Colorado soccer must search for a brand new main rusher for 2025. Deion Sanders and firm are shedding their high operating again throughout spring ball.
Isaiah Augustave is now not with this system, in accordance with Scott Procter of DNVR. He is formally eligible to enter the spring school soccer switch portal.
Augustave piled 384 yards on 85 carries and scored 4 touchdowns. Colorado, although, delivered a pass-first up-tempo philosophy with Shedeur Sanders on the controls. Therefore why Augustave delivered minimal manufacturing on the sphere. Sanders and heralded teammate Travis Hunter are at the moment getting ready for the NFL Draft. The Cleveland Browns met with each Buffaloes just lately.
It isn’t identified what the explanations are that sparked Augustave departing from CU. However his choice is the primary Buffaloes roster domino to fall throughout spring soccer practices.
Colorado introducing model new face with Deion Sanders throughout spring
Not solely is that this a Sanders loss. But additionally a departure for newcomer Marshall Faulk.
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The Corridor of Fame NFL operating again joined Sanders’ employees in the course of the offseason. Faulk involves Boulder teaching the backfield. Colorado turns into Faulk’s first-ever teaching gig.
Faulk nonetheless has a RB room full of intriguing expertise. Dallan Hayden might see a rise in handoffs in Augustave’s departure. Hayden got here to CU through Ohio State in April 2024. He is getting into his junior season of school soccer.
Brandon Hood is one other RB possibility for Faulk and Sanders. He is a Aug. 2024 enrollee. Hood rose to three-star standing and reeled in almost 20 scholarships earlier than committing the Colorado.
Titus Bautista joins Hood as redshirt freshmen RBs. Bautista arrived as an August walk-on for CU.
Charlie Offerdahl is the elder statesman for Faulk and this room. Offerdahl earned his scholarship previous to final yr’s spring recreation. He managed to start out in a single recreation (versus Nebraska in Week 2) and performed in 13 whole video games. He additionally earned an “L” patch on his uniform — indicating he turned a pacesetter of the Buffaloes.
Micah Welch (sophomore) and Christian Sarem (junior) spherical out the present Buffs backfield. The latter dedicated to Colorado in March 2022 — earlier than Sanders’ arrival and when Karl Dorrell coached the Buffs.