How Colorado's Freshmen Football Players Are Spending Campus Move-in Day

It’s move-in week for the freshmen on the Colorado Buffaloes football team.

Colorado Buffaloes Freshmen Moving In

colorado buffaloes deion sanders coach prime freshmen class move in day dorms boulder big 12 cam newton class of 2026 recruit — Apr 11, 2026; Boulder, CO, USA; Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders before the start of the spring game at Folsom Field. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect

The official Colorado football X account posted videos and pictures on Sunday of some of the freshmen on the team moving into their college dorms. Take a look below.

“Hi. I’m Cam Newton. This is my room,” Colorado freshman running back Cam Newton said while showing the camera him moving into his room. “The Gatorades. Gotta have them…This is my favorite pillow. Gotta go to sleep in this. I sleep like nine hours a day.”

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— Colorado Buffaloes Football (@CUBuffsFootball) August 16, 2026

The video and pictures also showed other freshmen on the team such as running back Cody Jordan, wide receiver Alex Ward, tight end Ben Gula, offensive lineman Xavier Payne, and wide receiver Christian Ward.

Colorado's 2026 recruiting class will have a lot to prove this upcoming season. According to Rivals, this class is ranked among the lowest across all power four conference college football teams at No. 69 in the country. It is ranked as the 16th best class in the Big 12, the worst in the conference.

There are 21 total commits in this class. The highest rated incoming true freshman for Colorado is linebacker Carson Crawford. Crawford was rated as a four recruit and was ranked as the No. 29 linebacker in the class of 2026.

Cam Newton, the one who was first shown in this move-in video posted by Colorado, was a three star recruit and ranked as the No. 142 running back in the 2026 class. Newton is out of Propser, Texas and played his high school ball for Walnut Grove.

As a senior in 2025-26, Newton rushed for 2,402 yards and 41 touchdowns with an average of 7.7 yards per carry. It will be interesting to see how big of a role all of these freshmen have on the team for Colorado this season.

Once again this offseason, Colorado coach Deion Sanders was aggressive in the transfer portal. While they lost 36 players from the 2025 team to the portal, the Buffs responded to this by adding 43 incoming players from the portal. These portal additions along with the incoming freshmen class will have the 2026 Colorado team looking completely different.

That may be a good thing, as Colorado is coming off a 2025 season in which they went 3-9.

Something that won't change this season is the head coach on the sideline. Coach Prime is going into his fourth season as Colorado's head coach. Sanders has an overall record of 16-21 since being hired as Buffs coach in 2023.

Colorado has made a bowl game one time in the first three seasons under Sanders. They'll look to make it four bowl game appearances in four years by the time the 2026 season is over and done with.

The Buffaloes will be kicking off their 2026 season on the road against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on Thursday, Sept. 3.

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