Colorado football's transfer class ranked as a top-3 unit nationally

The Colorado Buffaloes were ultra-active in the transfer portal this offseason, bringing in 43 incoming transfers after 36 players departed. 247Sports ranked Colorado 's transfer class as a top 24 group in their 2026 Transfer Football Team Rankings, while On3 had the Buffaloes at 29th. Those are solid marks considering Colorado won just three games in 2025 and clearly needed to reload talent heading into 2026.

ESPN's Bill Connelly released his favorite 2026 transfer portal classes today, and Colorado landed surprisingly high on the list. We here at Buffaloes Wire have been high on this portal class since day one , as Colorado and head coach Deion Sanders finally seem to have brought in proven production on both sides of the ball. Seeing ESPN acknowledge what we've been saying for months is a refreshing shift.

Connelly ranked Colorado's portal haul as the No. 3 overall class and pointed to the addition of linebacker Gideon Lampron, Bowling Green, wide receiver Danny Scudero, and wide receiver Kam Perry as his favorite transfers. As always, Deion Sanders needed a lot from the portal.

Too much, perhaps: Last year's top 18 defenders are gone. But this is the first time in his four seasons where it seemed like there was a genuine plan in place -- at least, as much as you can hope for from a 43-man class. Colorado really leaned into known production this time around and added players who produced more than 3,600 receiving yards, more than 1,100 rushing yards, almost 1,000 tackles and more than 110 tackles for loss.