Early Signing Period is over. I'm not a big fan of how they opened it up to more than just players who were going to enroll for the upcoming spring semester, but it is what it is (I preferred the old rule, fwiw). Our Buffs signed 12 players to LOIs in the December 3rd-5th early period.
Coming up:
Transfer signing period is January 2nd-16th. That's also the period when players officially "enter the portal" although we should know pretty much everyone who is transferring long before that. Importantly, there is no April period this year and they have also changed the Grad Transfer rules - they can no longer sign at any time and must use this January window. I think this is good in so far as spring football rosters and practices will be the actual roster other than the true freshmen who won't arrive until summer.
Regular signing period (National Signing Day) is February 4th. That's going to be interesting since about 70% of guys sign in the early period. There is opportunity, but not like there used to be.
Also, I was going to post the current CU roster by class here but it's impossible. As a guide, best I can probably do is go off the Scholarship Distribution chart which Adam put together on the 247 board: https://247sports.com/college/colorado/season/2025-football/scholarshipdistribution/
2025 Breakdown (79 total):
34 Seniors
15 Juniors
13 Sophomores
17 Freshmen
I have no idea how to translate that into how many more guys our Buffs will sign since I'm not sure how many are out of eligibility and how many are transferring out. But we certainly don't have to worry about over signing - particularly since rosters can go up to 105 now.
Our biggest need is probably the Interior OL (7 of our 9 guys were seniors and the other 2 were freshmen. Only signed 1 guy during early period. Need a transfer or 2, particularly at C.) We need everything, though, to upgrade depth and there are spots where we need a starter if we're not going to rely on freshmen.
This post will be updated as players sign and, hopefully, I can insert a roster before the transfer window.
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Transfer Portal Signings:
National Signing Day Preps:
As you seen them on the X, Insta or elsewhere, please post announcements of players transferring out or returning below along with any Prep, JUCO or Transfer targets.
Coming up:
Transfer signing period is January 2nd-16th. That's also the period when players officially "enter the portal" although we should know pretty much everyone who is transferring long before that. Importantly, there is no April period this year and they have also changed the Grad Transfer rules - they can no longer sign at any time and must use this January window. I think this is good in so far as spring football rosters and practices will be the actual roster other than the true freshmen who won't arrive until summer.
Regular signing period (National Signing Day) is February 4th. That's going to be interesting since about 70% of guys sign in the early period. There is opportunity, but not like there used to be.
Also, I was going to post the current CU roster by class here but it's impossible. As a guide, best I can probably do is go off the Scholarship Distribution chart which Adam put together on the 247 board: https://247sports.com/college/colorado/season/2025-football/scholarshipdistribution/
2025 Breakdown (79 total):
34 Seniors
15 Juniors
13 Sophomores
17 Freshmen
I have no idea how to translate that into how many more guys our Buffs will sign since I'm not sure how many are out of eligibility and how many are transferring out. But we certainly don't have to worry about over signing - particularly since rosters can go up to 105 now.
Our biggest need is probably the Interior OL (7 of our 9 guys were seniors and the other 2 were freshmen. Only signed 1 guy during early period. Need a transfer or 2, particularly at C.) We need everything, though, to upgrade depth and there are spots where we need a starter if we're not going to rely on freshmen.
This post will be updated as players sign and, hopefully, I can insert a roster before the transfer window.
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Transfer Portal Signings:
National Signing Day Preps:
As you seen them on the X, Insta or elsewhere, please post announcements of players transferring out or returning below along with any Prep, JUCO or Transfer targets.
