Deion Sanders, Colorado lose No. 5 QB in 2025 recruiting class

Things keep going from bad to worse for University of Colorado head coach Deion Sanders.

Nine weeks ago, Sanders and the Buffaloes were 3-0 and had the attention of nearly every high-profile recruit. Fast forward to Saturday’s season-ending 23-17 loss to Utah, and Colorado ended its season with a 4-8 record and some of its top commits are dropping like flies.

The latest decommit is arguably the biggest blow to Sanders so far as four-star quarterback Antwann Hill announced he was reopening his recruitment on Sunday a little over one month after committing to Colorado.

“Colorado is still a top priority for me,” Hill told ESPN. “I really just want to take the process slower and make sure I’m making the right decision for me and my family at the end of the day. I’m going to get back out there on the market and make the right decision.”

Hill, the No. 5-ranked QB and No. 59 overall player in the class of 2025 per the 247Sports composite rankings, threw for 2,732 yards, 31 touchdowns and five interceptions this season for 9-3 Houston County High School, which lost to 11-2 Woodward Academy in the Georgia High School Association Region 1-6A state playoffs.

The 6-foot-5, 215-pound Hill initially planned to reclassify to the class of 2024 and enroll in school early but later decided against it after talking it over with his family.

He has multiple offers from Power 5 schools and is reportedly considering visits with Alabama, Florida, Florida State, Louisville, LSU, Miami, Michigan, Ole Miss and Texas A&M.

Hill is the second player from the 2025 class to decommit from Colorado this month, joining four-star receiver Winston Watkins Jr., who reopened his recruitment on Nov. 12. Four other recruits from CU’s 2024 class have decommitted as well, headlined by four-star athlete Ju-Juan Johnson.

Sanders gave his thoughts last Tuesday during a news conference about players who decommit and what he believes the NCAA should do to keep them from looking elsewhere once they’ve verbally committed to a program.

“A kid ain’t even stay faithful to his girlfriend,” Sanders said. “You think he’s going to be faithful to a school? Like come on, man. Like that’s like an emotional thing. What I wish the NCAA would do — Honestly, if you’re committed to somewhere, you can’t go to any other visits. I wish that would be. Like if you’re committed, that means you’re committed — you can’t go and visit. So why would you be committed but you still let kids go to other places? That doesn’t make sense.”