Shedeur Sanders Misses Colorado’s Season Finale
The Buffaloes were without their star quarterback for Saturday’s game against Utah.
The first season of Deion Sanders era at Colorado came to a close Saturday, and the Buffaloes ended it without their head coach’s son under center.
Starting quarterback Shedeur Sanders missed the Buffs’ regular-season finale against Utah, as Colorado finished their 2023 campaign with a 23-17 loss.
Sanders suffered multiple injuries the previous week in a blowout loss against Washington State, and wasn’t able to get back to full strength in time to be in the lineup Saturday.
Deion’s first season leading the Buffs ends with a 4-8 record after the program won just one games last year.
While “Coach Prime” has made it clear on multiple occasions that his son will be returning to Boulder for the 2024 season, it remains to be seen when an official announcement from Shedeur will come regarding the 2024 NFL Draft.
Deion’s first season leading the Buffs ends with a 4-8 record after the program won just one games last year.
While “Coach Prime” has made it clear on multiple occasions that his son will be returning to Boulder for the 2024 season, it remains to be seen when an official announcement from Shedeur will come regarding the 2024 NFL Draft.
After cruising to wins over Cincinnati and Kentucky on Thursday and Friday, No. 3 Colorado fell to No. 10 NC State 78-60 at the Paradise Jam on Saturday. It was the Buffaloes (6-1) first loss of the season.
A slow start and cold offense doomed Colorado. The Buffaloes were held to 3-17 shooting and trailed 22-6 at the end of the first quarter. After a back-and-forth second quarter, JR Payne’s squad was behind 41-26 at halftime. The Wolfpack (7-0) pushed even further ahead in the third quarter and never looked back. “I thought their transition offense was a lot better than our transition defense today,” Colorado head coach JR Payne said following the game. “That’s what they do. That’s their superpower. It [the game] opened up really quickly because of that.”
