Colorado safety Trey Ortega III enters grad transfer portal

On Monday, Colorado junior safety Trey Ortega III announced on social media that he intends to enter the transfer portal as a graduate transfer with two years of eligibility remaining. Ortega did not see any action this past season with the Buffaloes. In 2022, he played in seven games, recording two solo tackles.

“I want to thank Coach Dorrell and Coach Sanford for allowing me to play at the University of Colorado and be apart of an amazing program,” Ortega wrote in his post. “I have decided to enter the transfer portal as a grad transfer. Looking forward to what is next!”

While he didn’t see much action, he did pick up the Defensive Scout Team Player of the Year Award at the Buffaloes’ Senior Award Banquet in 2022. He’s a guy who should be able to help out somebody even if it’s in more of a practice player type of role. Every team needs guys like that in order to be successful.

Colorado is a team that used the transfer portal heavily once Deion Sanders took over the program. It’ll be interesting to see how much they use the portal this next cycle. To stay up to date on all things Colorado, make sure to check out Rivals’ Colorado site CU Sports Report.