Colorado Buffaloes football coach Deion Sanders didn’t land 5-star Alexander City (AL) receiver Cederian Morgan’s commitment.

With Nick Saban on campus, the Alabama Crimson Tide recruiting dynasty awakened to keep a local product in-state.

Still, Coach Prime and Co. might not be out on Morgan’s recruitment yet. As Locked On Buffs’ Kevin Borba relayed, Sanders’ Buffs can change Morgan’s mind with a successful 2025 season.

“Deion Sanders’ fatal flaw in recruiting is, if someone wants to go to an SEC school, that’s something he can’t control if he’s at Colorado… But I’m here to tell you that I don’t think you should lose hope. At the end of the day, pen has not been put to paper. Signing day is in about four to five months, so Colorado has four to five months to figure things out and how to sweeten their deal,” Borba said.

Borba’s point is somewhat obvious, considering the revolving door everyone’s roster has become year in and year out in Division I college football.

Still, it speaks to Sanders’ clout at Colorado, even with his Heisman winner, Travis Hunter, and his son, Shedeur, off to the NFL.

A kid from Central Alabama is considering harsh winters in Boulder, Colorado, playing for a team with far cheaper facilities and NIL spending in a Big 12 conference that’ll soon have fewer College Football Playoff auto bids than the SEC and Big Ten.

And Morgan may be onto something. Julian Lewis may be a safer long-term play than Ty Simpson, Keelon Russell, or Austin Mack in Tuscaloosa.

It’ll be on Kaidon Salter, Lewis, or both to convince Morgan that CU is a school he can win at if he traded Sweet Home Alabama for the Rockies in 2026.

Perhaps Shedeur Sanders can get more involved in Morgan’s recruitment if he’s not too preoccupied in the NFL.