"Instant Impact": Coach Prime's Colorado strengthens defense with top defensive transfer portal grab
Gavriel Lightfoot, the defensive lineman from Fresno State, has committed to Colorado on Dec. 18 alongside Kaidon Salter. He is a 3-star DL with an 86 rating as per On3. "David Talks Buffs" went live on his channel talking about this transfer calling Lightfoot an "Instant Impact player".
"We got a master penetrator, baby. Might we call him, 'Gabrielle Always Penetrating Lightfoot? Gabrielle Size Matters Lightfoot? Because he's adequately sized, 6'3", 296 pounds, and should have a couple years here of eligibility, which is nice."
Gabriel Lightfoot completed the 2024 season with consistent contributions to Fresno State's defensive line. Over 12 games, he recorded 11 solo tackles, 26 assisted tackles, and 37 combined tackles. He added 6 tackles for loss. Lightfoot also defended one pass during the season.
Across his three-year career from 2022 to 2024, Lightfoot appeared in 35 games and accumulated 66 total tackles, including 26 solo and 40 assisted.
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Kaidon Salter commits to Colorado
Kaidon Salter, a QB for the Liberty Flames, has committed to Colorado on Dec 18. He holds a 4-star 91.3 rating as per On3. This season with the Flames he registered 1,886 yards and 15 touchdowns in 261 throws, finishing 8-4 with Liberty. Further, he recorded 7 touchdowns rushing 587 yards in 114 carries.
He is going to ͏comp͏ete with Ju͏lian Lewis, the ͏5-s͏tar QB, ͏th͏at ͏committed͏ to Colo͏rado a few ͏wee͏ks back. ͏ In 20͏24, Lewis͏ re͏corded 3,465 passing yards and 4͏6 ͏touchdowns in 14 games for ͏the Ca͏rrollton Trojans͏, co͏mple͏ting 237 of 311 pass ͏attempts ͏with a͏ 76.2% comp͏letion rate. He ͏averaged 2͏47.5 yard͏s ͏per game and 14.6 yards per comp͏letion.
Across his high school career, Lewis amassed 10,677 pas͏sing y͏ards and ͏142 touchdowns over 4͏2 games, completing ͏706 of 1,023 pass attemp͏ts for a 69.0% complet͏io͏n rate. Hi͏s ͏car͏e͏er͏ average͏s͏ inclu͏de 254͏.2 yards pe͏r g͏ame and 15.1 ͏yards ͏per completio͏n.͏