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Colorado’s former center is looking for a new home
Colorado Buffaloes center Hank Zilinskas has entered the transfer portal following CU’s loss to BYU in the Alamo Bowl last Saturday.
Zilinskas, who came to Boulder in 2023 from Cherry Creek High School in Denver, played a large role for Colorado in the offensive trenches in 2024. After winning the starting center role in spring ball, Zilinskas would start for CU in their first nine games.
In those nine games, Zilinskas showed promise, but ball security and botched snaps were an issue. Things compounded in the first half of Colorado’s game against Texas Tech in Lubbock, where Zilinskas botched multiple snaps and was replaced by walk-on true freshman Cash Cleveland. Cleveland would go on to start at center for the Buffaloes’ remaining three games.
It’s no secret that Deion Sanders and Colorado’s staff intend to stick with Cleveland in the starting role going forward in 2025, so it should come as no surprise that Zilinskas has made the choice to move on from Colorado and take his talents elsewhere.
Zilinskas has been nothing but a great teammate and hard worker in his two years in Boulder, as attested by fellow Buffs offensive lineman Tyler Brown.
Wishing bad on Hank who gave his all day in and day out with a positive attitude is weird and you won’t win in life that way! Wherever Hank goes they are getting a great ball player but an even better human being! Love you brother GO BE GREAThttps://t.co/MpY8gL4yyj
— Tyler Brown (@t_brown56) December 31, 2024
Best of luck wherever you land, Hank!
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