Deion Sanders is taking a somewhat drastic approach to rebuilding the Colorado football program, and the new head coach apparently wasn't too concerned about a number of players who are on the way out.

"I'm not sure he knew the names of half the kids he got rid of," offensive lineman Travis Gray, who is leaving, said, per David Ubben of The Athletic. "He was worried about who he brought in. If you were on the 1-11 team, it seemed like he didn't really care about us at all. He already said he was going to get rid of 25-30 of us, and that's exactly what he did."

Ubben noted 23 Colorado players entered the transfer portal or said they would do so on Monday and Tuesday, with players saying most of them did so because they were instructed to as the roster turns over.

Tight end Zach Courtney also hit the transfer portal and said, "none of the new coaches would talk to the old players and treat us the same as the people they brought in. The new guys wouldn't be picked on as much in film. Coaches would tell them to just do better, but if it was an old player, they'd keep going off on what you did wrong and keep yelling about it."

Jim Weber provided additional context when it came to Courtney.