Tag: Colorado Football

USC on short list for Colorado transfer cornerback Cormani McClain

USC has its eye on Colorado’s Cormani McClain in the portal, according to one 247Sports analyst.

The USC Trojans are shopping for players in the spring transfer portal window. College football insiders think the Men of Troy have a realistic shot at Colorado cornerback Cormani McClain, who recently entered the portal.

Buffaloes Wire has more on McClain:

“Cormani McClain, the prized signing of Colorado football’s 2023 recruiting class, is entering the NCAA transfer portal, as first reported by On3’s Hayes Fawcett on Tuesday.

“A former five-star prospect, McClain spent only one season with the Buffs, playing in nine games with four starts as a true freshman cornerback. The one-time Miami commit recorded 13 total tackles, two pass breakups and one TFL.

“McClain’s decision proves again that smoke typically means fire in today’s era of college football. Rumors had been circulating for some time that he was thinking about transferring.”

247Sports national college football recruiting analyst Tom Loy has identified USC and South Florida as two programs at the forefront of the scramble to claim McClain. Doug Belk would love to be able to make this addition to his 2024 secondary in Los Angeles.

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Colorado transfer portal is going crazy again under Deion Sanders

Colorado has zero returning starters from its 2023 offensive line.

The Colorado Buffaloes, under Deion Sanders, are once again lighting up the transfer portal with both departures and arrivals. Last year’s Colorado roster was a product of a huge influx of transfers after a mass exodus out of Boulder. This year’s roster might not endure as many changes as the 2023 roster did, but there’s still quite a lot of movement at Coach Prime’s program.

Buffaloes Wire reports that 2023 starting offensive lineman Savion Washington is hitting the transfer portal.

“An Akron, Ohio native, Washington missed some time last fall due to an ankle injury but still managed 660 snaps across 10 games played. He finished the season with a Pro Football Focus pass-blocking grade of 69.4.

“Washington’s departure is somewhat expected considering how much talent head coach Deion Sanders has added this offseason on the offensive line. With about two weeks remaining in Colorado’s spring camp, Indiana transfer Kahlil Benson appears to be O-line coach Phil Loadholt’s top option at right tackle.”

CBS Sports college football reporter and analyst Shehan Jeyarajah notes that Colorado now has zero returning offensive line starters from 2023 with Washington’s exit. While it’s true that Colorado’s offensive line was not particularly good last year, having a completely new line is far from an ideal situation at any college football program. Constant large-scale restructuring of rosters invites a lack of continuity and stability, which shows up in a negative way at some point in a season.

One wonders if Deion Sanders can make this mad-scientist formula work at Colorado.

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Does USC’s defensive recruiting momentum strengthen five-star Julian Lewis’ commitment to the Trojans?

Julian Lewis has noticed USC’s surge in defensive recruiting. He is paying attention.

You might have noticed that Buffaloes Wire covered a recent visit by Julian Lewis to Deion Sanders and Colorado. We took note of that. People are wondering how secure Lewis’s commitment to USC truly is.

Lewis, the five-star quarterback prospect, has recently had unofficial visits Colorado and Auburn. BamaOnLine.com reported he will be at Alabama on Thursday for a spring scrimmage.  

It’s not time to panic, Trojan fans. Lewis will be on an unofficial visit to USC this weekend according to multiple sources. He made no secret of how excited he was that USC was able to lock down five commitments over the past weekend, four of them for Lewis’s 2025 class and another for 2026.

“I was surprised,” Lewis told 247Sports. “I’m just getting to know the guys in 2025 that play defense because they played in a different classification than me as well. So even though they’re in Georgia, we didn’t know each other. We’ve said what’s up but that’s about it. Coach Riley made a crazy D-line coach hire and now all the guys want to play for him. So it’s exciting to see for sure, because that’s kind of what everyone talks about is SC can’t play defense. So if they can get national recruits on both sides of the ball, it can change that narrative.” 

USC’s defensive coordinator, D’Anton Lynn, and his staff did their job last weekend by bringing in four defensive blue-chip commits for the 2025 class. Now Lincoln Riley and Luke Huard, the newly-named quarterback coach who moved from inside receiver coach, need to continue to cultivate their relationship with the young quarterback from Carrolton, Georgia.

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Deion Sanders wants Travis Hunter and Shedeur to leverage their future NFL Draft destinations just like Eli Manning

Deion Sanders knows exactly where he wants Travis Hunter and son Shedeur to play.

Deion Sanders is putting the NFL on notice. He has an idea of where he wants Travis Hunter and son Shedeur Sanders to be drafted in 2025, and if the wrong teams take them, “it’s going to be an Eli,” he said.

Sanders was a guest on the Million Dollaz Worth of Game podcast when he predicted Sanders and Hunter would both be top-four overall draft picks, with one going No. 1. But he cautioned about the possibility of that changing based on the teams picking. He has destinations in mind for them and his other son, Shiloh.

“I know where I want them to go. So, it’s certain cities that it ain’t going to happen,” Sanders said before referencing Eli Manning, who famously requested a trade from the San Diego Chargers to the New York Giants after being drafted first overall in 2004.

On first listen, Sanders’ comment reeks of an entitlement those players haven’t earned yet. They were certainly standouts at Colorado last season, but better players have come and gone without being able to leverage their way to an ideal draft destination.

However, just because players haven’t been able to leverage where they go as much in the past doesn’t mean it shouldn’t and won’t happen more in the future. We’ve been conditioned to accept the draft as a legitimate process to determine where people get to work, but the more power college players gain through NIL and brand deals, the more we could see the tide shift. There isn’t a more ideal situation to help push that change than having one of the NFL’s greatest players with a star quarterback as a son and a two-way defensive back as his star pupil.

Manning knows all about that and appeared to approve the message, with a tweet saying “I love me some Deion.”

All of this falls apart if Shedeur and Hunter don’t put up good enough film in 2024. But if they do their part, this will be something to monitor going into next year.

Ready for ‘Primetime’: Deion Sanders, Colorado (finally) land 5-star Jordan Seaton

Jordan Seaton commits to Colorado on Friday.

The twists and turns of Jordan Seaton’s recruitment saw the five-star offensive lineman land back at Colorado on Friday afternoon. This represents a major – albeit scary – recruiting win for Colorado head coach Deion Sanders.

The consensus top offensive lineman in the nation, Seaton had been a verbal to Colorado for nearly two weeks prior to the early signing period, appeared to have opened up his commitment on Wednesday. There were rumors that Maryland was making a push for Seaton and would land the prospect.

But instead, it appears that Seaton is staying firm with Colorado and coach Sanders.

He is a 6-foot-5, 295-pound offensive tackle from IMG Academy (Bradenton, Florida).

 

IMG finished fifth in the nation in the USA TODAY HSS Super 25.

Seaton is an impressive prospect who has a good frame to add some more size and strength. He moves well and fluidly, with the ability to get downfield and block.

He finishes his blocks well and was tested every day in practice at one of the nation’s top prep programs.

Colorado commit (?) Jordan Seaton may not be committed to Deion Sanders anymore

Jordan Seaton remains un-signed and perhaps un-committed.

The recruitment of Jordan Seaton will continue, with the five-star offensive tackle not signing on Wednesday with Colorado and head coach Deion Sanders, as had been the plan.

The consensus top recruit offensive lineman in the nation, Seaton committed to Colorado two weeks ago in an appearance on FS1’s ‘Undisputed.’ Now, Seaton’s recruitment is very much up in the air, including a cryptic social media post on Tuesday night that now seems to be indicative of the offensive lineman’s decision being stretched out further.

He is the No. 11 prospect in the nation by 247Sports.

The landing of Seaton was an impressive and meaningful recruiting battle for Sanders as he went head-to-head with some of the best programs in the nation to land the offensive tackle. It will be fascinating – and perhaps telling – to see if Sanders can land Seaton now a second time in as many weeks.

Maryland and Oregon are reported to be involved now with Seaton. The Ducks have been impressive in the early signing period with a couple of high-profile flips on Wednesday.

Seaton has not posted on social media since Tuesday when he had his cryptic tweet:

 

At 6-foot-5 and 287 pounds, Seaton is coming off a strong season for IMG Academy (Bradenton, Florida). IMG finished fifth in the nation in the USA TODAY HSS Super 25.

 

KingJoseph Edwards is down to three schools with FSU visit pending

KingJoseph Edwards breaks down his recruitment with Florida State up next weekend.

Four-star defensive lineman KingJoseph Edwards is down to three schools with a commitment coming next week. Edwards took an official visit over the weekend to Syracuse and has an official to Florida State this weekend.

A 6-foot-4, 230-pound defensive lineman from Mill Creek (Hoschton, Georgia), Edwards is the No. 20 edge rusher in the nation. He took an official visit to Syracuse last week and will be at Florida State this weekend.

Colorado is the final program in the mix for Edwards, who will be making his commitment on Dec. 19.

Syracuse became a contender for Edwards following their fire of [autotag]Fran Brown[/autotag] last week. The Orange’s new head coach was formerly the safeties coach at Georgia. Prior to that, he was the secondary coach at Rutgers.

“(The) Weekend went really well. Spent the majority of the time with coach Williams (defensive ends coach Nick Williams) and coach Fran,” Edwards told USA TODAY High School Sports.

“They’ve been in my top three since coach Fran got there and then coach Williams.”

Throughout the weekend, Edwards was all over social media about his official visit to Syracuse. The program made some moves this weekend with Edwards.

“I’m thinking I want to major in physical therapy or physician assistant. They partner with a school of medicine that will allow me to major in either one of those,” Edwards said.

“We went out all weekend; people from the community were stopping me telling me they needed my help to build the program. It was a good feeling. The school is in downtown Syracuse – I liked it.”

Edwards has made multiple visits to Florida State.

“Well (it is) good – I mostly speak with Fuller (defensive coordinator Adam Fuller) and Novell (head coach Mike Norvell),” Edwards said.

“I’m eager to see how things go this weekend.”

Jordan Seaton, a 5-star offensive tackle, commits to Colorado football

Jordan Seaton made a shocking pick for Colorado football.

Rumors of head coach Deion Sanders’ demise appear to have been greatly exaggerated. Thursday’s commitment from five-star offensive lineman Jordan Seaton is further proof that Colorado football, despite a rough for weeks, is still quite the force to be reckoned with.

Seaton, a 6-foot-5, 295-pound offensive lineman from No. 4 IMG Academy (Bradenton, Florida), is the No. 19 recruit in the nation according to ESPN. He was the highest-ranked player in the nation who was un-committed.

He picked Colorado from a stacked offer list that included Alabama, Ohio State and Tennessee among others.

Moving well and lightly on his feet, Seaton is able to slide and plant very well. He has some nuance to his blocking and quick hands that allow him to adjust almost effortlessly to any kind of a rush.

Seaton has good power and strength but also has a frame that could easily blossom in the Colorado strength and conditioning program.

In the last few weeks, Colorado has been hit with questions about the direction of their program. After a strong start to their first season under Sanders, Colorado stumbled and finished 4-8 with six straight losses to close out the season.

 

A couple of recruits in the 2024 class de-committed and several starters entered the transfer portal this past week.

But landing Seaton certainly gets some of the mojo back for Colorado.

Snoop Dogg’s Amazon Prime flick ‘Underdoggs’ has football royalty, including Deion Sanders and Michael Strahan

Snoop Dogg, hilarious one-liners and football? Sign us up.

Snoop Dogg is a national treasure.

If you’ve been paying attention over the last few months, Snoop has been turning heads across the internet in the best possible. As a lyrical connoisseur, he made the bold decision to partner with Chris Stapleton earlier this year to reimagine the Monday Night Football theme song.

Then, he followed that up by doing perhaps the most Snoop Dogg thing ever. In a stroke of pure genius, he absolutely nailed his new campaign with Solo Stove by telling his fans he was “giving up smoke.” The news left his supporters reeling for several days, only for him to announce in November that the move was related to smokeless firepits.

Now, he’s back with more jokes in a new movie called The Underdoggs, a comedy that loosely pays tribute to Snoop’s work as a youth football coach in Long Beach, California.

On Wednesday, Amazon Prime dropped the trailer, and it looks glorious.

(Warning: NSFW language.)

The movie debuts on January 26, 2024, and includes a star-studded supporting cast with Mike Epps, Andrew Schultz, Tika Sumpter and George Lopez.

It also features cameos by Deion Sanders, Michael Strahan and the Fox NFL studio team.

Jerry Jones met with Deion and Shedeur Sanders and NFL fans couldn’t help but speculate what it meant

Jerry Jones met with Deion and Shedeur Sanders before the Cowboys game on Thursday. Hm.

Ahead of the Dallas Cowboys’ game against the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday night, Dallas owner Jerry Jones had a very interesting meeting ahead of the contest.

Jones hobnobbed with Deion and Shedeur Sanders, the coach and quarterback of Colorado football, respectively.

Deion Sanders played for the Dallas Cowboys in the 1990s, and perhaps him meeting with Jones was just a friendly hello to the owner of his former team.

However, this did not stop NFL fans from openly speculating about what exactly this group could’ve been talking about, especially since Shedeur Sanders could declare for the 2024 NFL Draft sometime soon and Deion Sanders has been tabbed as a future NFL head coach.

While the Cowboys obviously have an excellent quarterback in Dak Prescott and a solid coach in Mike McCarthy, Jones is one of the most genuinely unpredictable owners in the NFL.

You never what that guy could be thinking, and this meeting had some folks wondering if JerryWorld could welcome back both Sanders sometime in the future in a, well, more official capacity.

It’s a long shot, but speculation never ceases.