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Colorado's Sy'veon Wilkerson shuts down trolls who said he followed the hype for "garbage time"

Buffs back tells the doubters on social media to keep it moving
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Sy'veon Wilkerson wasn't going to deal with any nonsense from the naysayers. The Colorado Buffaloes running back got to see the field late in the 28-16 loss to UCLA at the Rose Bowl on Saturday night. A move that wasn't unusual but sparked opinions from a few keyboard warriors.

One of them tweeted at Wilkerson and said he got caught up in the hype and followed Deion Sanders from Jackson State to CU for "garbage time minutes." It didn't end there with Wilkerson dropping knowledge on the entire crowd.

"Y'all be on here saying anything," Wilkerson tweeted. "Nobody followed no hype Playing power 5 been my dream for a long time! I transferred from HBCU schools because I proved that with my talent I deserve to be at Power 5 when none of these coaches wanted to recruit me in HS."

Wilkerson got off another shot with some icing on the cake.

"Check the film since little league I produce & dominate every where I go. No matter the talent, no matter the level. When I get my opportunity I dominate every time, whenever and wherever. Ima enjoy my birthday now!"

The Buffaloes rusher has been in the rotation for most of the year. Wilkerson isn't the featured back, but he's contributing to an offensive attack without many touches out of the backfield. It's a different attack for Shedeur Sanders and the offense, which the casual fans won't understand.

Wilkerson and the Buffs return home to face No. 16 Oregon State next Saturday at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN. 

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Josh Tolle
JOSH TOLLE

Josh Tolle is a writer covering college sports for On SI. Outside of storytelling, the multi-talented broadcaster has play-by-play experience at the professional and collegiate levels. In 2018, he began calling games for the National Women’s Soccer League. He has also called games for the United Soccer League, Concacaf, and the U.S. Open Cup. He has called hockey for the Premier Hockey Federation for the past three seasons and was the play-by-play voice for the Superior RoughRiders of the Western Hockey League. He has provided play-by-play for various other sports including football, basketball, baseball and volleyball events. Since 2015, Tolle has been the voice of Colorado School of Mines Athletics having called football, men's and women's basketball and soccer. He previously wrote for SB Nation.

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