Colorado vs. BYU projected starting lineup and depth chart for Week 5 | 2025 college football season

The Colorado Buffaloes will square off against the No. 25 BYU Cougars in Week 5 of the 2025 college football season on Saturday. The game will kick off at 10:15 p.m. ET from Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado.

Ahead of the Colorado vs. BYU game, here's a look at the projected lineups for both teams.

Colorado vs. BYU projected starting lineup for Week 5

Colorado projected starting lineup

Here's a look at Colorado's projected starters on offense vs. BYU:

Position	Starter
WR-X	Joseph Williams (No. 8)
WR-Z	Sincere Brown (No. 9)
WR-SL	Dre’lon Miller (No. 6)
LT	Jordan Seaton (No. 77)
LG	Xavier Hill (No. 71)
C	Zarian McGill (No. 58)
RG	Zylon Crisler (No. 72)
RT	Larry Johnson III (No. 53)
TE	Zach Atkins (No. 85)
QB	Kaidon Salter (No. 3)
RB	Micah Welch (No. 29)

Here's a look at Colorado's projected starters on defense vs. BYU:

Position	Starter
LDE	Keaten Wade (#27)
NT	Anquin Barnes Jr. (#92)
DT	Brandon Davis-Swain (#91)
RDE	Arden Walker (#53)
WLB	Jeremiah Brown (#42)
MLB	Martavius French (#37)
LCB	RJ Johnson (#5)
SS	Ben Finneseth (#28)
FS	Carter Stoutmire (#23)
RCB	DJ McKinney (#8)
NB	Preston Hodge (#4)

Here's a look at Colorado's projected starters on special teams vs. BYU:

Position	Starter
PT	Damon Greaves (#35)
PK	Alejandro Mata (#16)
KO	Buck Buchanan (#43)
LS	Kameron Hawkins (#39)
H	Damon Greaves (#35)
PR	DeKalon Taylor (#20)
KR	Quentin Gibson (#15)

BYU projected starting lineup

Here's a look at BYU's projected starters on offense vs. Colorado:

Position	Starter
QB	Bear Bachmeier
RB	LJ Martin
WR-1	Chase Roberts
WR-2	JoJo Phillips
WR-3	Parker Kingston
TE	Carsen Ryan
LT	Isaiah Jatta
LG	Weylin Lapuaho
C	Bruce Mitchell
RG	Austin Leausa
RT	Andrew Gentry

Here's a look at BYU's projected starters on defense vs. Colorado:

Position	Starter
LDE	Viliami Poʻuha
NT	Keanu Tanuvasa
DT	John Taumoepeau
RDE	Logan Lutui
SLB	Isaiah Glasker
MACK	Siale Esera
ROVER	Jack Kelly
LCB	Evan Johnson
SS	Raider Damuni
FS	Tanner Wall
RCB	Therrian Alexander III
NB	Tommy Prassas

Here's a look at BYU's projected starters on special teams vs. Colorado:

Position	Starter
PT	Sam Vander Haar (#35)
PK	Will Ferrin (#44)
KO	Will Ferrin (#44)
H	Sam Vander Haar (#35)
LS	Garrison Grimes (#26)
PR	Parker Kingston (#11)
KR	Cody Hagen (#5)

Colorado vs. BYU depth chart for Week 5

Colorado depth chart

Here's a look at Colorado's depth chart for its offense:

Pos	No.	Player 1	No.	Player 2	No.	Player 3	No.	Player 4	No.	Player 5
WR-X	8	Williams, Joseph SO/TR	5	Williams, Hykeem JR/TR
WR-Z	9	Brown, Sincere RS SR/TR	82	Timmons Jr., Terrell SR/TR	81	Hestera, Jack RS SR/TR
WR-SL	6	Miller, Dre'lon SO	15	Gibson, Quentin FR	17	Hardge, Isaiah RS SO	13	Mathis, Kaleb RS SO
LT	77	Seaton, Jordan SO	52	Roye Jr., Andre RS JR/TR
LG	71	Hill, Xavier GR/TR	56	Brown, Tyler RS SR/TR
C	58	McGill, Zarian SR/TR	70	Lovelace, Cooper GR/TR
RG	72	Crisler, Zylon GR/TR	59	Attia, Yahya RS FR
RT	53	Johnson III, Larry RS JR/TR	55	Harden, Kareem RS SR/TR
TE	85	Atkins, Zach RS JR/TR	31	Smalls, Sav'ell RS SR/TR	86	Kopetz, Brady RS JR
QB	3	Salter, Kaidon RS SR/TR	16	Staub, Ryan RS SO	10	Lewis, Julian FR
RB	29	Welch, Micah SO	20	Taylor, DeKalon SR/TR	26	Price, Simeon RS SR/TR

Here's a look at Colorado's depth chart for its defense:

Pos	No.	Player 1	No.	Player 2	No.	Player 3	No.	Player 4	No.	Player 5
LDE	27	Wade, Keaten SR/TR	44	Merritt, London FR
NT	92	Barnes Jr., Anquin RS SR/TR	94	Coleman, Tavian SR/TR	90	Oatis, Jehiem RS JR/TR	90	Carter II, Taurean RS SR/TR
DT	91	Davis-Swain, Brandon RS FR	88	McNeill, Amari RS SR/TR	95	Thomas, Tawfiq SR/TR
RDE	53	Walker, Arden RS SR/TR	49	Wiggins, Quency RS JR/TR	98	McPherson, Alexander FR
WLB	42	Brown, Jeremiah RS SR/TR	50	Hughes, Reginald GR/TR
MLB	37	French, Martavius RS SR/TR	40	Myers, Shaun RS SR/TR
LCB	5	Johnson, RJ RS SO/TR	3	Parks, Teon JR/TR	10	Vickers, Makari RS SO/TR
SS	28	Finneseth, Ben RS SR	9	Byard, Tawfiq RS SO/TR
FS	23	Stoutmire, Carter JR	13	Slaughter, John JR/TR
RCB	8	McKinney, DJ RS JR/TR	29	Yates, Ivan GR/TR
NB	4	Hodge, Preston SR/TR	9	Davis, Tyrecus RS SR/TR

Here's a look at Colorado's depth chart for its special teams:

Pos	No.	Player 1	No.	Player 2	No.	Player 3	No.	Player 4	No.	Player 5
PT	35	Greaves, Damon JR/TR	38	Gerlach, Daniel JR/TR
PK	16	Mata, Alejandro SR/TR	43	Buchanan, Buck SR/TR
KO	43	Buchanan, Buck SR/TR	18	Stoyanovich, Alexander RS FR
LS	39	Hawkins, Kameron RS SR/TR	45	Whiting, Luke RS SO/TR
H	35	Greaves, Damon JR/TR	38	Gerlach, Daniel JR/TR
PR	20	Taylor, DeKalon SR/TR	15	Gibson, Quentin FR
KR	15	Gibson, Quentin FR	20	Taylor, DeKalon SR/TR

BYU depth chart

Here's a look at BYU's depth chart for its offense:

Position	Starter No.	Starter	Backup 1 No.	Backup 1	Backup 2 No.	Backup 2	Backup 3 No.	Backup 3	Backup 4 No.	Backup 4
WR-X	2	Roberts, Chase RS SR	18	Frischknecht, Reggie SO/TR	-	-	-	-	-	-
WR-Z	5	Hagen, Cody SO	0	Nacua, Tei RS FR	-	-	-	-	-	-
WR-SL	11	Kingston, Parker RS JR	19	Bachmeier, Tiger JR/TR	-	-	-	-	-	-
LT	71	Jatta, Isaiah RS SR/TR	79	Chidester, Kaden RS SO	77	Griffin, Jake RS SO	-	-	-	-
LG	61	Lapuaho, Weylin SR/TR	51	Makasini, Sonny RS JR	-	-	-	-	-	-
C	63	Mitchell, Bruce RS JR	67	Pay, Trevor RS FR	-	-	-	-	-	-
RG	55	Leausa, Austin SR/TR	64	Sfarcioc, Kyle RS SR/TR	-	-	-	-	-	-
RT	75	Gentry, Andrew RS JR/TR	74	Ostler, Trevin RS JR	-	-	-	-	-	-
TE	20	Ryan, Carsen SR/TR	45	Nead, Keayen RS JR/TR	87	Erickson, Ethan RS SR	82	Moeaki, Noah RS FR	-	-
QB	47	Bachmeier, Bear FR	3	Hillstead, McCae RS SO/TR	10	Bourguet, Treyson RS JR/TR	16	Geilman, Emerson FR	-	-
RB	4	Martin, LJ JR	30	Moa, Sione SO	28	Damuni, Jovesa RS FR	12	Rex, Preston RS JR	-	-

Here's a look at BYU's depth chart for its defense:

Position	Starter No.	Starter	Backup 1 No.	Backup 1	Backup 2 No.	Backup 2	Backup 3 No.	Backup 3	Backup 4 No.	Backup 4
LDE	45	Po'uha, Viliami SO	48	Schoonover, Bodie RS JR	13	Akana, Tausili RS SO/TR	-	-	-	-
NT	57	Tanuvasa, Keanu RS JR/TR	96	Kirkland, Justin SR/TR	72	Pakofe, Kaufusi RS SR/TR	-	-	-	-
DT	55	Taumoepeau, John SR/TR	94	Purcell, Anisi RS JR/TR	99	Fetuli, Ulavai FR	-	-	-	-
RDE	7	Lutui, Logan RS SR/TR	90	Clegg, Hunter FR	10	Maile-Kaufusi, Orion RS FR	-	-	-	-
SLB	16	Glasker, Isaiah RS JR	44	Asiata, Ephraim SO	34	Kaufusi, Maika RS SO	-	-	-	-
MACK	54	Esera, Siale RS SO	30	Alford, Max RS JR/TR	23	Watson, Pierson FR	-	-	-	-
ROVER	17	Kelly, Jack RS SR/TR	18	Kaufusi, Ace RS SO	21	Hall, Miles RS SO	-	-	-	-
LCB	0	Johnson, Evan RS JR	29	Dunlap, Jayden RS SR/TR	-	-	-	-	-	-
SS	3	Damuni, Raider JR	25	Alfrey, Talan RS SR	-	-	-	-	-	-
FS	28	Wall, Tanner RS SR	11	Satuala, Faletau RS FR	27	Leach, Matthias RS FR	-	-	-	-
RCB	1	Alexander III, Therrian SO	4	Bamba, Mory RS SR/TR	32	McKenzie, Marcus RS SO	-	-	-	-
NB	22	Prassas, Tommy SO	15	Beasley, Tayvion RS JR/TR	20	DeVries, Cannon FR	-	-	-	-

Here's a look at BYU's depth chart for its special teams:

Pos	No.	Player 1	No.	Player 2	No.	Player 3	No.	Player 4	No.	Player 5
PT	35	Vander Haar, Sam RS JR/TR	31	Shurtz, Fuller FR
PK	44	Ferrin, Will RS SR/TR	97	Dunn, Matthias RS SO
KO	44	Ferrin, Will RS SR/TR	97	Dunn, Matthias RS SO
H	35	Vander Haar, Sam RS JR/TR	31	Shurtz, Fuller FR
LS	26	Grimes, Garrison RS SR/TR	43	Smith, Ty RS FR/TR
PR	11	Kingston, Parker RS JR	19	Bachmeier, Tiger JR/TR
KR	5	Hagen, Cody SO	11	Kingston, Parker RS JR

How to watch Colorado vs. BYU game? TV channel and live stream details for Week 5 clash

The Colorado vs. BYU Week 5 game will be broadcast live on ESPN. Fans can also live stream the contest on Fubo.