Colorado will have Shilo Sanders back against No. 18 Kansas State on Saturday.
Coach Deion Sanders said his son would return to the starting lineup just four weeks after undergoing surgery for a broken forearm. Shilo Sanders suffered the injury in the first half of Colorado’s Week 2 loss at Nebraska and Deion had said shortly after the surgery that he only expected Shilo to be sidelined for two or three weeks. Colorado had a bye in Week 6 before its game against K-State.
“He’s practicing, he’s at his best,” Deion Sanders said Tuesday. “It has a rubber cast. He’s doing his thing. I can’t wait to see him there because he and (Cam’Ron Silmon-Craig) are amazing together. (Carter Stoutmire) has done a wonderful job, he has a lot of experience and is also involved in some packages, but Shilo is at his best. We should have the entire starting defense this week.”
Silmon-Craig is the team’s leading tackler with 36 tackles in the first five games of the season. Sanders had recorded 11 tackles before his injury in a 28-10 loss to the Cornhuskers.
That game is the only one Colorado has lost so far this season. At 4-1, the Buffaloes have already matched their win total from a season ago and are two wins away from bowl eligibility. A win over the Wildcats on Saturday night would put the Buffaloes in the thick of the Big 12 title race, even if they would still be considered a longshot to win the conference title.
“We shouldn’t be surprised where we are,” Deion Sanders said. “We must be grateful for the understanding of what allowed us to be where we are. But it shouldn’t surprise you.”