Prime Time: Dunlap four-star prospect gets offer from Colorado football
Is Mack Sutter headed for Prime Time?
The four-star Dunlap tight end picked up a scholarship offer from Deion Sanders' Colorado program on Tuesday, running his Power 5 college football tally to 38 since last January. This offer came Tuesday morning from Buffaloes tight ends coach Brett Bartolone.
Grateful to receive an offer from The University of Colorado! 🦬 @DeionSanders @EDGYTIM @AllenTrieu @GregSmithRivals @SWiltfong_ @adamgorney @LemmingReport pic.twitter.com/w7amjo5TTG
— Mack Sutter (@M4ckSutter) January 28, 2025
Sutter has seen a flurry of new offers over the last few weeks including North Carolina State along with Florida State, North Carolina and now Colorado in the last 24 hours.
The 6-foot-6, 225-pound junior released his 12 finalists in August: Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio State, Ole Miss, Penn State and Tennessee.
Inside the process: Dunlap football star is one of the nation's top recruits
This article originally appeared on Journal Star: Colorado football recruiting: CU offers Dunlap, Illinois, tight end Mack Sutter
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