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Talan Chandler flips from Deion Sanders and Colorado's 2024 recruiting class for Missouri

The 'Show Me' state native won't be coming to Boulder after all
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The Colorado Buffaloes received another round of bad news on Sunday with offensive lineman Talan Chandler decommitting from the 2024 recruiting class.

Chandler, a three-star talent from Nevada, Missouri, was firmly set on joining the Buffs and was advocating for others to be a part of the program up until a month ago. There were rumors recently that he would be staying home at Missouri instead of joining Coach Prime in Boulder, and he made that official.

The 6-foot-3, 295-pounder was part of a state title while at Lutheran St. Charles as a sophomore. He moved to Nevada prior to his junior year and earned first-team all-state honors for a straight second year. He also notched first-team honors on the News-Leader All-Ozarks and News-Leader Dominant Dozen lists.

"Really the biggest thing is Mizzou was my dream school," Chandler told SI high school. "Being able to stay close to home and play in the SEC is an unbelievable opportunity. I know so many guys on the team and the coaching staff is amazing. It really feels like home. Also the way they have developed their offensive line this year is incredible."

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With him dropping from the program, the Buffs are currently down to a total of ten players in the 2024 class with Issiah Walker Jr. being the only O-lineman. They still have two high-value four-star talents with two-way star Aaron Butler and defensive lineman Brandon Davis-Swain on the way.

Colorado (4-7) got blown out at Washington State in a 56-14 loss on Friday night. They were eliminated from postseason contention in Sanders' first year at CU. Still, it is an amazing accomplishment for a program to have four wins with over 80 new players. The Buffs end the season at Utah on Saturday afternoon (3 p.m. ET/ TV: Pac-12 Network).

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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.

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