‘A lot of similarities’ between star Colorado transfer, Wazzu counterpart

Colorado football quarterback Shedeur Sanders and his Week 12 counterpart, Wazzu’s Cameron Ward, have “a lot of similarities” according to BuffZone’s Brian Howell — who did the honors of breaking down the seven different similarities he was able to find between the fellow (for now) Pac-12 passers.

“There are a lot of similarities between Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders and his counterpart this week at Washington State, Cameron Ward,” Howell prefaced before reeling off the following, “Both are built about the same. Both are dual threats, but pass-first quarterbacks. Both shined at the FCS level before jumping to the Pac-12. Both get sacked a lot, but put up big numbers in the passing game. And both train together with the same private coach in the Houston area.”

As much as the two are similar, there are major differences in their journeys to the Power Five. Ward, a former Incarnate Word star, was a highly sought-after transfer portal option who chose Wazzu over Ole Miss, Houston, and Prairie View A&M. Sanders, too, was sought after, but the former Jackson State star was only going to end up where Coach Prime was.

Shedeur Sanders likely to end up in NFL after his Colorado football career, while Cameron Ward must rebuild stock elsewhere

What happens next after Sanders leaves CU and Ward waves goodbye to Wazzuis unclear with two games remaining in their respective seasons, but some pathways are possible, if not downright probable, that can be seen right now.

The NFL draft is Sanders’ future, likely coming in 2025 after one final season playing under his father and with his star safety brother.

Ward, on the other hand, may need to build up his NFL draft stock elsewhere to get first-round consideration following Wazzu’s unraveling in 2023. Surely, the number of transfer offers figures to be overwhelming for Ward once he hits the transfer portal in the offseason.