Colorado Buffaloes Gain Transfer Portal Commitment From Ex-Northwestern Offensive Lineman

During his first season at USC in 2022, Lovelace saw 22 total snaps at left and right guard across three games. In 2024, he saw minimal action in four games at right tackle and right guard. Lovelace was the highest-ranked junior college transfer interior offensive lineman in 2022, per 247Sports.

Lovelace entered the transfer portal on April 25 following one season at Northwestern and visited the South Carolina Gamecocks on May 2 before ultimately committing to the Buffs on Friday.

Other transfer portal offensive linemen who've joined the Buffs this offseason include Larry Johnson III (Tennessee Volunteers), Andre Roye Jr. (Maryland Terrapins), Walker Andersen (UCLA Bruins), Xavier Hill (Memphis Tigers), Zarian McGill (Louisiana Tech Bulldogs), Zylon Crisler (Illinois Fighting Illini), Mana Taimani (Ole Miss Rebels) and Aki Ogunbiyi (Texas A&M Aggies). Left tackle Jordan Seaton will likely be the only returning player on Colorado's starting offensive line come Week 1.

Colorado's offensive line is led by a three-man coaching tandem of Gunnar White , Andre Gurode and George Hegamin. In March, White spoke on what he's looking for in transfer portal offensive linemen.

"Athletes and size, right?" White said. "In order to run the ball, not only do you have to be powerful, but you have to be athletic, too, to change up the schemes if you want to pull a guard or pull a tackle or whatnot. And then we try to get length on the edge, too. My philosophy is that if you get tackles, tackles can easily screw down inside. They can go for guards. You don't see 6-foot-6 people just walking around the Earth anyway. They are hard to find, much less that are strong and are fast and have great bend and can run, too. That is part of the molding and development part of it."

The Buffs also picked up a commitment from former North Alabama linebacker Shaun Myers on Friday, giving "Coach Prime" 32 incoming transfers. According to 247Sports, Colorado's transfer class still ranks No. 19 nationally and No. 2 in the Big 12 Conference.