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Transfer Portal Tracker
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Most recent headlines …
1/1 – Not starting the New Year on a high note. Defensive back DJ McKinney confirms he will be leaving as well.
12/31 – A sour end to a sour year: Star freshmen defensive lineman London Merritt indicates he will enter the Transfer Portal;
12/29 – Backup quarterback Ryan Staub (one start; 30-55 passing; 427 yards; three touchdowns; four interceptions) decides to leave the team … Linebacker Reginald Hughes (played in all 12 games; 56 tackles – tied for third on the team) enters the Transfer Portal
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Scholarship Transfers leaving (26) … (new school) …
Quarterbacks … Ryan Staub (five games; one start; 30-55 passing; 427 yards; three touchdowns; four interceptions) …
Running backs … Dallan Hayden (played 10 games, no starts, 326 yards rushing) …
Wide receivers … Omarion Miller (played 11 games, ten starts. Led the team with 45 receptions for 808 yards and eight touchdowns) … Drelon Miller (played in 11 games; three starts; 46 carries for 134 yards; 20 receptions for 158 yards) …
Tight ends … Brandy Koeptz … (played in 12 games, no starts, in for 16 snaps on offense) …
Offensive linemen … Carde Smith … (played in three games, no starts, 11 snaps) … Tyler Brown (played in one game in 2025, no starts, five snaps) …
Defensive linemen … Jaheim Oatis (played 11 games, three starts, nine tackles) … Brandon Davis-Swain (played in nine game, eight starts, 15 tackles, 1.5 sacks) … Gavriel Lightfoot (never played) … Christian Hudson (played in four games, no starts, no stats) … Alexander McPherson (played in ten games, no starts, 16 tackles) … Tawfiq Thomas (played in four games, no starts, 12 tackles) … Tavian Coleman (played in five games, no starts, nine tackles) … Samuel Okunlola (played in one game, 33 snaps) … London Merritt (played in all 12 games, 25 tackles, eight tackles for loss) …
Linebackers … Mantrez Walker (played in four games, no starts, no stats) … Shaun Myers (played in 12 games, four starts, 36 tackles) … Reginald Hughes (played in all 12 games; 56 tackles – tied for third on the team);
Defensive backs … Tawfiq Byard (played in all 12 games, eight starts, led team with 85 tackles) … Terrance Love (played in one game before being injured, no starts, no stats) … Teon Parks (started the final three games as a replacement for DJ McKinney. 18 tackles for the season) … Noah King (never played a down) … T.J. Branch (never played a down) … John Slaughter (played in 11 games, three starts, 25 tackles) … DJ McKinney (started nine games before being injured; 35 tackles; one interception) …
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57 Replies to “Transfer Portal Tracker”
The Buffs were 3 and 9. Let them go. Total bots! They want the bag, nobody cares about anything else. Sorry, it is about money and tight ass CU alum don’t give back. That’s it. The game is ruined. It’s not even a game, it’s a joke now. The entire tradition is dying. So over college ball.
” It’s not even a game,”
got that right….its very big business. We might as well be rooting for Liberty Mutual vs Allstate in their competition which we probably see more on TV than anything else and wont do any of us any good
WTF???? How can Prime be losing all these good kids? We need some of them for stability, and if he can bring in a better one (not so sure about that anymore) it is nice to have some backups. He and CU should have been great selling points, but the better kids, not the worst are leaving. They all can’t be getting top dollar so this doesn’t make sense. Do the kids not like the coaching staff, all I read was how great they were and super motivators. Wish I had seen that all season long…
Oh well, Go Buffs and let’s see what the portal brings, but I’m not holding my breath for a top notch haul, though I’d really like one.
Maybe jmu and Tulane belonged as much as anyone else, after all? Geez, I hope the next game is more entertaining.
At least the good news is, there’s some new teams infused into the semis.
As to McKinney and other late portal announcements? Maybe there were negotiations that met their end? Who knows?
Let’s see what tomorrow brings.
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WOW
the CFP is turning out spectacularly. 3 of the biggest spenders couldn’t win their first game. Buckeyes got it shoved in their eye and Cody Campbell couldn’t even score. Maybe he should go back to buying oil leases with other people’s money. Not even to mention the raping of the corn.
It almost gives one a sliver of hope for ocllege football
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not really
Until Oregon – which has been trying to buy a title for 30 years – is eliminated, the season is still a bust.
Stuart, do you honestly believe all these players are leaving because they are going to get paid more elsewhere? Or, as other prominent CU alum are saying, the players are trying to make a statement about the staff and too many coaches are still missing it? Or a combination of both reasons?
I would say it’s a combination. There are over 3,000 players in the Transfer Portal – they all believe that they are worth more than what their current school is willing to pay.
I keep my sanity by remembering back in the spring of 2022, when I did player interviews for the podcast. To a man, they all thought they were going to the NFL … and these were players who played for the worst team in Colorado football history … and none of they were drafted.
That being said, in Year Four of the Coach Prime era, retention should be an easier goal to achieve. Not that there aren’t going to be defections (last season Ohio State won the national championship, and was a one of the favorites heading into this season, and yet 15 players still left the team), but CU should be able to target and retain its top players. Losing players like London Merritt and Alexander McPherson shouldn’t happen, period.
So, long answer to a short question, but I’m going with a combination of factors. Hopefully, starting tomorrow, the pendulum will start to swing in the other direction …
Actually there are 2 kinds of players in the portal. Those who are looking for a bigger payday or a simply just a payday and those who are just looking for some PT. There will be some overlap of course.
If Lewis does pull the portal trigger we will be left with 2 walk ons. Even so I would imagine Sanders would have to find the most serviceable back up if Lewis does stay put. I’m waiting to see what happens there.
Given Sanders record bring in players from the portal, maybe he should try one of the walkons. They might surprise.
On any roster there has to be a few players who aren’t the best practice players on the team that go en fuego when they are in a game situation where it means everything.
In CFB right now you are either a hunter or the hunted in the days to NIL. They’re probably about 20 hunters out there and unfortunately CU is being hunted.
I think there are 20 or so teams with real money way above 20mm and a bunch of teams with around what we have arounfd 20 mm. These kids have all of these agents who have never done this before, the contracts are all new and no oversight. No official discussions can happen yet so all of these are below the table and I really bet a lot of kids agents are getting one story, then blowing up the potential for their clients and I have a feeling there is going to be a lot of surprises and more kids not getting a power 4 opportunity.
Merry new year!
Sounds like Landon gonna get paid. Elsewhere. My two bits end of year charitable donation, not going to help on that front. Oh well. It all adds up. So we lost five guys we’d probably have liked to keep? Could be worse. Hopefully doesn’t get much worse. Before it gets better.
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I really wonder if he is going to be paid. In today’s environment there are going to be a lot of choices and a true sophmore that has a little production on a bad defense. I think these kids are being sold a bill of goods.
There’s definitely some of that. Thinking you’ll get paid or find a better opportunity is different than actually getting one. And if uncle Joe or aunt gene is your agent, you might not be getting a fair shake. As Nico may have learned.
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I wonder what is more common? A kid missing on the opportunity, whether playing time, nor winning or more $, or a staff missing on their evaluation, paying someone they shouldn’t have? They gotta be tracking that internally, and across the league, right?
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Good luck Ryan. Thanks for your efforts and enthusiasm here.
Well, the names are *getting* super depressing. We’re about one name (out of two players, you know who) from this becoming an absolute dumpster fire.
Miami game super thrilling. Google says this about broncos roster: https://www.si.com/nfl/broncos/onsi/news/stability-broncos-carry-over-39-players-2025-roster
That writer said sign of stability. Another from broncos wire said they had six key free agent losses, and another 8 lesser departures. So roughly 25%. And that is categorized as low. Does anyone care?
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OK, but 54 leaving out of 85 (And I seem to remember that we didn’t even have the full 85) is 63.5% And I suspect we’ll lose a few more guys before the transfer portal opens, then closes.
Are we at 54? I think that includes kids out of eligibility (most of whom aren’t moving up a level). So those are planned, accounted for, and planned to be replaced. By whom? Bigger question. But we will find out soon enough.
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Yes, includes those out of eligibility. Point is we’re looking at almost an entirely new team for next year. Kind of hard to maintain continuity (and interest). Maybe I’ll feel differently once we bring in 60-70 studs?
Apparently Dre’Lon’s out. That’s a bummer. Oh well. People have choices.
I’m curious to see where everyone lands, and who ends up coming to Boulder.
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Losing BDS is a big punch. Isn’t anyone locking up our good players to keep them here? Like pro-actively giving them pay for play $$ increases? Instead of waiting until its too late to try and match other offers?
They may have line item values. Look, this is what we can do. You want more? Good luck and go get em. Pretty sure that is how nfl free agency works.
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Sky is falling on Sonny and tcu too. Hoover portaling. One or the top qb’s on the market. Get it while ya can, I guess?
As to how do you support your team in these trying times when the kids are no longer indentured servants (getting paid under the table)? Ask any NFL or NBA fan. Their teams change rosters all the time. Fans seem to stick by their team, though.
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Hold on a minute. NFL and NBA players leave after a contract has expired. The problem is the NCAA has allowed this open system to happen due to ignoring it. The only solution is to make players employees and collectively bargain so that the sport can be stabilized. Indentured servant is a silly thing to say. No one forces these players to play college sports.
I totally agree on the contract piece. Binding. Both directions. Unions. Collective bargaining. Salary caps. Real revenue sharing across the entire enterprise (all of college football and basketball). There’s a lot to refine from the current state of play. Gotta go full pro model, really. And that can still include the educational component (even though we know we’re kinda kidding ourselves on that piece too).
My point about the NFL and NBA was merely responding to the “how do I root for my team anymore with constant roster churn” that seems to bother people w/ the newly transient nature of college athletics. Yet doesn’t seem to be an issue for the fans of their respective pro teams.
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I think it’s the amount of the turnover that’s so distressing/off-putting. Not sure how much turnover there was in the Broncos roster last year, but pretty sure it wasn’t anything like this. Here’s a list of the number of transfers for each Big 12 team, so far. Plus we’re losing what about 38 guys who have exhausted their eligibility? And we’re not done yet. I’d be fine if we were in the bottom half of this list, like BYU, Utah, etc, but we aren’t. At this rate we’re on track to have almost a completely new team next year.
OKS 33
WVU 19
CU 16
KSU 16
KU 13
Baylor 11
UCF 8
ISU 7
Arizona 6
ASU 6
Cincy 5
Utah 4
BYU 3
Houston 2
TCU 1
TTU 1
Fair enough. But one thing that sticks out from that list is that the volume of departures seems correlated with each team’s success. Or lack thereof.
As to the nfl, I don’t pay that much, if any, attention to roster churn. But I have heard Deion say something like 30% of an nfl roster turns over every year. Often including some star players. I doubt he’s wrong.
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I guess the sky must be falling on Eli drinkwitz and mizzou, too. Since apparently their starting qb is transferring.
I wonder if any other teams are losing projected starters.
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Wow. CU is losing all these four star recruits. That’s the downside. The upside? We actually have some former four star rated kids to lose. I’m with 83 and others. Gotta stay patient and see what the portal giveth, after the portal taketh. I still think Deion and Co have a solid core that’s sticking around that they’re building around. But, there’s no doubt some will find a bigger bag elsewhere. We’ll see how it all plays out.
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What happened to players wanting to stay because of all the yellow jackets in the room? With BDS leaving, a young player with basically a starting role waiting in front of him, I honestly don’t have a clue as to why ANYONE would stay…anywhere…anymore. This is insane. How in #@%& are we supposed to support a team when we don’t really have any continuity from year to year?
I still believe players will stay if they feel they are being developed and that is where CP needs to step his game WAY up, or hire assistant coaches who can. You don’t see these kind of defections from starters on teams like BYU, Utah, or now Arizona. CU coaches need to develop a team identity and a commitment to something bigger than CP or themselves…like The University of Colorado!
In the meantime, the Billionaire Boys Club aka the NCAA, is moving closer to extinction as the circle of “have’s” narrows and, like major league baseball, only a very small handful of teams get to play while others must be farm teams who get pilveraged each year. Goodbye, College Football!
We have to wait for it all to play out. We have a new OC so let’s see what happens with the whole process. I won’t panic unless Seaton or Lewis hit the portal. I assume they are both staying put. WR is a strength and the QB can make them look better than they are. The o line will stay intact as long as Seaton stays.
Livingston needs to get his own and the D’s feces coagulated
CU is a great school, but no wealthy boosters that care enough about football to step up like the top 25 programs. No rich oil barons, tech guys or billion dollar shoe companies that want to see CU succeed.
Now players are using CU as a stepping stone to get paid elsewhere… And there’s nothing we can do about it.
Just hoping Sanders can back off his ego a bit and trust in the new OC (and DC too) to do their jobs. In state recruitment must improve significantly, especially o-line. Defense is a mess right now, can’t whiff on portal guys.
A sinking ship. When the Buffs go 2-9 next year, I wonder what assistant coaches will be blamed. Maybe a whole new excuse.
“Pardon, your slip is showing” … 2-9? FBS schools have been playing 12 game regular seasons for over 20 years …
Gosh. You are right. 2-10. Point lost. I’ve been a Colorado fan for 40 years. There is literally no discernible evidence the program is in right direction. Quite the opposite actually. But the clicks are off the charts.
I’m sorry. 2-10. Things are looking up for the program. Clearly. Just for the file, go ahead and specify the evidence of that.
Go back to Cornholers State you troll
So you think things are going well. That’s an opinion. Ok.
O-Marion must be afraid Marion will make him block if he wants to play. Byard is a bit of a gut punch. As some other posters have noted, it’s getting harder to care about College football. The Broncos are a lot more fun to follow.
Both of those guys must have gotten some nice offers, can’t blame them for leaving.
Agree, tampering and monies offered through agents, make picking off these players without direct contact from the team paying them more common.
Where and how Much are these nice offers?
I have to admit. I have portal/transfer/NIL fatigue. Not as much fun talking about raising gazillion’s of dollars and not talking about football strategy and players we know because they are here 5 years. I find myself more entertained by the Broncos.
So the question is…….is Texas Tech now a blue blood in football in the age of NIL with their billionaire backer?
Tbd. And that is the beauty of it, right?
Same with Indiana. Or uva. Or others.
Will cignetti win without an nfl qb?
Will Texas tech spend $50mill or whatever but whiff on guys?
Is there a bootstrap winner on a meager budget?
Still fun.
Go Buffs
There are no CFP teams that don’t have a billionaire backer (or a combination of backers) Indiana has Mark Cuban, Oregon has Knight….etc. Indiana appears to have the best talent evaluation and money spent, that is the single thing most important that will win a championship these days, but without a backer you’re not in the game, (well unless you’re a group of 5 entrant which is more charity then anything else, they may be invited but will be the first to leave).
You are sick. You must pick your friends by the money they have. A faux football fan gold digger. College football is now the victim of unchecked corruption and you think it s fun. Your claim to be a Buff fan has been only to weasel in here for needed attention. Your name dropping and profession go right along with that.
Ok, old angry man yelling at clouds. You can live in the past, and gripe about the present and future over things which you have no control, or you can find the silver linings.
You don’t think college football and basketball have basically always been corrupt (certainly since the 1950s)? I got a bridge in Durango to sell you. Now it’s at least just much more visible.
And for our Buffs? 2024 wouldn’t have happened without NIL and the portal. 2016 was fun. But you didn’t like that coach either. Yet, looking at the Buffs still in the NFL, they’re either from that team, that coach, or 2024’s with Deion (oh yeah, that’s right, the 2016 team wasn’t MacIntyre’s it was Leavitt’s. Sure. Right.)
In terms of now? I still think college football is fun. This playoff at least has some underdogs to root for. And, yes, it will be interesting to see who can retain their grip on success, and what other upstarts can join the party. There’s more talent dispersion and parity in the game now than there has been in at least two decades. But yeah, forget about all that. This ain’t the game with leather helmets you once loved so dearly.
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so no denial…..you ain’t a Buff fan….only money
did a quick check if the portal for O linemen and QBs. Will Sanders, I mean Marion, pick up another QB? or rely on Allen and Ponder (walk ons?) for a third option.Speaking of options, that being part of Marions O, that may happen to be another dual threat guy. So far, and its extremely early its slim pickins with only a few low 3 star QBs and one 4 star from Boston College. One interesting individual is the late not so great 3 name QB from Fort Fun. He isn’t a runner and he wouldn’t be a back up there so I’m sure he is out.
O line,em are just as thin right now and will continue to be as any good ones will be scooped up almost instantly. Their are a couple of high 3 stars but they are from U Conn so once again we are talking about fort fun.
I have too much time on my hands. Time to head outdoors
There is only one transfer window this year. Jan 2-16. No spring window. Linebacker was a huge weakness and is likely traceable to Hart. Hope he is in the chopping block.
You have to wonder about Walker. I think he came in as a four star and with the weak LB situation its curious never got into a game aside from special teams. Was he a bust or was he one of those guys who will put in a credible effort on his new team.
I just feel thankful that a bunch of players do not already have the “intend to enter portal” tags. Viewing On3, a bunch of decent P-4 teams already have a some guys doing this without coaching changes. It could be a trend for players to wait later. I know more CU guys will enter the portal, however I think it at least this shows that players are willing to go through post-season evals with enough loyalty to listen to Prime/their teammates and whatever staff remains. We won 3 games and it is not yet a mass exodus. Agree with you on Hart, it is a priority that we obtain excellent LB coach, as well as other coaches during the staff shake up.
I did not count Gardenhire, Wilson or Carpenter as they were not really on the team. For whatever reason, some Frosh will just not work out. It happens on every team. There is a ton of maturing for these young men.
I do hope we get a few more late commits/flips. Generally, I am impressed with the patience of certain HS recruits who wait because they want to see how the depth chart/coaching staff is shaking out ensuring that they are signing for the right reasons. Most do sign early though.