Transfer portal · 2026
Colorado Buffaloes
Both windowsProjected two-deep impacti
+37
Projected two-deep roles added · 2026 arrivals
Colorado added 37 transfers projected into the two-deep (18 as starters) against 37 departures whose next roles aren’t tracked here. Every number on this page is counted, not modelled — no composite portal grade is published because no defensible one exists yet.
47
Arrivals
+10
37
Departures
0.87
Avg rating in
-0.00
0.87
Avg rating out
37
Proj two-deep in
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—
Out roles untracked
30 of 47
’25 production in
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24 of 37
’25 production out
How the roster changed
84 moves · 12 rooms touchediOffense+6 net players
Replaced+4 players
OL
+9 in · −5 out · 3 proj starters in
InOut
N
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Jordan Seaton out to LSU drives the room.
Replaced+1 player
RB
+3 in · −2 out · 1 proj starter in
InOut
Dallan Hayden out to Memphis drives the room.
Replaced+1 player
TE
+1 in · −0 out
InOut
No departures
Fisher Clements in from Northern Colorado drives the room.
Replaced—
WR
+4 in · −4 out · 2 proj starters in
InOut
Danny Scudero in from San José State drives the room.
Replaced—
QB
+1 in · −1 out
InOut
Ryan Staub out to Tennessee drives the room.
Defense0 net players
Replaced+2 players
EDGE
+6 in · −4 out · 2 proj starters in
InOut
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Toby Anene in from North Dakota State drives the room.
Upgraded—
DL
+6 in · −6 out · 2 proj starters in
InOut
?
Santana Hopper in from Tulane drives the room.
Upgraded—
LB
+3 in · −3 out · 2 proj starters in
InOut
?
Liona Lefau in from Texas drives the room.
Replaced-1 player
CB
+6 in · −7 out · 3 proj starters in
InOut
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Isaiah Hardge out to Tennessee drives the room.
Upgraded-1 player
S
+4 in · −5 out · 2 proj starters in
InOut
Tawfiq Byard out to Texas A&M drives the room.
Specialists+4 net players
Upgraded+3 players
LS
+3 in · −0 out · 1 proj starter in
InOut
No departures
I
S
Aiden DeCorte in from Central Michigan drives the room.
Replaced+1 player
P
+1 in · −0 out
InOut
No departures
Daniel Gerlach in from Colby College drives the room.
No movement—
K
+0 in · −0 out
InOutNo arrivalsNo departures
No portal movement in this room.
ArrivalDepartureHeavy ring · proj starter inThin ring · rotation inDotted · depth role or no ’25 recordMarker size = ’25 usage share (smallest = none recorded)
Did Colorado replace what it lost?
Role slots, not player-for-playerReplaced9 chains
WR
Starting slot
Out · to Baylor
Dre'lon Miller
rating 0.88 · 12% ’25 usage · 21 rec · 159 yds · 1 TD · 134 rush yds
Upgrade
High confidence
In · from San José State
Danny Scudero
rating 0.87 · 19% ’25 usage · 88 rec · 1,297 yds · 10 TD · sl1 starter
Jan 4
▾ Detail
EDGE
Starting slot
Out · to Penn State
Alexander McPherson
rating 0.86 · 15 tkl · 0.5 TFL · 0.5 sk
Upgrade
High confidence
In · from San José State
Vili Taufatofua
rating 0.86 · 34 tkl · 7 TFL · 4 sk · rde1 starter
Jan 9
▾ Detail
DL
Starting slot
Out · to Texas A&M
Brandon Davis-Swain
rating 0.86 · 15 tkl · 2.5 TFL · 1.5 sk
Upgrade
High confidence
In · from Tulane
Santana Hopper
rating 0.87 · 25 tkl · 8.5 TFL · 4.5 sk · dt1 starter
Jan 5
▾ Detail
DL
Starting slot
Out · to Georgia Tech
Tawfiq Thomas
rating 0.86 · 11 tkl · 1.5 TFL
Upgrade
High confidence
In · from App State
Dylan Manuel
rating 0.86 · 37 tkl · 7 TFL · 3 sk · 1 INT · nt1 starter
Jan 5
▾ Detail
LB
Starting slot
Out · to UAB
Shaun Myers
rating 0.86 · 37 tkl · 5 TFL · 1 sk
Upgrade
High confidence
In · from Texas
Liona Lefau
rating 0.90 · 68 tkl · 2 TFL · 3 PD · wlb1 starter
Jan 8
▾ Detail
LB
Starting slot
Out · to unannounced
?
Reginald Hughes
rating 0.86 · 46 tkl · 0.5 TFL
Upgrade
High confidence
In · from Bowling Green
Gideon Lampron
rating 0.85 · 119 tkl · 17.5 TFL · 2.5 sk · mlb1 starter
Jan 6
▾ Detail
CB
Starting slot
Out · to Notre Dame
DJ McKinney
rating 0.91 · 34 tkl · 1 TFL · 1 INT
Replaced
High confidence
In · from Tennessee
Boo Carter
rating 0.93 · 26 tkl · 4.5 TFL · 1 sk · nb1 starter
Jan 10
▾ Detail
CB
Starting slot
Out · to Tennessee
Isaiah Hardge
rating 0.86 · 3% ’25 usage · 14 tkl · 1 TFL
Upgrade
High confidence
In · from James Madison
Justin Eaglin
rating 0.86 · 35 tkl · 5 INT · 8 PD · rcb1 starter
Jan 7
▾ Detail
S
Starting slot
Out · to Arkansas
Carter Stoutmire
rating 0.86 · 33 tkl · 5 PD
Upgrade
High confidence
In · from New Mexico State
Naeten Mitchell
rating 0.85 · 92 tkl · 1.5 TFL · 3 INT · fs1 starter
Jan 5
▾ Detail
Partially replaced15 chains
QB
Rotation slot
Out · to Tennessee
Ryan Staub
rating 0.85 · 30% ’25 usage · 30/55 · 426 pass yds · 3 TD · 4 INT
Partial replacement
Medium confidence
In · from Utah
Isaac Wilson
rating 0.86 · qb2 rotation
Jan 7
▾ Detail
RB
Starting slot
Out · to Memphis
Dallan Hayden
rating 0.86 · 15% ’25 usage · 326 rush yds · 4.7 ypc · 1 TD
Partial replacement
High confidence
In · from Alabama
Richard Young
rating 0.86 · 8% ’25 usage · 64 rush yds · 2.8 ypc · 2 TD · rb1 starter
Jan 18
▾ Detail
WR
Starting slot
Out · to Arizona State
Omarion Miller
rating 0.95 · 10% ’25 usage · 44 rec · 807 yds · 8 TD
Partial replacement
High confidence
In · from Texas
DeAndre Moore Jr.
rating 0.94 · 6% ’25 usage · 38 rec · 532 yds · 4 TD · x1 starter
Jan 13
▾ Detail
WR
Rotation slot
Out · to Georgia Southern
Kam Mikell
rating 0.86 · 5% ’25 usage · 75 rush yds · 0 ypc
Partial replacement
Medium confidence
In · from Sacramento State
Ernest Campbell
rating 0.87 · 6% ’25 usage · 37 rec · 755 yds · 8 TD · sl2 rotation
Jan 7
▾ Detail
WR
Rotation slot
Out · to Memphis
Terrell Timmons Jr.
2% ’25 usage · 3 rec · 58 yds
Partial replacement
Medium confidence
In · from Miami (OH)
Kam Perry
rating 0.86 · 10% ’25 usage · 43 rec · 976 yds · 6 TD · z2 rotation
Jan 4
▾ Detail
OL
Starting slot
Out · to LSU
Jordan Seaton
rating 0.98
Partial replacement
Low confidence
In · from Georgia
Bo Hughley
rating 0.88 · lt1 starter
Jan 12
▾ Detail
EDGE
Starting slot
Out · to Clemson
London Merritt
rating 0.87 · 23 tkl · 8 TFL · 1 sk
Partial replacement
High confidence
In · from James Madison
Immanuel Ezeogu
rating 0.86 · 13 tkl · 2.5 TFL · 1 sk · lde1 starter
Jan 5
▾ Detail
EDGE
Rotation slot
Out · to Virginia Tech
Samuel Okunlola
rating 0.86 · 1 tkl
Partial replacement
Medium confidence
In · from North Dakota State
Toby Anene
rating 0.87 · lde2 rotation
Jan 5
▾ Detail
EDGE
Rotation slot
Out · to unannounced
?
Nikhil Webb Walker
1 tkl
Partial replacement
Medium confidence
In · from Albany
Balansama Kamara
rating 0.85 · rde2 rotation
Jan 4
▾ Detail
DL
Rotation slot
Out · to Ole Miss
Jehiem Oatis
rating 0.87 · 9 tkl · 1 PD
Partial replacement
Medium confidence
In · from New Mexico State
Ezra Christensen
rating 0.86 · 41 tkl · 11 TFL · 5 sk · dt2 rotation
Jan 10
▾ Detail
DL
Rotation slot
Out · to unannounced
?
Tavian Coleman
8 tkl · 1 TFL
Partial replacement
Medium confidence
In · from Coastal Carolina
Tyler Moore
9 tkl · 1 TFL · nt2 rotation
Jan 5
▾ Detail
CB
Starting slot
Out · to TCU
Teon Parks
rating 0.87 · 19 tkl · 2 PD
Partial replacement
High confidence
In · from Notre Dame
Cree Thomas
rating 0.87 · 1 tkl · 1 PD · lcb1 starter
Jan 7
▾ Detail
CB
Rotation slot
Out · to Colorado School Of Mines
Braden Keith
2 tkl
Partial replacement
Medium confidence
In · from App State
Emory Floyd
rating 0.86 · 49 tkl · 1 TFL · 1 INT · rcb2 rotation
Jan 12
▾ Detail
S
Starting slot
Out · to Texas A&M
Tawfiq Byard
rating 0.88 · 78 tkl · 7.5 TFL · 0.5 sk · 1 INT
Partial replacement
High confidence
In · from Vanderbilt
Randon Fontenette
rating 0.86 · 51 tkl · 6.5 TFL · 6 PD · ss1 starter
Jan 11
▾ Detail
S
Rotation slot
Out · to Purdue
John Slaughter
rating 0.85 · 24 tkl · 2 INT
Partial replacement
Medium confidence
In · from Oklahoma
Jaydan Hardy
rating 0.86 · 11 tkl · 1 INT · fs2 rotation
Jan 14
▾ Detail
Not replaced1 chain
RB
Production lost
Out · to Oregon
Simeon Price
rating 0.88 · 10% ’25 usage · 144 rush yds · 6.9 ypc · 2 TD
Unresolved
Room restocked · slot open
In
No further two-deep addition
1 two-deep arrival answers other losses · 2 depth arrivals in room
Jan 14
▾ Detail
Quality vs experience
Portal rating
0.750.800.850.900.951.00
No ’25 usage recordHigh-upside betProven impactDevelopmentalExperienced depthStaubScuderoMoore
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0%20%40%60%
’25 usage share of previous team’s snapsets
14 unrated moves not plotted — see the ledger
How much Colorado depends on transfers
Projected 2026 two-deep · 54 slotsQuarterback50%
1
1
Skill (RB/WR/TE)90%
1
3
6
Offensive line90%
1
1
8
Front seven (EDGE/DL/LB)92%
1
11
Secondary (CB/S)80%
2
8
Specialists40%
6
1
3
Returning signeesPrior-cycle transfers2026 transfers
78%
Projected two-deep from transfers
42 of 54 two-deep slots
22 of 28
Projected starters from transfers
18 from the 2026 cycle, 4 held over
87th
Big 12 percentile · transfer share
3rd-most transfer-dependent two-deep of 16 Big 12 teams
Returning portal corePrior-cycle transfers still in the two-deep
Zach Atkins
TE · from Northwest Missouri St · 2025 cycle · TE1 starter
5%
’25 usage · Colorado
Damon Greaves
P · from Kansas · 2025 cycle · PT1 starter
64 punts
’25 · Colorado
Joseph Williams
WR · from Tulsa · 2025 cycle · Z1 starter
8%
’25 usage · Colorado
Larry Johnson III
OL · from Tennessee · 2025 cycle · RT1 starter
—
no ’25 record
Hykeem Williams
WR · from Florida State · 2025 cycle · X2 rotation
3%
’25 usage · Colorado
Where Colorado’s transfers came from — and where they went
Sources · 47 arrivals37 departures · destinations
SEC
8 players
Mid-American
7 players
Non-FBS
6 players
Sun Belt
5 players
Big 12
4 players
Big Ten
4 players
Other
13 players
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SEC
8 players
+
Unannounced
6 players
Big 12
5 players
American Athletic
5 players
ACC
4 players
Big Ten
3 players
+
Other
6 players
Colorado
+10 net moves
Arrived from · 47
SEC
8 players
Mid-American
7 players
Non-FBS
6 players
Sun Belt
5 players
Big 12
4 players
Big Ten
4 players
+
Other
13 players
Departed to · 37
SEC
8 players
+
Unannounced
6 players
Big 12
5 players
American Athletic
5 players
ACC
4 players
Big Ten
3 players
+
Other
6 players
8arrivals came from SEC programs — the single largest source.
37arrivals are projected straight into the two-deep (17 of 47 arrivals came from P4 leagues).
5departures stayed inside the Big 12.
How the window developed
Cumulative net moves · in − out6 undated moves not plotted
All portal moves
84 of 84 moves match · 25 shownShow
Role in
Sort
PlayerPosDirectionOrigin / destinationRating’25 productionEligProjected roleDate
DM
Winter window · 4★
BC
Winter window · 4★
LL
Winter window · 4★
LB
Winter window · 3★
BH
Winter window · 3★
DS
Winter window · 3★
SH
Winter window · 3★
TA
Winter window · 3★
CT
Winter window · 3★
EC
Winter window · 3★
TW
Winter window · 3★
JR
Winter window · 3★
SS
Winter window · 3★
RH
Winter window · 3★
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0.86Immediate—Dec 29DH
Winter window · 3★
KP
Winter window · 3★