Colorado football recruiting: Dorrell’s dismissal hasn’t yet scared commits away
To Karl Dorrell’s credit, he and his staff were beginning to create some recruiting momentum with both Colorado’s current freshman class and its group of 2023 commits.
All 17 of the Buffs’ 2023 commits are three-stars, but the class is still ranked seventh in the Pac-12 per 247Sports. Things will likely change quickly, though, with Dorrell now out of Boulder. A large part of a recruit’s decision to commit is because of the head coach and even though Dorrell was fired for poor performance, there’s a chance that a different coaching staff becomes a dealbreaker for some.
Yet almost one week since his firing, none of the Buffs’ current commits have changed their minds. That’s great news and it suggests that they’re choosing Colorado based on more than just its head coach — an especially wise decision in today’s age of college football. Or maybe they’re just hanging tight until everything plays out.
247Sports recruiting analyst Brandon Huffman was featured in the Wilner Hotline on Friday and he found Colorado’s luck so far “encouraging.”
The big news this week was the firing of Colorado coach Karl Dorrell, and it will be interesting to see how CU’s 2022-23 recruiting class shakes out with the change. The outcome depends partly on which coaches are retained.
The players who have already committed are pretty optimistic. Right now, the Buffaloes have the seventh-ranked class in the Pac-12 with 17 total commitments — all of them three-star prospects.
And crucially, nobody had de-committed yet. If you’re a CU fan, that’s encouraging.
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