Son of Colorado Buffaloes national champion reveals how Deion Sanders cut him

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First-year Colorado Buffaloes football coach Deion Sanders did not hide his plans for the roster when he took the job in December. 

In his first meeting with the team, Sanders told players to "get ready to go ahead and jump in that [transfer] portal" as he was bringing players with him from Jackson State University. 

Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders speaks during a press conference at the Arrow Touchdown Club. (Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports)

On Monday alone, 18 players put their names in the transfer portal, according to The Athletic. 

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One of the players to enter the portal was offensive lineman Travis Gray, the son of Lamarr Gray, a linebacker on Colorado’s 1990 national championship team. 

Gray received a text message from offensive line coach Bill O’Boyle the day after Colorado’s Spring Game, asking him to come to the team facility to meet with Sanders. 

"He’s walking with me and said, ‘Hey buddy, you’re going to get cut today. I’m sorry to tell you this. I didn’t want you to hear it from Coach Prime. I wanted you to hear it from my mouth. I didn’t want to cut you, but we had to cut five offensive linemen, and you were the last one,’" Gray told The Athletic on Tuesday evening.

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Cherokee Trail High School offensive lineman Travis Gray, signed with University of Colorado Buffaloes during National Signing Day at the high school gym in Aurora, Colorado, on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021. (Hyoung Chang/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

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