Former Colorado football CB Cormani McClain deemed more talented than every true sophomore and redshirt freshman

Former Colorado football CB Cormani McClain was given superlative praise from FanSided's John Buhler -- who deemed Deion Sanders' biggest locker room problem in Boulder's first year of "Prime Time" more talented than every true sophomore or redshirt freshman in the sport.

Unfortunately, Buhler said that within the context of McClain reportedly having locker room issues since becoming a member of Billy Napier's Florida Gators.

"What is frustrating to me is McClain is arguably more talented than seemingly everyone who is either a true sophomore or a redshirt freshman in college football," Buhler prefaced before saying, "Unfortunately, I don't think that's going to matter in the end. This is because a well-respected coach like Napier is not going to put someone out there he cannot trust, one who has not earned the trust of his teammates. Football is a team sport."

There were rumors that McClain was dismissed from the University of Florida's football team due to his behavior, but UF"s secondary coach, Will Harris, denied them.

Cormani McClain looked like he was turning page with Colorado football in 2023

The worst part about McClain's downfall is that he looked like he was capable of taking a step forward at CU before he ultimately left the program and claimed that he no longer wanted to "play for clicks"; stealing Dan Lanning's verbiage verbatim.

Now, though, it looks like he's on his way to becoming a candidate for "Last Chance U."

Florida was always a gamble given the state of the program, and in reality, McClain would've been better off being a big fish in a small pond at a Group of 5 school like USF to rebuild his value and get first-team reps from the jump. Now, the experiment is looking like a clear failure before the 2024 season even starts.