When the Colorado Buffaloes signed Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders to become their next head coach, they likely assumed that he would help bolster the team’s recruiting efforts. Unfortunately for him and the program, Colorado’s high school recruiting class is shaping up to be a downright disaster.
As Chris Vannini of The Athletic points out, Deion Sanders and Colorado signed just five players on the Dec. 20 early signing day and there’s a chance they could lose five-star offensive lineman Jordan Seaton to Maryland.
“Colorado signed five recruits on Signing Day today, and that 5-star kid is unsigned and might flip to Maryland,” Vannini said in a post on X, the social media website that was formerly known as Twitter.
Colorado signed five recruits on Signing Day today, and that 5-star kid is unsigned and might flip to Maryland. pic.twitter.com/Ju0z3yryQc
— Chris Vannini (@ChrisVannini) December 21, 2023
Bluntly, this recruiting class has been nothing short of horrible for the Colorado Buffaloes in Sanders’ first season with the team.
Colorado currently has just the No. 99 ranked recruiting class in the country out of 128 FBS teams, and that ranking will fall considerably further if the team loses the commitment from Seaton.
It’s clear that this recruiting class has been a horrible failure for Sanders and his staff, and the college football world had a lot to say about it on social media as a result.
… Deion’s aware he can’t simply just transfer in 80+ new guys every season, right? https://t.co/Us4OtNK6GS
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) December 21, 2023
They had 373 offers out. Signed 5 out of HS. https://t.co/uydM59vLxV
— Kevin Burke (@CoachKevinBurke) December 21, 2023
I know Colorado mainly leans on the portal, but WOOF https://t.co/lO5xsDyPRB
— Stephen Osentoski (@StephenToski) December 21, 2023
Regardless of your opinion on Deion the coach, this isn’t sustainable https://t.co/lS2dCko2k6
— Ben (@Benbunchanumbas) December 21, 2023
They’ve labeled themselves as the best recruiting staff in the country https://t.co/BpOI8lFclh
— Nate Greer (@NateGreer26) December 21, 2023
I'm sorry, I have to retweet the same posts about #CUBuffs. It's absolutely hilarious watching #CoachPrime on YouTube flaunt his massive compound and working on his own brand instead of building relationships with high school recruits. What a clown show.😂😂😂😂 https://t.co/RgOIjJaT62
— Mike Butor (@phittisit) December 21, 2023
Sanders and Colorado will likely try to fix these recruiting shortcomings in the transfer portal, but that’s more of a short-term fix to the problem instead of a sustainable approach to building a long-lasting program.
