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Darian Hagan impressed by incoming freshmen backs Victor Venn and Anthony Hankerson

The ceiling is high for both Victor Venn and Anthony Hankerson

Darian Hagan, of course, has seen a lot of Colorado football. From his dominant playing career to his now second stint as running backs coach, the 1990 national champion’s words have some weight.

That’s why I was particularly intrigued when Hagan spoke very highly of his incoming freshmen backs. Hagan compared Victor Venn’s speed to Brian Calhoun and Hugh Charles and also found a few similarities between Anthony Hankerson and Eric Bieniemy.

“I’m putting a lot on him and I’m raising the bar, but he reminds me of a guy I played with from 88-91, Eric Bieniemy — the same stature, same physicality, they talk alike, they’re both alpha dogs and they’re hungry and they’re smart,” Hagan said. “They’re not going to be denied because of their stature.”

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Colorado commits Victor Venn and Aubrey Smith navigating state title run, visited by Dorrell and assistant coaches

These Colorado Buffaloes commits are doing work in their state championship run.

The Colorado Buffaloes football season concluded and now is the time to switch over to the recruiting side of things.

The Buffs have been busy getting recruits and also busy losing players to the transfer portal, with La’Vontae Shenault, Keith Miller III and Ashaad Clayton among those deciding to leave Boulder and head elsewhere.

Nonetheless, the Buffs still have a lot of talent coming in, including three-star running back Victor Venn from Buford High School in Georgia.

The Buffs’ commit exploded for 195 yards on the ground in a 27-0 victory over Lee County in the 6A Georgia quarterfinals, and he followed that up with 103 yards on 17 carries and a score in the semifinals.

Venn, who committed in March, has a lot of talent and the Buffs should be excited about bringing him on board.

But Venn isn’t the only future Buff on Buford’s roster. Three-star linebacker Aubrey Smith more recently committed to CU on Oct. 22. Smith also got a visit from Dorrell, along with inside linebackers coach Mark Smith. In the state semifinal game, he came up with a big tackle for a loss.

Buford’s pair of Colorado commits will face Langston Hughes on Friday in the state championship game.