Colorado's Roster/Depth Chart for 2025
Colorado's 2025 Team Roster/Depth Chart Outlook
NOTE: Only players with stats or recruiting/portal ratings are listed. Def Snap % are best estimates.

QuarterbacksYrH/WPassingRushingPass GradeRun GradePass PPASnapsRatingOrigin
#3 Kaidon Salter (QB)SR ('1)6'1"/190113/179 (63%), 1242 Yds, 10 TD / 6 INT89 Car, 294 Yds, (3.3 YPC), 5 TD, 2 FUM CB+#64430 (71%)0.89LIB ('25)
#16 Ryan Staub (QB)SO ('3)6'1"/20030/55 (55%), 426 Yds, 3 TD / 4 INT19 Car, 30 Yds, (1.6 YPC), 1 TD, 2 FUM C-D#137111 (18%)0.873* HS ('23)
#10 Julian Lewis (QB)FR ('4)6'1"/19011/21 (52%), 129 Yds, 1 TD / 0 INT2 Car, 7 Yds, (3.5 YPC), 0 TD, 0 FUM CC+#18349 (8%)0.984* HS ('25)
#14 Colton Allen (QB)JR ('2)6'3"/2100/0 (0%), 0 Yds, 0 TD / 0 INT0 Car, 0 Yds, (0 YPC), 0 TD, 0 FUM    13 (2%)0NA
#22 Dominiq Ponder (QB)SO ('3)6'5"/2000/1 (0%), 0 Yds, 0 TD / 0 INT2 Car, -4 Yds, (-2 YPC), 0 TD, 0 FUM D+D+ 4 (1%)0NA
Running BacksYrH/WRushingReceivingRun GradeRec GradeRush PPASnapsRatingOrigin
#29 Micah Welch (RB)SO ('3)5'9"/21578 Car, 313 Yds, (4 YPC), 2 TD, 2 FUM9 Rec, 39 Yds, (4.3 YPR), 0 TDC+B#520234 (40%)0.873* HS ('24)
#7 Dallan Hayden (RB)JR ('2)5'10"/20535 Car, 161 Yds, (4.6 YPC), 0 TD, 0 FUM2 Rec, 8 Yds, (4 YPR), 0 TDB+C+#243129 (22%)0.88OSU ('24)
#26 Simeon Price (RB)SR ('1)6'0"/21521 Car, 144 Yds, (6.9 YPC), 2 TD, 0 FUM4 Rec, 9 Yds, (2.3 YPR), 0 TDB+B-#16289 (15%)0.83CCU ('25)
#20 Dekalon Taylor (RB)SR ('1)5'9"/16519 Car, 83 Yds, (4.4 YPC), 0 TD, 0 FUM10 Rec, 106 Yds, (10.6 YPR), 2 TDD+A#49391 (15%)0.86IW ('25)
#34 Titus Bautista (RB)FR ('4)5'10"/2000 Car, 0 Yds, (0 YPC), 0 TD, 0 FUM0 Rec, 0 Yds, (0 YPR), 0 TD   1 (0%)0NA
Wide ReceiversYrH/WReceivingRushingRec GradeBlock GradeRec PPASnapsRatingOrigin
#4 Omarion Miller (WR)JR ('2)6'2"/21028 Rec, 521 Yds, (18.6 YPR), 6 TD, 0 FUM0 Car, 0 Yds, 0 TDA-D#56351 (35%)0.914* HS ('23)
#8 Joseph Williams (WR)SO ('3)6'2"/20027 Rec, 386 Yds, (14.3 YPR), 3 TD, 1 FUM0 Car, 0 Yds, 0 TDA-C+#118377 (37%)0.87TLSA ('25)
#9 Sincere Brown (WR)SR ('1)6'5"/19016 Rec, 289 Yds, (18.1 YPR), 2 TD, 1 FUM0 Car, 0 Yds, 0 TDC-C-#163438 (43%)0.88CAMP ('25)
#6 Dre'lon Miller (WR)SO ('3)6'1"/20013 Rec, 107 Yds, (8.2 YPR), 1 TD, 0 FUM24 Car, 81 Yds, 1 TDDB#709282 (28%)0.954* HS ('24)
#15 Quentin Gibson (WR)FR ('4)5'9"/15513 Rec, 61 Yds, (4.7 YPR), 0 TD, 0 FUM1 Car, 7 Yds, 0 TDC+D+#726141 (14%)0.914* HS ('25)
#5 Hykeem Williams (WR)JR ('2)6'2"/2209 Rec, 81 Yds, (9 YPR), 0 TD, 0 FUM0 Car, 0 Yds, 0 TDC+B#412150 (15%)0.90FSU ('25)
#17 Isaiah Hardge (WR)SO ('3)5'10"/1655 Rec, 37 Yds, (7.4 YPR), 0 TD, 0 FUM1 Car, 0 Yds, 0 TDCC+#58068 (7%)0.863* HS ('23)
#82 Terrell Timmons Jr. (WR)SR ('1)6'2"/1853 Rec, 58 Yds, (19.3 YPR), 0 TD, 0 FUM0 Car, 0 Yds, 0 TDA-F#45469 (7%)0.88NCST ('24)
#18 Kam Mikell (WR)FR ('4)6'1"/1952 Rec, 5 Yds, (2.5 YPR), 0 TD, 1 FUM17 Car, 63 Yds, 0 TDCA+#83247 (5%)0.944* HS ('24)
#14 Q. Farrakhan Jr. (WR)FR ('4)6'1"/1801 Rec, 17 Yds, (17 YPR), 0 TD, 0 FUM1 Car, 4 Yds, 0 TDD+C+#890112 (11%)0.94* HS ('25)
#13 Kaleb Mathis (WR)SO ('3)5'9"/1550 Rec, 0 Yds, (0 YPR), 0 TD, 0 FUM0 Car, 0 Yds, 0 TDD+C+ 23 (2%)0NA
#47 Gavin Marsh (WR)SO ('3)6'0"/1800 Rec, 0 Yds, (0 YPR), 0 TD, 0 FUM0 Car, 0 Yds, 0 TD B- 2 (0%)0NA
#36 Carson Westbrook (WR)FR ('4)5'11"/1700 Rec, 0 Yds, (0 YPR), 0 TD, 0 FUM0 Car, 0 Yds, 0 TD B- 3 (0%)0NA
#45 Ronald Coleman (WR)SO ('3)5'9"/1600 Rec, 0 Yds, (0 YPR), 0 TD, 0 FUM0 Car, 0 Yds, 0 TD B- 2 (0%)0NA
#32 Tagert Bardin (WR)SO ('3)6'0"/1600 Rec, 0 Yds, (0 YPR), 0 TD, 0 FUM0 Car, 0 Yds, 0 TD B- 1 (0%)0NA
#81 Jack Hestera (WR)SR ('0)6'0"/185     00.87USU ('25)
Tight EndsYrH/WReceivingRec GradeRun Block GradePass Block GradeRec PPASnapsRatingOrigin
#85 Zach Atkins (TE)JR ('2)6'4"/24012 Rec, 73 Yds, (6.1 YPR), 0 TD, 0 FUMD+DC 292 (91%)0NA
#86 Brady Kopetz (TE)JR ('2)6'4"/2700 Rec, 0 Yds, (0 YPR), 0 TD, 0 FUMC+D+  10 (3%)0NA
#31 Sav'ell Smalls (TE)SR ('1)6'3"/2650 Rec, 0 Yds, (0 YPR), 0 TD, 0 FUM AD+ 9 (3%)0.89WASH ('23)
#88 Corbin Laisure (TE)FR ('4)6'5"/2500 Rec, 0 Yds, (0 YPR), 0 TD, 0 FUMCB-B- 9 (3%)0.863* HS ('25)
#83 Zayne Desouza (TE)FR ('3)6'6"/260     00.863* HS ('25)
#87 Charlie Williams (TE)SO ('2)6'4"/245     00.74UNLV ('24)
Offensive LinemanYrH/WGradeRun BlockPass Block  SnapsRatingOrigin
#77 Jordan Seaton (T)SO ('3)6'5"/330BD+ (42%)A+ (58%)  561 (92%)0.995* HS ('24)
#53 Larry Johnson III (T)JR ('2)6'7"/350BB- (44%)C+ (56%)  447 (74%)0.87TENN ('25)
#55 Kareem Harden (T)SR ('1)6'5"/330BB+ (47%)A- (53%)  104 (17%)0.853* HS ('23)
#52 Andre Roye Jr. (T)JR ('2)6'6"/295C+B (34%)C+ (66%)  97 (16%)0.88MD ('25)
#54 Phillip Houston (T)SR ('1)6'5"/290C+B- (50%)B- (50%)  2 (0%)0.86FIU ('24)
#72 Zylon Crisler (G)SR ('1)6'7"/340BC+ (41%)A- (59%)  561 (92%)0.89ILL ('25)
#71 Xavier Hill (G)SR ('1)6'4"/320BC+ (41%)A- (59%)  507 (84%)0.88MEM ('25)
#59 Yahya Attia (G)FR ('4)6'4"/340FD+ (53%)D+ (44%)  144 (24%)0NA
#74 Aki Ogunbiyi (G)SR ('1)6'4"/340B-B- (100%)F (0%)  5 (1%)0.87TA&M ('25)
#56 Tyler Brown (G)SR ('1)6'3"/325A-A- (100%)F (0%)  5 (1%)0.86JKST ('23)
#58 Zarian McGill (C)SR ('1)6'2"/320A-A- (42%)A+ (58%)  579 (95%)0.85LT ('25)
#65 Carde Smith (OL)FR ('3)6'5"/300    0.944* HS ('25)
#51 Chauncey Gooden (OL)FR ('3)6'3"/380    0.894* HS ('25)
#57 Mana Taimani (OL)SR ('0)6'5"/340    0.86MISS ('25)
#70 Cooper Lovelace (OL)SR ('0)6'5"/315    0.85NW ('25)
#73 Walker Andersen (OL)FR ('3)6'5"/290    0.83UCLA ('25)
#39 Kameron Hawkins (LS)SR ('0)5'11"/240    0.78ARIZ ('24)
Defensive LineYrH/WDefensive StatsPass DefenseRun DPass RushCovSnapsRatingOrigin
#27 Keaten Wade (DE)SR ('1)6'4"/23535 Tac, 18 Solo, 6 TFL, 3 Sacks, 5 QB Hur1 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)B (51%)B+ (46%)A (2%)405 (60%)0.87UK ('24)
#53 Arden Walker (DE)SR ('1)6'2"/25030 Tac, 17 Solo, 4 TFL, 2 Sacks, 4 QB Hur1 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)B (55%)A (44%)A- (2%)411 (61%)0.86MIZ ('23)
#44 London Merritt (DE)FR ('4)6'3"/25018 Tac, 10 Solo, 5 TFL, 1 Sacks, 2 QB Hur0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)A- (51%)B (48%)B- (1%)208 (31%)0.924* HS ('25)
#98 Alexander McPherson (DE)FR ('4)6'6"/24013 Tac, 8 Solo, 1 TFL, 1 Sacks, 4 QB Hur0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)C- (48%)B+ (51%)C+ (1%)154 (23%)0.873* HS ('25)
#59 Tristan Marois (DE)SR ('1)6'6"/2404 Tac, 4 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)D (59%)A- (38%)C+ (3%)29 (4%)0NA
#58 Nikhil Webb Walker (DE)JR ('2)6'6"/2751 Tac, 1 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)B- (80%)C (20%) 10 (1%)0.85NMSU ('24)
#93 Samuel Okunlola (DE)JR ('2)6'4"/2501 Tac, 0 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)B- (67%)B (33%) 33 (5%)0.92PITT ('24)
#88 Amari McNeill (DT)SR ('1)6'4"/30016 Tac, 7 Solo, 2 TFL, 1 Sacks, 1 QB Hur0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)A (48%)A- (52%)B (0%)291 (43%)0.86TENN ('23)
#92 Anquin Barnes Jr. (DT)SR ('1)6'5"/34013 Tac, 6 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)C+ (65%)B (35%)C+ (0%)230 (34%)0NA
#95 Tawfiq Thomas (DT)SR ('1)6'4"/30011 Tac, 4 Solo, 2 TFL, 0 Sacks, 1 QB Hur0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)A- (56%)A+ (44%) 95 (14%)0.84LOU ('24)
#91 Brandon Davis-Swain (DT)FR ('4)6'4"/29011 Tac, 3 Solo, 2 TFL, 1 Sacks, 3 QB Hur1 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)D+ (53%)C+ (47%) 297 (44%)0.914* HS ('24)
#94 Tavian Coleman (DT)SR ('1)6'1"/3008 Tac, 5 Solo, 1 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)B+ (43%)C+ (57%)C+ (0%)124 (18%)0.86TXST ('25)
#49 Quency Wiggins (DT)JR ('2)6'5"/2558 Tac, 4 Solo, 1 TFL, 1 Sacks, 4 QB Hur0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)C+ (44%)B- (56%)C+ (0%)123 (18%)0.92LSU ('24)
#90 Jehiem Oatis (DT)JR ('2)6'5"/3256 Tac, 2 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur1 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)B- (59%)B+ (40%)C+ (1%)141 (21%)0.93ALA ('25)
#90 Taurean Carter II (DT)SR ('1)6'3"/2802 Tac, 1 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)B- (57%)D+ (43%) 37 (5%)0.873* HS ('19)
#97 Christian Hudson (DT)FR ('4)6'1"/300  C+ (50%)C- (50%) 18 (3%)0.894* HS ('25)
#99 Gavriel Lightfoot (DT)SR ('0)6'3"/310     00.86FRES ('25)
LinebackersYrH/WDefensive StatsPass DefenseRun DPass RushCovSnapsRatingOrigin
#50 Reginald Hughes (LB)SR ('1)6'2"/22539 Tac, 29 Solo, 1 TFL, 0 Sacks, 2 QB Hur0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)C- (50%)A- (15%)F (36%)407 (100%)0.83JVST ('25)
#37 Martavius French (LB)SR ('1)6'2"/22526 Tac, 20 Solo, 4 TFL, 1 Sacks, 1 QB Hur0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)C- (57%)C- (3%)F (39%)288 (71%)0.86UTSA ('25)
#40 Shaun Myers (LB)SR ('1)6'1"/22019 Tac, 10 Solo, 3 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)D+ (55%)C- (9%)B+ (36%)144 (35%)0.85NOR ('25)
#41 Kylan Salter (LB)SO ('3)6'2"/2305 Tac, 5 Solo, 1 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)B+ (77%)C+ (8%)C+ (15%)13 (3%)0.84TCU ('25)
#54 Bo LaPenna (LB)JR ('2)6'1"/235  D+ (50%)C+ (25%)C+ (25%)4 (1%)0NA
#55 Gage Goldberg (LB)FR ('4)6'0"/230  C (100%)  1 (0%)0NA
#38 Mantrez Walker (LB)FR ('4)6'1"/230  C+ (100%)  2 (0%)0.873* HS ('25)
SecondaryYrH/WDefensive StatsPass DefenseRun DPass RushCovSnapsRatingOrigin
#8 DJ McKinney (CB)JR ('2)6'2"/18034 Tac, 27 Solo, 1 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur5 PD, 1 INT (0 TDS)B+ (52%) B (48%)598 (62%)0.88OKST ('24)
#4 Preston Hodge (CB)SR ('1)6'0"/20031 Tac, 24 Solo, 3 TFL, 0 Sacks, 1 QB Hur11 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)D+ (52%)B+ (1%)D+ (47%)626 (64%)0.90LIB ('24)
#10 Makari Vickers (CB)SO ('3)6'1"/19010 Tac, 7 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 1 QB Hur2 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)D+ (50%)C- (1%)D+ (49%)184 (19%)0.87OKLA ('25)
#3 Teon Parks (CB)JR ('2)6'1"/1809 Tac, 9 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur1 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)A- (54%) F (46%)219 (23%)0.87ILST ('25)
#29 Ivan Yates (CB)SR ('1)6'0"/1709 Tac, 8 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur2 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)D+ (51%) B+ (49%)187 (19%)0.83FUR ('24)
#5 RJ Johnson (CB)JR ('2)6'2"/1857 Tac, 6 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur1 PD, 1 INT (0 TDS)D (48%) A- (52%)111 (11%)0.86ARK ('24)
#9 Tyrecus Davis (CB)SR ('1)5'10"/190  C+ (50%) D (50%)12 (1%)0.85WYO ('25)
#20 Noah King (CB)FR ('3)6'2"/200     00.90KSU ('25)
#9 Tawfiq Byard (S)SO ('3)6'1"/19562 Tac, 46 Solo, 4 TFL, 1 Sacks, 0 QB Hur3 PD, 1 INT (0 TDS)B- (51%)B+ (5%)B+ (44%)509 (78%)0.86USF ('25)
#23 Carter Stoutmire (S)JR ('2)5'11"/21031 Tac, 22 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 1 QB Hur5 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)A+ (50%)D (2%)B (47%)422 (65%)0.873* HS ('23)
#28 Ben Finneseth (S)SR ('1)6'2"/20525 Tac, 19 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 1 QB Hur0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)B- (58%)B+ (2%)A+ (40%)251 (39%)0NA
#13 John Slaughter (S)SO ('3)6'2"/2007 Tac, 4 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)B- (49%)F (4%)D (48%)103 (16%)0.86TENN ('25)
#30 Braden Keith (S)JR ('2)5'10"/1802 Tac, 2 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)C+ (80%) C+ (20%)5 (1%)0NA
#36 Nathaniel Watson (S)SO ('2)5'10"/1801 Tac, 0 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)   00NA
#6 Terrance Love (S)JR ('2)6'2"/210  C (63%) C+ (38%)8 (1%)0.85AUB ('25)
#22 TJ Branch (S)FR ('3)6'3"/170     00.893* HS ('25)
KickersYrH/WField GoalsXPsPointsFG GradeKickoffsRatingOrigin
#16 Alejandro Mata (K)SR ('1)5'9"/1905/6 (83.3%), Long 42 Yds25/2540 PtsB+  0.81JKST ('23)
#43 Buck Buchanan (K)SR ('1)5'11"/1850/1 (0%), Long 0 Yds  C-A- 0.80LT ('25)
PuntersYrH/WPuntsAccGradeRank  RatingOrigin
#35 Damon Greaves (P)JR ('2)6'1"/19048, 2087 YDS (43.5 YPP), Long 67 YDS13 In 20, 3 TBAD+  0.74KU ('25)

Head Coach Deion Sanders returns, OC Pat Shurmur returns, DC Robert Livingston returns
Total Team Talent for '25 is: 740, #66 in CFB. 0.87 Avg Per Player. Blue Chip Ratio 21.33%
Breakdown - Offense: 348.08 (49) Defense: 287.02 (40) ST: 15.84 (3)
92 Total players, 51 from Transfer Portal. 46.8% of roster is from the Portal.
34 from the '25 Transfer Portal. 31.2% of roster is from this years Portal, 37 players left via portal after '24.
Roster Breakdown: 2 elite players, 1 great players, 13 very good players, 40 good players, 15 JAGS, 1 low JAGS, 2 JAG- players
Snaps by class: FR: 1508 (10%), SO: 2951 (19%), JR: 3848 (24%), SR: 7531 (48%), GR: 0 (0%)
17 players have no stats and no recruiting/portal ratings excluded from totals.