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Freshman QB Kasen Weisman entering portal following redshirt season at Colorado

Kasen Weisman, a freshman QB who redshirted at CU this season, is entering the transfer portal

The transfer portal is alive and well with the 30-day winter window now open. As of this writing, Colorado has seen seven players enter so far, including five scholarship holdovers from the Buffs’ 2022 roster.

Kasen Weisman, a freshman quarterback who took a redshirt this season, became one of the latest on Monday, formally announcing his decision via X. The class of 2023 three-star Georgia prospect thanked head coach Deion Sanders and former Colorado offensive coordinator Sean Lewis in his post:

“I want to thank Coach Prime and coach Lewis for giving me the opportunity of a lifetime to play football for the University of Colorado,” Weisman wrote. “I am forever grateful. Due to some recent changes and a lot of talks and hard thought, I have decided to enter my name into the transfer portal with four year of eligibility.”

His mention of “recent changes” is likely in reference to Lewis leaving Colorado for the head coaching job at San Diego State, but other factors could also be at play.

Weisman was previously a Kansas commit before signing with the Buffs last December.

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Deion Sanders ‘unsatisfied’ with CU Buffs’ backup quarterbacks

Colorado’s backup QB spot remains up for grabs

There’s pretty much no question that Shedeur Sanders will be the starter for the Colorado Buffaloes football team this fall. He followed his father Deion Sanders from Jackson State and has a ton of potential.

But injuries are always a possibility, and the backups need to be ready for any situation. With fall camp underway and the season a couple of weeks out, Coach Prime opened up on the battle for the No. 2 QB spot, and it doesn’t sound like he’s satisfied just yet.

“I don’t know if they’ve emerged,” Sanders said at CU’s fall sports media day. “They’re doing well, but we’re still unsatisfied. It’s tough to satisfy us, our whole staff…. We’ve got to find that guy that we can trust. He’s in-house, we’ve just got to develop him.”

Coach Prime has high expectations for everybody on the team, so this isn’t entirely surprising. Besides Shedeur Sanders, the Buffs have a pair of true freshmen in Ryan Staub and Kasen Weisman who are both on scholarship. Apart from that, they have a pair of walk-ons: Gavin Kuld and Colton Allen.

Staub has been the presumed favorite but as of now, nothing has materialized.

It’s going to be a close race for the No. 2 job.

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Colorado football 2023 state of the position: Quarterback

Our position-by-position breakdown of the 2023 #cubuffs begins at QB

We are quickly approaching a new era of Colorado Buffaloes football. After the hiring of head Deion Sanders, there has been an excitement level around Boulder that hasn’t been seen in over 20 years. We now stand less than two months from the Sept. 2 kickoff against TCU.

Prior to last season, I previewed each position group and with all of the recent changes to the roster, it should be valuable to learn about the new players who will be taking the field for the Buffs this fall.

What better way to start than with the most crucial position in all football? Let’s take a look at the quarterbacks of the 2023 CU Buffs:

Sean Lewis speaks on importance of QB depth for CU Buffs

Developing (or adding) QB depth behind Shedeur Sanders should be a priority heading into next season

Barring an unfortunate injury or unlikely transfer portal addition, Shedeur Sanders is going to be Colorado’s starting quarterback in the 2023 opener at TCU.

The Jackson State transfer stands well above anyone else in a Buffaloes’ QB room that currently includes returning backup Drew Carter, incoming freshman Ryan Staub and walk-on Colton Allen. Class of 2023 signee Kasen Weisman is also expected to join the program prior to next season.

Of those four behind Sanders, only Carter has taken college snaps. It would make sense for head coach Deion Sanders to add a more experienced backup QB from the portal but if that doesn’t work, offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Sean Lewis has some developmental work ahead of him.

Following the Buffs’ third spring practice last Wednesday, I asked Lewis about the importance of QB depth behind Shedeur Sanders:

“They’re learning, they’re growing,” Lewis said. “It’s day three for everyone of live reps and me getting after them a little bit and pushing them to go. I need to see the mental errors go down and I need to see them value the football and maximize their calculated shots. It’s critical to have as much depth at that position across the board so that we can have as much competitive maturity within our offensive unit to have success, right? We all know how this game goes. You have injuries, you can’t predict anything. My last game at Kent State, we beat Buffalo with our fourth-string walk-on quarterback. We need to make sure that everyone’s ready to go with that next-man-up mentality.”

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Colorado on a Roll: New 3-star QB says ‘We are about to change college football’

Boulder, Colorado has suddenly become the center of the football universe.

Boulder, Colorado has suddenly become the center of the football universe. The arrival of Deion Sanders as head coach at Colorado has set off a storm of excitement and a surge in the team’s recruiting business.

The latest to join the class of 2023 is South Paulding (Ga.) three-star quarterback Kasen Weisman, who signed on Christmas. Commenting on his decision, Weisman (6-foot-2, 180 pounds) alluded to Sanders’ history as a winner, per Steve Wiltfong at 247 Sports.

“The staff is elite and they are all winners. They know what it takes to become champions and I want to be around those types of people… We are about to change college football. And I wanted to be a part of it. There is about to be a lot of winning going on in Boulder!”

27 other schools made offers to Weisman, including Florida State, South Carolina, Wisconsin and California.

He wasn’t their only holiday weekend recruit, either. On Christmas Eve, four-star wide receiver Omarion Miller committed.

On Monday the Buffaloes got another blue chip prospect on board, as Omar White (6-foot-2, 305 pounds) from Valdosta (Ga.) announced his commitment via Twitter.

According to On3 White is the No. 83 overall prospect in the class of 2024, the No. 7 ranked DL and No. 13 player in Georgia. However, 247 Sports has him slotted No. 24 among DL in his class and No. 34 in the state.

White also had 27 other offers to choose from, including Alabama.

More recruiting stories

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4-star WR Omarion Miller commits to Colorado

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