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UCLA reached out to Colorado transfer DB Cormani McClain

UCLA reached out to Cormani.

The Colorado Buffaloes football program has seen a large number of players enter the transfer portal this spring. It has been a bit of a surprising move for Deion Sanders and the Buffs.

One of the biggest departures was former five-star recruit Cormani McClain, who infamously flipped from Miami to come to the Buffs last offseason.

As a result, McClain instantly heard from a number of schools in the portal, including UCLA. Here is a list of some schools that reached out to McClain, per Hayes Fawcett of On3. 

  • LSU
  • Oklahoma
  • Texas
  • Auburn
  • UCLA
  • Texas A&M
  • USC
  • Oregon
  • USF
  • UCF
  • Georgia

The Florida schools and USC are viewed as the favorites by many, although it will be interesting to see where McClain ends up.

His time in Boulder was underwhelming by every means, but he is a talented player with a few years of eligibility, and UCLA took a shot by reaching out.

LSU has reportedly reached out to Colorado CB transfer Cormani McClain

LSU seems to be pursuing one of the top players in the transfer portal.

One of the top players in the transfer portal has reportedly heard from the Tigers.

Former Colorado cornerback [autotag]Cormani McClain[/autotag] entered the transfer portal following spring practice after just one season with the Buffaloes and coach Deion Sanders.

He’s heard from 11 programs since entering the transfer portal, according to On3’s Hayes Fawcett, and LSU is one of them.

A former five-star recruit who ranked as the top cornerback in the country coming out of Lakeland High School in Florida, McClain had a wild recruitment in 2023.

He was widely projected to commit to Florida but stunned prognosticators when he pledged to Miami in October 2022. However, he flipped to Colorado in January after Sanders was hired and ultimately signed with the Buffaloes.

McClain appeared in nine games as a true freshman in 2023, making four starts. He recorded 13 total tackles with four pass breakups.

It’s not clear how actively LSU is pushing to land him, but his talent would certainly be a benefit to a secondary that still lacks some depth.

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Oregon Ducks reportedly reached out to CB Cormani McClain after Colorado transfer

Cormani McClain and the Oregon Ducks? A new report shows that there has been contact.

The Oregon Ducks are about as stacked as they can be at the cornerback position going into the 2024 season, but we know that’s not going to stop Dan Lanning from trying to add more top-rated talent if he is able to.

On Friday night, On3’s Hayes Fawcett reported that the Ducks are one of the many teams to have reached out to former Colorado Buffaloes cornerback Cormani McClain earlier this week after the former 5-star recruit entered the transfer portal.

McClain is going to be a sophomore in 2024. He was rated as the No. 1 CB and No. 14 overall player in the 2023 class. In his freshman year, he played in 9 games under Deion Sanders, with 13 tackles and 2 PBUs.

With the additions of Jabbar Muhammad and Kam Alexander this offseason, the Ducks are currently in a good spot when it comes to CB, but they can always work to develop McClain for the future and use him as much as he’s ready this year, should he be interested in that role.

We will see if the Ducks can get him to Oregon for a visit this spring.

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Could Texas have interest in Colorado CB Cormani McClain?

Cormani McClain says Texas is one of 11 schools that have contacted him since entering the portal.

One of the nation’s top cornerback prospects has entered the portal. Colorado defensive back Cormani McClain is looking to transfer and Texas is said to have expressed interest in bringing him to Austin.

McClain says he’s heard from 11 schools since he went to the transfer portal. Texas is one of those programs.

Should Texas bring McClain to the Forty Acres, it could be as much of a long term move as an immediate impact addition. That’s not to say that the former top cornerback recruit would not make an immediate impact, but rather that the Longhorns wouldn’t have to count on it.

Texas is in a good place at cornerback with Malik Muhammad, Jahdae Barron, Terrance Brooks, Jaylon Guilbeau and Gavin Holmes. The cornerback room has the starters and depth to compete in major college football. Albeit, McClain adds an upside that few players have at the college level.

The Longhorns don’t have to add McClain, but the move could make sense. The 2023 five star player ranked as the No. 1 cornerback and No. 13 overall player in the 247Sports composite. The Florida talent had 13 total tackles and two pass breakups as a freshman.

We’ll see if Texas adds any players who can play at Texas past the 2024 season.

Deion Sanders speaks on Cormani McClain entering the transfer portal

Coach Prime spoke on why things didn’t work out for Cormani McClain in Boulder

Colorado Buffaloes fans are still talking about cornerback Cormani McClain entering the college football transfer portal, and head coach Deion Sanders has now spoken on the matter.

On Wednesday, Coach Prime sat down with Ryan Koenigsberg and Jake Schwanitz of DNVR Buffs and touched on several topics, including McClain moving on from the Buffs. McClain, a former five-star prospect, came to Boulder with plenty of hype but had a bumpy true freshman season. Playing in nine games and starting four, he accumulated 13 total tackles and two pass breakups.

McClain received both praise and criticism throughout his true freshman season, namely related to his off-the-field work.

Over the past few weeks, rumors circulated that he was considering transferring, and McClain even appeared to deny those rumors in a recent YouTube video. On the second day of the spring transfer portal window (April 15-30), McClain finally announced he’d be entering.

Here’s what Sanders told DNVR Buffs about McClain moving on from Colorado:

“I pray to God that he goes to a program that challenges him, as well as holds him accountable and develops him as a young man,” Sanders said. “Unfortunately, we weren’t the program that could accomplish that. I pray that he understands that this is the second go around and go get it, because he has a tremendous amount of talent. But he has to want it.”

Check out Sanders’ full interview with DNVR Buffs below:

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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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Freshmen DBs Cormani McClain, Jaden Milliner-Jones making strides for Colorado

Freshmen DBs Cormani McClain and Jaden Milliner-Jones have made huge strides recently

No matter how highly ranked you are as a prospect, the leap from high school to college football rarely comes easy.

Colorado freshman Cormani McClain, a five-star recruit out of Florida, is an excellent example of that. While many expected him to start cornerback from the get-go this season, he didn’t make his first appearance on defense until Week 4 at Oregon. Head coach Deion Sanders hinted that McClain’s lack of playing time was due to an inadequate level of preparation.

More recently, however, McClain has found his footing and in turn, he earned his second start of the season on Saturday against Arizona.

“He’s been a lot more focused, a lot more understanding of the expectations in what we want from him, that we’ve challenged him tremendously all year long,” Sanders said of McClain after the Arizona game. “He’s stood up to the task over the last probably week and a half. I’m really, really proud of Cormani, I really am. He’s come a long way just to get on the field and stay on the field consistently. And I haven’t watched the film as of yet but what I saw with the naked eye, he played a viable game. With his play, we could have won.”

Another rookie defensive back who has grown this season is Jaden Milliner-Jones. Against Arizona, the DeSoto, Texas safety tied his season-high of three tackles and also recorded his first career pass breakup.

Veteran safety Cam’Ron Silmon-Craig was asked about Milliner-Jones’ development earlier this week:

“He’s grown up,” Silmon-Craig said. “He’s a Prime guy coming up… I’ve seen Jaden around all my life coming up through Prime. When he came here, I tried to put him under my wing and teach him which ways to go and who to hang around and what to pay attention to… He’s just been growing up a lot and understanding what he got to do. He’s going to be amazing. He’s somebody I look forward to. I believe in him so much. If we have to count on Jaden, I can count on him because he’s a young guy, but he has an older mentality. He’s really learning the game and learning how to prepare for it.”

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Five players who stepped up big for Colorado against USC

These five players stepped up big for the #cubuffs on Saturday

With Travis Hunter, Shilo Sanders and other key players out, several Buffs who hadn’t seen the field much this season, including a couple of true freshmen, stepped up when needed on Saturday against USC.

Yes, Colorado’s comeback attempt came up just short, but head coach Deion Sanders gained a good deal of confidence in multiple second and third-string players. The shorthanded Buffs even outscored the vaunted Trojans by 13 points in the second half thanks to their depth, something that many thought Colorado lacked heading into this season.

Below are five players who stepped up big for the Buffs on Saturday against USC:

Social media reacts to Deion Sanders’ latest comments on Cormani McClain

We’ve seen plenty of interesting reactions to Coach Prime’s latest comments on Cormani McClain. What are your thoughts?

With Travis Hunter out and Shilo Sanders’ status up in the air for the Colorado football’s game against the USC Trojans this weekend, the Buffs are somewhat thin in their defensive secondary.

One possible reinforcement, Cormani McClain, hasn’t played much this season, and head coach Deion Sanders has said why the five-star recruit isn’t being used.

On Tuesday, Coach Prime was asked about McClain again, and he went into even more detail this time, saying the talented true freshman isn’t putting in the work off the field.

Whether people like it or not, Coach Prime tells it like it is. Here’s how social media reacted to Sanders’ latest comments on McClain:

Deion Sanders explains why Cormani McClain hasn’t seen the field much early on

Coach Prime explained why five-star recruit Cormani McClain hasn’t seen the field much early on

The Colorado Buffaloes are without two-way star Travis Hunter for at least another week despite his insistence on getting back on the field.

Safety Shilo Sanders is also in danger of missing the USC contest after being hospitalized following the Oregon game, so the Buffs’ secondary is awfully thin at the moment.

In a perfect world, five-star cornerback Cormani McClain would slot right in and get the playing time, but he has barely played this season in what has been a bit of a surprise. During his weekly press conference on Tuesday, head coach Deion Sanders revealed why.

“Study and prepare. Be on time for meetings, show up to the darn meetings,” Sanders said when asked about McClain. “Understand the scheme. Understand what we are doing as a scheme, want to play this game, desire to play this game, desire to be the best in this game, at practice, in the film room and on your own time. You do know I check film time from each player so I can see who’s preparing? That’s not just about Cormani. If I don’t see that, you would be a fool to put somebody out there who’s not prepared. Can’t do it, won’t do it.”

This isn’t the first time that Coach Prime has spoken about McClain not being ready, although Sanders went into more detail on Tuesday than he had before. With USC and the loaded Trojans offense coming to town, it will be interesting to see if Coach Prime decides to throw McClain into the game.

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