247 Colorado Recruiting (2024)

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Unlike the overall class rankings, which are heavily influenced by the number of commitments a program has, the average prospect score directly reflects the caliber of each recruit. And it's with this metric that Colorado still lands among the sport's elite: first in the Big 12 and 14th nationally.

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Every year, college football fans across the country get excited about their incoming recruiting class, eager to see the next stars for their favorite program. The best of those recruits are rated five stars. There are 32 five-stars every year, making them essentially college football's version of first-round picks.

Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes turned over most of their roster last offseason intending to rebuild CU Football from the ground up. Coach Prime delivered as the Buffs finished 21st in the 2023 overall recruiting rankings.

Nebraska. A traditional college football rivalry with the Nebraska Cornhuskers restarted in the 1980s (many historical documents show the importance of this game going back to 1898) when Bill McCartney declared the conference opponent to be their rival.

Average GPA: 3.68

This makes University of Colorado Boulder Strongly Competitive for GPAs. (Most schools use a weighted GPA out of 4.0, though some report an unweighted GPA. With a GPA of 3.68, University of Colorado Boulder requires you to be above average in your high school class.

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The team will be playing nine Big 12 conference games. In 2024 and 2026, the Buffs will play five home games and four contests on the road. In 2025 and 2027, it's four home games and traveling for five. CU will play host to Baylor, Cincinnati, Kansas State, Utah, and Oklahoma State next year.

It is by far the smallest recruiting class among power conference programs and sits at 117th in the 247Sports Team Composite -- right behind the likes of Hawaii, Connecticut and Buffalo. Don't let the ranking fool you, though; Colorado eschewed quantity for quality.

Colorado has only signed two five-star recruits in the modern era before 2023 (one five-star signee in 2000 and another in 2008). Don't like ads? Colorado signed seven four-star recruits matching the previous high set in 2002.

-- Deion Sanders rounded out his Colorado coaching staff by bringing in Robert Livingston as defensive coordinator and sticking with Pat Shurmur to oversee the offense. In addition, Sanders added Phil Loadholt to revamp a shaky offensive line and Jason Phillips to work with the receivers, the school announced Friday.

Defensive linemen Dayon Hayes from Pitt and Rayyan Buell from Ohio and former Texas offensive lineman Payton Kirkland all announced their verbal commitments to the Buffs.

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According to the study, there are slightly fewer people moving into the state than people moving out of the state. About 46.7% of Colorado movers are coming into the state. As for people new to town, according to the new study, people are coming from all over.

Colorado had planned on Dylan Edwards playing a big role in the offense this season. Edwards has other plans. The dynamic sophom*ore running back will enter the transfer portal after just one season with the Buffaloes, adding to the long list of Buffs leaving this spring.