Deion Sanders' Colorado football coaching staff could attempt a dual-signal-caller system during the 2025 season with Liberty transfer Kaidon Salter and Carrolton (GA) star Julian Lewis joining the Buffs' QB room.
"From Colorado’s standpoint, this was a smart move to make. Adding Salter means they don’t put all the weight on the shoulders of a young freshman. It also creates the possibility that Colorado could play both of them situationally or week to week, since both have different styles," USA Today's Brent Schrotenboer wrote.
Schrotenboer painted a picture of controversy in Colorado with two QBs who are expecting to come in and become the starter from the jump.
"Salter is 21. Lewis is 17," Schrotenboer prefaced before asking, "If one of them emerges as a favorite in spring practice, will the other seek more playing time and money somewhere else? Or if Salter emerges as the starter, will Lewis be OK with waiting his turn until 2026?
"The familiar refrain in these situations is that they will compete with each other for the starting job every week and let the best man win. But the reality is that there are expectations and egos to manage in an era when players have more leverage than ever before. They can change teams every year now and get paid to do so."
Schrotenboer's reporting on the situation indicates a problem. This is not a shock to fans who were taken aback by CU landing Salter.
In any other era of college football, landing a grad transfer with Salter's background is a win. But usurping Lewis is a dangerous game that many have pointed out.
If Coach Prime loses Lewis after the 2025 season, his future in Boulder would once again be called into question.
Though who are we kidding? That was going to happen regardless.
At least this time, there's an actual problem that could doom the program if not handled correctly. It's hard to tell how handling this correctly looks like though -- since two QBs is a losing strategy but so is losing one of the QBs CU just bought.