BOULDER – The Colorado Buffaloes 2025 Spring Football Game as part of Black & Gold Day presented by Arrow Electronics has been set for April 19 at Folsom Field, Athletic Director Rick George and Deion "Coach Prime" Sanders announced Friday.
Time at television are still to be announced and tickets will go on sale mid-February.
The third iteration of spring football for Coach Prime will begin March 11 and the team will practice for two weeks before taking Spring Break (March 24-28) off, returning to the field April 1.
The last two spring games have been the two highest attended in CU history with Coach Prime's first spring game in 2023 being the only game aired on ESPN and brining 47,277 CU faithful through a snow storm to see the Buffs in action for the first time. Last season, the second-largest crowd for a spring game in CU history happened with 28,424 in attendance.
The 2025 schedule is expected to be announced soon and season tickets are now available. The past two seasons have seen a record season ticket renewal rate of over 97 percent. This year's renewal period will close on February 7 with seat selection happening in early April and single game tickets expected to be on sale in May.
This season, the Buffs spring roster will feature most of the 30 newcomers signed by the Buffs in the early singing period both out of high school (13) and via the transfer portal (17) as most of those players are enrolled at CU for the spring semester.
CU's high school signees include five-star QB Julian Lewis and a slew of four-star prospects including S TJ Branch Jr., WR Quanell X Farrakhan Jr. OL Chauncey Gooden, DL Christian Hudson, DE London Merritt, OL Carde Smith, WR Adrian Wilson and Max Preps National Player of the Year WR Quentin Gibson.
Out of the portal, the Buffs bolstered the roster with the addition of several newcomers including OL Zy Crisler from Illinois, DL Jehiem Oatis from Alabama, OT Aki Ogunbiyi from Texas A&M, QB Kaidon Salter from Liberty, and CB Makari Vickers from Oklahoma, all either four star prospects from high school or portal rankings.
The Buffs return several players who made an impact on CU's nine-win team that compiled the most wins in eight seasons. Offensively, several true freshmen made an impact including Jordan Seaton and Cash Cleveland on the offensive line and Drelon Miller and Micah Welch at the skill positions.
On defense in the backfield, Preston Hodge, D.J. McKinney, and Carter Stoutmire all return as well as several Buffs who made an impact on the edge in Taje McCoy, Samuel Okuhlola, Keaton Wade and Arden Walker. On special teams, Alejandro Mata returns as does Colton Hood, who made an impact as a returner and also saw action in the defensive backfield, as well.