theirs or skip them entirely. The quarterback battle in Boulder features senior Kaidon Salter and freshman Julian Lewis.
This will be the first season in Colorado where head coach Deion Sanders won’t have his son, Shedeur, as his quarterback. The adjustment might take some time, but the Buffaloes are coming off a strong season—one Boulder hasn’t experienced in many years. Shedeur is expected to be selected anywhere in the first round of the NFL Draft.
"It certainly feels like his range ... is three to 21, and I don't like the chances of him going nine,” Adam Schefter said.
Sanders has been making headlines this week, especially after weighing in on the retirement of jerseys belonging to former Colorado players who didn’t play under him. This came shortly after both Travis Hunter and Shedeur Sanders had their jerseys retired on Saturday.
Earlier in the week, Sanders also called out Virginia for attempting to flip a second recruit from Colorado.
“Carter got offered the bag. Virginia you got to stop, I let you have one and didn’t say nothing about it,” Sanders said in a video.
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However, following the spring game, Sanders made one objective very clear during his postgame interview with Holly Rowe: he’s looking to bring in talent from the transfer portal. And he had a message for those considering Colorado.
“Anybody in the portal, You know I ain’t hard to find,” Sanders said.
Sanders and his staff are expected to be aggressive in the transfer portal, and judging by his comments, it likely won’t just be a few minor additions. The transfer portal has become central to modern college football, and Sanders is doing everything he can to leverage it and continue building momentum in Boulder.