Malakai Murphy commits to Colorado's 2024 recruiting class

Another late addition for the Buffaloes via the Florida Pipeline

Deion Sanders and the Buffs snagged another recruit for this year's class on Thursday. Malakai Murphy made it official by announcing he would be the latest to be Boulder bound.

All glory ,Honor and praise goes to my Lord and savior Jesus Christ, none of this is possible without him. With that being said, I am 1000% COMMITTED AND SIGNED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO💛🖤🦬🦬!! #committed #signed pic.twitter.com/Ll7Jfndoot

— Malakai “Hollywood” Murphy (@MurphyMalakai) April 4, 2024

The 6-foot-1, 190-pound cornerback from Starke's Bradford HS had 30 tackles (two for loss) with 4 PDUs last season. Murphy adds depth in the Buffs secondary as a hard-hitter defender with size and raw speed. He's the latest addition to CU's roster from the Florida Pipeline, which now stands at a total of 23 players.

Here is what Murphy had to say about his decision to sign with Colorado

His mom, Bri, said that Malakai is like a young Deion

“Hollywood” agrees and said that Colorado is getting a “Dog” and a hard worker who will see playing time immediately in Boulder@BHSTornadoFB pic.twitter.com/VyCi1RkupU

— Noah Ram (@Noah_ram1) April 4, 2024

Another great "diamond in the rough" for Devin Rispress, who built a relationship with Murphy after a camp in Tampa last year. The two stayed in touch and made it work for him to be with Coach Prime in Boulder. He'll be part of the high schoolers who join the team at the end of May after graduation. It's unclear if he'll still run track at CU.

Murphy becomes the 38th player in Colorado 2024 combined class. The majority of those are transfers with Sam Hart being the last to come over from Ohio State on March 15. Colorado will conclude week two of Spring Practices on Friday. They'll have another two weeks before the Black and Gold Spring Game on April 27.