Buffaloes Hit Hard by Transfer Portal

Transfer portal. Two words you may be sick of hearing if you’re a college football fan. Ever since its October 2018 debut, NCAA student-athletes have entered the portal in droves. But with the addition of the ‘one-time transfer’ and ‘NIL (name, image & likeness)’ rules last year, the current transfer cycle has been the busiest yet. Per this February 1 article by The Athletic’s Max Olson, the number of FBS scholarship players transferring this cycle is up over 30 percent compared to this time last year. Colorado’s football program has been hit especially hard. In the 2021 transfer cycle, 13 scholarship players entered the portal. Compare that to 2022, the Buffaloes have already had 22 scholarship players enter the portal since August 1st, the most among power five programs.

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