Colorado Buffaloes have 18 players enter transfer portal following spring game

Colorado Buffaloes gamers are taking the recommendation of head coach Deion Sanders to “go forward and bounce in that [transfer] portal.”

On Monday, 18 Colorado players entered the switch portal, bringing the whole quantity to enter the portal since Sanders took the job in Boulder to 41, based on The Athletic. 

Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders acknowledges the followers earlier than the Black and Gold recreation at Folsom Subject, April 22, 2023. (Andy Cross/MediaNews Group/The Denver Put up by way of Getty Pictures)

“You all know that we’re gonna transfer on from a few of the workforce members and we’re gonna reload and get some children that we actually determine with,” Sanders mentioned after the spring recreation. “So this course of is gonna be fast, it’s gonna be quick, however we’re gonna get it completed.”

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One of many gamers to enter the portal – broad receiver Montana Lemonious-Craig – placed on an enormous efficiency throughout Saturday’s spring game, recording three receptions for 154 yards and two touchdowns. 

“Throughout the course of my time on the College of Colorado, I’ve been lucky to cross paths with many outstanding people who’ve performed a major function in my journey,” Lemonious-Craig wrote in a press release. 

Colorado Buffaloes broad receiver Montana Lemonious-Craig in the course of the USC Trojans recreation on Nov. 11, 2022, at United Airways Subject at The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. (Jordon Kelly/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Pictures)

“… I’m actually grateful for each one that has contributed to my school expertise. I’m significantly grateful for the honest folks I’ve had the pleasure of assembly throughout my time on the College of Colorado. The heat and kindness that I’ve skilled from the college, employees, and fellow college students has made my time right here actually particular.”

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The mass exodus is one other instance of Sanders shaking up the tradition in Colorado, as “Coach Prime” is making an attempt to resurrect a program that went 1-11 in 2022. 

In his first assembly with the workforce as head coach, Sanders made headlines by imploring returning gamers to “go forward and bounce in that [transfer] portal” as he was bringing gamers with him to Colorado.  

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Whereas his message induced a stir, it apparently was obtained properly inside the Colorado program. 

College of Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders takes the sphere for warmups earlier than the Black and Gold recreation at Folsom Subject, April 22, 2023. (Andy Cross/MediaNews Group/The Denver Put up by way of Getty Pictures)

“Just a little bit I assumed, ‘Dang, that may very well be construed as impolite, disrespectful,’ however on the similar time, he would not be right here if we did not want him,” Darian Hagan, former CU player and member of the soccer employees informed ESPN. “The reality is the reality, and he spoke the reality. The blokes that received within the portal, they did not should be right here, as a result of if you happen to let phrases persuade you to maneuver on and never combat for what you consider in and what you signed up for, you should not be right here.”

Colorado set attendance data for Saturday’s Spring Sport and this system has sold out of season tickets for the primary time in 27 years. 

Fox Information’ Paulina Dedaj contributed to this report