Colorado’s quarterback future got a jolt this week, and it came from a familiar name for Buffaloes fans who have been waiting for someone in that room to grab the spotlight.
Class of 2027 commit Andre Adams put together the kind of performance that makes it easy to picture him fitting into Brennan Marion’s “Go-Go” offense down the line. The Antioch High standout in Tennessee led his team to a 34-31 win over Franklin Road Academy on Oct. 8, and he did it in dramatic fashion.
Adams finished the game-winning drive by throwing a 15-yard touchdown to his younger brother, Aeden Adams. The sequence before that mattered just as much: Antioch needed two fourth-down conversions to keep the march alive and set up the winner.
He also put up the kind of all-around stat line that turns heads. Adams passed for 392 yards and three touchdowns, while adding 67 rushing yards and another score on the ground. He entered the game with 14 touchdowns and just one interception, along with 487 rushing yards and two touchdowns, according to MaxPreps.
The biggest moment may have been his fourth-and-10 conversion, when he powered through contact and dragged defenders with him for a 22-yard gain. As The Tennessean’s Jack Williams wrote, “.
@Andre_Adams10 WOW. On 4th and 10, he DRAGS the FRA defense to get the first down.
A 22 yard gain pic.twitter.com/Xlg3lzqRKD”
For Colorado, Adams’ showing is the kind of glimpse that matters because the current quarterback situation has been rocky. The Buffaloes have already played three different quarterbacks, and none has settled the position.
Julian Lewis had an uneven first live outing in the “Go-Go” system against Georgia Tech, then helped Colorado win 14-13 by engineering the final drive and finding Charlie Williams for a 20-yard go-ahead touchdown. He later went over 300 passing yards against Weber State, but the turnover issues and inconsistency showed up again against Northwestern and Baylor.
Isaac Wilson provided a quick spark against Texas Tech by leading the opening scoring drive, but he also turned it over four times, including a pick-six inside his own end zone. That performance made Wilson the latest Colorado quarterback to draw criticism after the game.
Now the Buffaloes head into the bye week looking for cleaner play when they return, and the challenge won’t get any softer. No. 13 Utah and the Big 12’s best scoring defense are next.
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