{"id":754174,"date":"2026-02-15T16:40:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T16:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/754174\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T16:40:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T16:40:17","slug":"legend-done-with-program-after-shedeur-sanders-jersey-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/754174\/","title":{"rendered":"Legend done with program after Shedeur Sanders jersey retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Colorado football<\/a> team recently suffered a significant loss to its roster when former five-star offensive tackle Jordan Seaton officially transferred to the LSU Tigers<\/a>. Seaton, a high-profile recruit from IMG Academy, chose to continue his career under head coach Lane Kiffin in Louisiana.<\/p>\n

During his time in Boulder, Seaton proved to be a reliable protector for Shedeur Sanders, starting every game as a true freshman and earning All-Big 12 second-team honors in 2025. While the team loses talent on the field, it is also losing support from its most celebrated alumni. His departure marks a major shift for the Buffaloes’ offensive line as they look to replace a player many consider a future first-round NFL draft pick.<\/p>\n

Besides that, Christian Fauria, a former tight end who won a national championship with Colorado, has announced he is no longer supporting the program<\/a>. Fauria explained to USA Today and noticed in NBC Sports, that while he wishes the Buffaloes to succeed, he finds the priorities of head coach Deion Sanders<\/a> off-putting.<\/p>\n

He officially stopped supporting the program in April 2025 after athletic director Rick George permitted the retirement of Shedeur Sanders’ jersey number. Fauria characterized the retirement as a vanity project and expressed that he wants no part of the twisted loyalty often demanded by Sanders supporters.<\/p>\n

He further noted that any criticism directed at the head coach is often unfairly labeled as hate, even when the traits being questioned are self-serving or self-promoting.<\/p>\n

For LSU, landing Seaton is a major victory<\/a> in the 2026 transfer portal, as he was ranked among the top players available. He finished the 2025 season with an elite pass-blocking grade of 84.1, according to Pro Football Focus, allowing only one sack and seven pressures throughout his sophomore campaign.<\/p>\n

As Sanders record at Colorado stands at 16-21, the program faces increasing pressure to balance its high-profile branding with on-field results to prevent more supporters from walking away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Colorado football team recently suffered a significant loss to its roster when former five-star offensive tackle Jordan…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":754175,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2932,11,7,49,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-754174","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-colorado-football","9":"tag-deion-sanders","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-ncaa","12":"tag-ncaa-football"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116075641128732275","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=754174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/754175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=754174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=754174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=754174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}