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Colorado's Xavier Weaver named to Biletnikoff Award Watch List

USF transfer is in the midst of a career year in Boulder

Josh Tolle

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Colorado wide receiver Xavier Weaver was named to the 2023 Biletnikoff Award Watch List, the Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation announced Wednesday.

The Biletnikoff Award recognizes the most outstanding receiver in college football regardless of position. Weaver, who transferred from South Florida, was the only addition for the Buffaloes. The senior has been an outstanding contributor and primary target for Shedeur Sanders. 

Weaver is currently second in the Pac-12 with 631 yards and six total touchdowns. He'll likely set career-highs in the receptions, yards, and TDs this season. The Orlando, Fla. native got his third 100-yard receiving game in Colorado's loss to Stanford last week. He's also just shy of averaging the century mark with 90.1 receiving yards per contest. 

Colorado has the bye week before heading to Pasadena to face 25th-ranked UCLA at the Rose Bowl on Oct. 28. It's the latest nationally televised game for the Buffs on ABC. 

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Josh Tolle
JOSH TOLLE

Josh Tolle is a writer covering college sports for On SI. Outside of storytelling, the multi-talented broadcaster has play-by-play experience at the professional and collegiate levels. In 2018, he began calling games for the National Women’s Soccer League. He has also called games for the United Soccer League, Concacaf, and the U.S. Open Cup. He has called hockey for the Premier Hockey Federation for the past three seasons and was the play-by-play voice for the Superior RoughRiders of the Western Hockey League. He has provided play-by-play for various other sports including football, basketball, baseball and volleyball events. Since 2015, Tolle has been the voice of Colorado School of Mines Athletics having called football, men's and women's basketball and soccer. He previously wrote for SB Nation.

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