Buffs LB Marvin Ham II could make his first collegiate start in CU’s opener.
Football
Neill Woelk, Contributing Editor
BOULDER — Colorado’s first depth chart of the season sports plenty of experience at the top, with at least eight — and possibly as many as 10 — of the starting positions held by seniors or graduate transfers.
But overall, the Buffs are once again loaded with more underclassmen than upperclassmen. Of the 81 players listed on the depth chart for CU’s Sept. 2 opener at home against TCU (8 p.m., ESPN), there are 33 freshmen, 23 sophomores, eight juniors, 12 seniors and six grad transfers. The breakdown marks the seventh time in the last nine seasons that CU has had more underclassmen than upperclassmen listed.
Still, the two-deep boasts a healthy dose of players with plenty of collegiate snaps under their belts. That includes at least 10 positions manned by players who have started at least six games in a season — and possibly several more, depending upon who makes the start at positions where the top spot is still listed as a tie between two players.
Maybe the most experienced spot in terms of starters will be the defensive line, where the three players atop the depth chart — Terrance Lang, Na’im Rodman and Jalen Sami — have combined for 60 starts in their careers.
On the flip side, three of CU’s starters in…
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