There weren't a lot of bright spots for the Colorado football team this season after the first three weeks of the season. The Buffaloes started the season 3-0, but they lost eight of their final nine games to finish the season 4-8. There is still a lot of work to be done in Boulder, but one major bright spot all year long was the play of quarterback Shedeur Sanders. Sanders was one of the best QBs in the country this year, and if he doesn't return to Colorado next year, he will likely be one of the first quarterbacks taken in the NFL Draft.

Shedeur Sanders started the Colorado football season by setting the program record for passing yards in a game as he threw for 510 yards in week one. That put the college football world on notice, and while the Buffaloes ended up struggling for much of the year, he had a great season. ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr. thinks that he could be a top three QB in the draft, but he doesn't know if he'll leave Colorado.

“Sanders would be my QB3 right now, and many NFL scouts agree the Colorado quarterback is right below Williams and Maye,” Mel Kiper Jr. said, according to an article from ESPN. “But it doesn't sound like he will enter the draft, based on conversations with scouts and comments by his father/coach Deion Sanders. Sanders also missed the Buffaloes' season finale with a back injury. There's no denying his accuracy, toughness and poise at the position, but another year of development and competition against Power 5 defenses would improve his NFL stock.”

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Obviously, Sanders' head coach at Colorado is his father, Deion Sanders. Having his dad as his coach likely makes it harder to leave, but Kiper Jr. believes that Sanders will be a very high draft pick. It will be interesting to see what decision he ends up making.

If he does end up leaving for the NFL, his dad and the Buffaloes will have a hard time finding a QB that can put up the numbers that Sanders did. They are already going to need to fill a lot of openings this offseason, but that one would likely end up being the toughest. No matter what Sanders decides, this will be a crucial offseason for the Colorado football team. Deion Sanders has a lot of work to do to get his team to the level he wants them at.