Deion lands No. 1 CB as McClain flips to Colorado

Deion Sanders and Colorado flipped five-star cornerback Cormani McClain from Miami on Thursday, giving Sanders his first first-class as the Buffaloes’ coach.McClain, ESPN’s No.

4 possibility in general, is the highest-ranked recruit Colorado has brought in since ESPN began ranking players in 2006. He had actually been devoted to the Hurricanes considering that October and was initially preparing to sign with Miami in the early signing duration in December, however suddenly decided to wait as soon as Sanders was employed at Colorado.McClain’s mother tweeted on the very first day of the early finalizing

period that there would be a modification of plans and McClain would wait to sign his national letter of intent. Sanders continued to pursue the No. 1 corner in the class, even getting McClain to do snow angels on a check out to Colorado.Editor’s Picks 2 Related McClain made the flip authorities on Thursday, when he announced

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Sanders. It’s the 2nd year in a row that Sanders has actually flipped a first-class cornerback, with McClain signing up with Travis Hunter, who changed from Florida State to Jackson State in the 2022 class.Hunter followed Sanders to Colorado, moving throughout the offseason. Now Sanders will have another talented player in the secondary.

McClain is a 6-foot-2, 165-pound recruit from Lakeland, Florida, and is the No. 1 possibility in the state.He’s the 3rd ESPN 300 prospect in the 2023 class for Sanders, which is more than Colorado has had in the previous 2 classes combined.At his initial meeting with the group, Sanders promised he would generate his own players and more talent to help enhance the program

. He has actually done that with McClain, along with Hunter and his kid, quarterback Shedeur Sanders, to name a few in the transfer portal.McClain has verbally dedicated to Colorado however won’t have the ability to sign a nationwide letter of intent till the February finalizing period.