Shilo Sanders officially commits to Colorado
Shilo Sanders is officially joining the Colorado Buffaloes.
The Jackson State transfer and son of CU head coach Deion Sanders, Shilo Sanders announced his commitment to the Buffaloes with a Youtube video on Saturday night.
A 6-foot, 195-pound safety, Shilo joins CU with two years of eligibility remaining.
Last season, Shilo played in seven games for JSU, recording 20 tackles, an interception and four pass breakups. He was second-team ALL-SWAC in 2021, when he played in 13 games and recorded 39 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and four interceptions.
Shilo began his collegiate career at South Carolina, playing two seasons for the Gamecocks. He played in four games in 2019 and nine in 2020. In 2020, he posted 32 tackles and one pass breakup.
When coach Sanders was hired in December, it was widely expected that both of his sons would join him at CU. Quarterback Shedeur Sanders transferred to CU in January, but Shilo had already transferred once and had to wait until after he graduated from Jackson State this spring.
With the addition of Shilo Sanders, CU has 79 players projected to be on scholarship next season, including eight safeties. Shilo is the sixth transfer safety to join the Buffs, along with Rodrick Ward (Southern Utah), Travis Jay (Florida State), Cam’ron Silmon-craig (Jackson State), Myles Slusher (Arkansas) and Vito Tisdale (Kentucky).
at the same time,” George said. “You’ve got a transfer portal, you’ve got NIL and you’ve got this rule that allows coaches to be able to do that in year one. We won’t have this ability to (flip the roster this much) next year, but in year one, you have that flexibility and now you add the transfer portal that student-athletes can go in and out of pretty quickly. You’ve got NIL on top of that and all those forces kind of come together.
“Coach has done a great job of navigating that process.”
By the time preseason camp rolls around in early August, CU could have as many as 75 new scholarship players. That will present a challenge for Sanders and his staff to mesh the team, but George applauds Sanders for how he’s rebuilt the roster with players that are hungry to prove themselves.
“I think we’re all hungry for winning here at Colorado,” George said. “We’ve not been relevant really in the last 10 years and so I think there’s an energy and an excitement that Coach Prime has brought. I think we’re all hungry. I think his staff is hungry, I think our staff is hungry for that. Our fans certainly are and I know the incoming guys that he’s gonna bring on board and are going to elevate our program, so I’m excited about what’s ahead.”