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Colorado has had 28 players enter the portal since Monday — the most of any FBS team — and 41 since April 15. That includes three who entered the portal Wednesday afternoon, notably Taylor Upshaw, a defensive lineman who recently transferred into the school from Michigan, and starting offensive lineman Jake Wiley.
Sanders, hired in December after three seasons at Jackson State, has consistently spoken about flipping the roster, telling players at his first team meeting to “hop in that portal.”
Sanders appeared on “The Pat McAfee Show” on Wednesday and said Colorado soon would be adding notable players to fill roster spots. Two former Florida State players — defensive end Derrick McLendon and linebacker Brendan Gant — announced their intentions to transfer to Colorado on Wednesday. McLendon started 12 games and had 3.5 sacks last season while Gant had 33 tackles and a sack in 2022.
“We already know what we’ve got on the way in, baby; they’re probably at the airport right now,'” Sanders told McAfee. “It’s no way that I can put new furniture in this beautiful home if we don’t clean out the old furniture. That’s not a shot. It’s great furniture, a lot of people are going to love it, but that’s not what we want.”
