After a rough week of recruiting losses, the roster churn kept rolling on Monday for the Buffs. Linebacker Shaun Meyers and safety John Slaughter have entered the transfer portal, adding two more names
to a growing list of departures as Colorado heads into an uncertain offseason.
Meyers has already logged a long college career that included time at the junior college level, and he still has a season of eligibility remaining. In 2025, he played in all 12 games and started the final four, finishing with 36 total tackles, 23 solo, five tackles for loss, one sack, one pass breakup, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery. His best tape came in the home finale against Arizona State, where he stacked eight tackles, six solo, plus a sack, a tackle for loss, and a fumble recovery. Earlier in the year, he was named PFF Big 12 Linebacker of the Week for his Week 3 performance against Houston. Meyers was a steady special teams piece and a downhill run defender who gave the front seven some extra edge.
Slaughter, a Tennessee transfer who settled in at safety, played in the final 11 games and started three after making his first start in Week 9 at home against Arizona. He closed 2025 with 25 total tackles, 18 solo, two interceptions, one forced fumble and one quarterback hurry. The late season surge was real, as Slaughter stepped up in a big way to injuries in the secondary. He picked off his first pass at West Virginia in Week 10 and returned it 22 yards, then grabbed a second interception the next week against Arizona State. That ASU game was his best outing with six tackles, five solo, an interception and a forced fumble. Slaughter brought range in split-field looks and physicality near the box, and he was improving as the year went on.
For Colorado the losses are not just numbers. Meyers was a rotational starter on the defensive line, and Slaughter was trending upward. Both players leave snaps and production that will have to be replaced either through development or the portal. Transfer season is only beginning, as CU’s staff now has two more positions to backfill. As always, we will keep tracking departures and additions, and how the depth chart reshapes over the next few weeks.
