Pac-12 Football: Each team’s most important newcomer for 2020

The Colorado Buffaloes and their new head Karl Dorrell has a fairly young football team. They have lots of redshirts on their roster, they have turnover at key positions and they lose quarterback Steven Montez and wide receivers Laviska Shinault Jr. and Tony Brown.

Though they lost some key players, but they return a ton. Anytime there aren’t any glaring holes in a team’s depth; take a look at who the highest-rated players are coming in, especially at a program like Colorado.

Because there are a lot of returning players does not mean a highly rated recruit cannot come in and take playing time. In fact, in a program with few highly rated recruits, a four-star can come in and play day one.

That should be the expectation. Before he bolted for East Lansing, Mel Tucker signed three four-stars in Jason Harris, Ashaad Clayton and Christian Gonzalez. All three of these players upgrade their respective positions.

Of the three, Jason Harris has the opportunity to make the biggest splash. He adds depth to a defensive line rotation sorely in need or more bodies. Though he’s a bit light in the pants, Harris can come in and be a situational pass rusher as he develops.

What Dorrell and the Buffaloes hope is these young prospects come in and take snaps from veterans.