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Deion Sanders: Colorado Builds Roster Like NFL Free Agency with CFB Transfer Portal

Colorado football head coach Deion Sanders says the Buffaloes approach the NCAA transfer portal like an NFL team considers free agency.

"We're different from a multitude of other teams," Sanders said Tuesday on Thee Pregame Show. "What has worked for us tremendously, we pattern this thing like the NFL. The NFL only has several draft choices for the 53-man roster, and we go about it from free agency standpoint.

"Then we look at high school. Probably, we would love seven to ten. Sometimes we fall short of that, because in this day and age, and the stage, we want guys that we know could do it right now.