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Following practice on Tuesday, Colorado tight ends coach Bret Bartolone was asked if he expected any turnover in his room with the transfer portal opening up that morning.
“You never know,” Bartolone said. “I don’t anticipate any but if that were the case, then it’s next man up and we’re always looking to upgrade the roster and elevate the tight end room for the University of Colorado.”
A day later, the top tight end in Bartolone’s room decided to move on.
Chamon Metayer, who transferred to CU in January from Cincinnati, put his name into the transfer portal on Wednesday. He was expected to be the leader of a revamped tight end room for the Buffaloes.
Also on Wednesday, outside linebacker Khairi Manns and safety Vito Tisdale added their names to the transfer portal after each spent one season in Boulder.
The 15-day spring transfer portal window for undergraduates opened Tuesday and runs through April 30. CU has had 13 players officially enter the portal since Tuesday, none more surprising than Metayer.
Metayer had just 10 practices with the Buffs, including Tuesday. After that practice, he was interviewed by CU’s Mark Johnson for the program’s social media channels. That interview has since been deleted.
Bartolone said of Metayer on Tuesday: “Right now with Chamon, every day what we talk about is just developing consistency. Some days are better than others. Right now, every facet of his game is great. He’s just got to be more consistent catching the ball down the field and making contested catches and that’s overall as a group right now. But he shows up, he works. We need to develop more consistency right now.”
The 6-foot-5, 245-pound Metayer, who has two seasons of eligibility remaining, caught 23 passes at Cincinnati last year. His departure leaves CU with just three scholarship tight ends, including Louis Passarello, who is still recovering from a knee injury that sidelined him for all of 2022. Converted defenders Morgan Pearson and Sav’ell Smalls are also in the mix.
Manns, who has one season of eligibility remaining, played in 11 games last season, including a start in the season opener at TCU. He finished the season with nine tackles and one sack.
The 6-foot-3, 230-pound Manns spent four seasons at Maine before transferring to CU last year. He had 108 tackles and 8.5 sacks during his time with the Black Bears.
Tisdale appeared in three games last season and played just three defensive snaps. He did not record any statistics.
A 6-foot-1, 195-pound junior with two years of eligibility remaining, Tisdale transferred to CU from Kentucky last year. He was with the Wildcats for three seasons and was dismissed from the team in March of 2023. Tisdale recorded 41 tackles in 19 games with the Wildcats and missed the entire 2022 campaign with an injury.
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