With the offensive line rebuilt, head coach Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes are focusing on some other areas of the roster to upgrade.
On Sunday, the Buffs landed two former four-star recruits as transfers in LSU defensive end Quency Wiggins and TCU receiver Cordale Russell.
Wiggins appeared in nine games during his two seasons with LSU, recording seven tackles and a tackle for loss.
A four-star recruit coming out of Madison Prep Academy in Baton Rouge, La., in 2022, Wiggins was rated the No. 1 prospect in Louisiana in that class, as well as the No. 9-ranked defensive lineman in the country, per 247Sports. He picked LSU over Alabama, Florida and Texas and several others, as he had 26 scholarship offers.
Listed at 6-foot-6, 265 pounds, Wiggins has three years of eligibility remaining.
In 2022, he played in five games and posted four tackles in the Tigers’ win over Purdue in the Citrus Bowl. This past season, he played in four games, which allowed him to use a redshirt year, and recorded two tackles and a tackle for loss.
The 6-4, 210-pound Russell was a true freshman at TCU this past season, playing in three games but not recording any statistics. He has four seasons of eligibility remaining.
Coming out North Mesquite (Texas) High School, Russell was rated by 247Sports as the No. 19 overall player in Texas and the No. 18 receiver prospect in the country in the 2023 class.
Russell had 23 scholarship offers out of high school, including from CU, Arkansas, Florida State, Nebraska, Tennessee and Utah.
Sanders and the Buffs have now added 13 transfers since Dec. 9. That group includes five offensive linemen. Russell is the third receiver in the group, along with Terrell Timmons Jr. (North Carolina State) and Will Sheppard (Vanderbilt).
Wiggins is just the third transfer on defense, along with outside linebacker Keaten Wade (Kentucky) and defensive back Preston Hodge (Liberty).