The 2024 pieces of the puzzle continue to come into place with each passing day Dave Boller and Anthony Becht have seen many of their NFL players return back to the team.
The bittersweet news keeps coming for Battlehawks fans, as two more players earned NFL opportunities this week. On Monday, St. Louis saw a bit more roster configuration as LB Carson Wells, and DB Lavert Hill both earned NFL opportunities after successful workouts.
The Tennessee Titans hosted LB Ryan Anderson and LB Carson Wells for a workout on Monday, according to Aaron Wilson. Anderson, 28, was drafted by Washington in the second round out of Alabama in 2017.
The Bengals signed free agent guard Nathan Gilliam on Friday morning. The first-year player out of Wake Forest has spent time on the Chargers' and Steelers' practice squads.
The Cincinnati Bengals announced that they signed G Nathan Gilliam and waived LB Carson Wells in a corresponding roster move. Gilliam, 25, originally signed on with the Chargers as an undrafted free agent out of Wake Forest back in 2020.
Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images The CU linebacker hopes to carve out a role on a Super Bowl caliber defense. Colorado Buffaloes linebacker Carson Wells has signed with the Cincinnati Bengals as undrafted free agent, first reported by Matt Zenitz.
Outside doubt has always fueled Carson Wells’ fire. Going undrafted over the weekend will only motivate the former Colorado linebacker even more. “No doubt.
It was on the family cattle ranch in Florida where Carson Wells developed his “country” strength as a youth. Working on that ranch prepared Wells for his high school football seasons and his career at Colorado.
As an outside linebacker/edge rusher, Carson Wells knows the value of speed. When he came to Colorado for a camp as a high school player, he won the fastest man competition.
Following Colorado’s home finale on Nov. 20, outside linebacker Carson Wells came back out to the Folsom Field grass. Still in partial uniform, he sat down, leaned against the north goalpost and looked around the empty stadium.
We knew change was coming and it happened quickly. On Sunday, Colorado head football coach Karl Dorrell made a big decision regarding the future of the program when he opted to part ways with offensive coordinator Darrin Chiaverini.
Once upon a time, college football coaches had the luxury of time to get their programs rolling. At Colorado, three of the best coaches in program history struggled out of the gates.
Standing to the right of head coach Karl Dorrell in the Colorado locker room on Saturday night was running back Jarek Broussard. The junior proudly helped lead his teammates in a spirited rendition of the CU fight song – something the Buffaloes haven’t done much this year.
There was a bit more bounce in the step and confidence in the voices of Colorado football players this week. Breaking a losing streak will do that. “Definitely it builds a confidence level,” outside linebacker Carson Wells said of last week’s 34-0 win against Arizona.
On Friday night, as Carson Wells and his Colorado teammates were preparing for their game the next day against Arizona, he couldn’t wait to face the Wildcats.
The 2021 season has quickly derailed for the Colorado Buffaloes. Three consecutive blowout losses, and four consecutive defeats overall, have left the Buffs scrambling to find one more win, let alone the five more required for bowl eligibility.
Carson Wells was somewhat of a revelation during the shortened 2020 season Wells already had established himself as a key cog on the Colorado defense, but Wells’ sudden jump to stardom last year mirrored the sudden rise of a Buffaloes team that finished 4-2.
It didn’t take long for a portion of the Colorado football fan base to turn on the head coach. That’s the nature of fans, of course, but it’s also a reflection of how CU fans have been conditioned.
Considering his father was once the stunt double for The Incredible Hulk, Colorado linebacker Quinn Perry grew up knowing a little bit about pumping iron.
In spending the early part of the summer in 2020 working on the family ranch in Florida, Carson Wells kept in shape and gained some strength in preparation for his junior year.
Although Colorado played just six football games in 2020, outside linebacker Carson Wells did things that hadn’t been done in 30 years by a Buffalo. Wells led the country in tackles for loss per game, at 2.67.
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