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Colorado's Sy’veon Wilkerson enters transfer portal

Buffs rusher originally followed Coach Prime from Jackson State
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Sep 2, 2023; Fort Worth, Texas, USA; Colorado Buffaloes running back Sy'veon Wilkerson (36) scores a
Sep 2, 2023; Fort Worth, Texas, USA; Colorado Buffaloes running back Sy'veon Wilkerson (36) scores a | Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports

The mass exodus for the Colorado Buffaloes turned another corner on Tuesday. Former Jackson State transfer Sy'veon Wilkerson announced he would be entering the portal for a third time. This news comes after Deion Sanders and the Buffs have lost 22 players over the past week. 

Wilkerson came to Boulder as one of Prime's original players from JSU. The 5-foot-9, 210-pound stocky running back played in 13 games for the Tigers in 2022 with 227 carries for 1,152 rushing yards and nine touchdowns. He didn't have as much success at CU, but saw time in 11 games with 241 all-purpose yards and three TDs. 

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The Buffs are currently negative seven in the transfer portal for the year. Not to say this is an overhaul, but they've lost 36 players, which is nowhere near the 56 players who exited after hearing Sanders' famed Louis Luggage speech. A total of fourteen players are left from the initial transfer portal haul from last year. The rest have either transferred again or entered this year's NFL Draft. 

Colorado will look for some new additions over the next week with the Black and Gold Spring Game on the horizon. The transfer portal period will end on April 30.

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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.