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Caleb Fauria healthy going into 2022 season

Caleb Fauria is finally healthy going into his third season in Boulder

The Colorado Buffaloes will kick off the 2022 football season against the TCU Horned Frogs on Friday.

The quarterback room is still a bit cloudy, and TCU is also going to trot out at least a couple of different quarterbacks in the opener.

Colorado’s new-look offense, under new coordinator Mike Sanford, has some work to do to right the ship. The wide receiver room has a few accomplished weapons, but the tight end position (apart from Brady Russell) has yet to prove itself.

Caleb Fauria is the No. 2 TE and he’s finally healthy going into the season after a couple of injury-plagued seasons (h/t Brian Howell of BuffZone).

“I’ve been banged up since I got here in 2020. I played a little last year but I got hurt with my shoulder so I missed spring. But now I’m finally back and ready to go… I’m pumped. I haven’t played a full season since junior year of high school. I’m just really excited to get out there with the boys.”

There is a lot of youth on this Buffs team, meaning there will be lots of opportunities for these pass-catchers to make a role for themselves in the offense. Fauria has a ton of talent and was sensational in high school, and Colorado has been waiting a long time to see him fully healthy and ready to showcase his skills.

Maybe this will be the year.

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Behind starter Brady Russell, CU Buffs tasked with brining along young tight ends

Karl Dorrell talked about the Buffs’ tight ends not named Brady Russell

Head coach Karl Dorrell represented the Colorado Buffaloes at the Front Range Huddle on Wednesday and talked with the media about his football team. I took the opportunity to ask him about his tight end group.

As I’ve noted in previous posts, I’m really high on CU’s tight ends. They are a young, talented bunch and each player brings a unique set of skills to the table.

The group is led by senior Brady Russell, but a really young group waits behind him. So, I asked Dorrell how he plans on keeping the younger tight ends ready to play if need be.

“That’s a challenge because they have to accelerate their learning, whether they’re ready or not,” Dorrell said. “But we do feel the guys, the freshmen that are here, there’s only one that’s a true freshman that came back. Caleb Fauria is healthy now and he’s been here for a while. He’s technically a freshman (and) he should be okay. Eric Olsen’s the one that hasn’t had much time. He’s been on some special teams, but he’s made a lot of progres.”

There was one other name that has started to get some attention and that is redshirt freshman Austin Smith. Dorrell expanded on how Smith could become a dynamic weapon for CU

“He’s (Smith) the one guy to me that I think has a unique skill set in terms of he can really be a dominant player,” Dorrell said. “He just can’t see that in himself yet. He’s the one in all of the three, he’s probably the youngest in terms of maturity.”

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Previewing Colorado football’s 2022 offense

After going position-by-position last month, we broke down CU’s entire offense and looked at the best and worst-case scenarios

Last month, we broke down the offense position-by-position to see where the Colorado Buffaloes stood before fall camp starts. You can find each of those breakdowns listed below:

The Buffaloes’ offense will be going through quite the transition this year as they only have four to five solid starters back. Numerous players will be battling for those other starting spots while an influx of new coaches brings a few new philosophies and plays to Boulder.

Let’s now tie a bow on the offensive outlook for the 2022 season: