Colorado head coach Mike MacIntyre and offensive line coach Klayton Adams have consistently lauded the potential of Will Sherman. So much so the 290-pound tackle from Allen, Texas, almost had his redshirt burned a year ago.
Instead, Sherman spent a year in the background while cultivating the skills that made getting him on the field as soon as possible so tantalizing. However, when the time finally arrived for Sherman to make his Buffaloes debut during the second half of the season-opening rout of Colorado State, Adams experienced a momentary pang of uncertainty regarding the prospect in whom he'd been so confident.