Is Shedeur Sanders playing today? Colorado QB's availability for Week 7 explored

The Colorado Buffaloes will host the No. 18 Kansas State on Saturday at 10:15 p.m. ET. Colorado is a 3.5-point home underdog. The Buffaloes have been led by quarterback Shedeur Sanders in all games played thus far.

Is Shedeur Sanders playing today?

Shedeur Sanders will start on Saturday. Source: Imagn

Shedeur Sanders, who is projected to be among the to draft picks next year, is expected to start on Saturday. The Buffaloes are coming off their open week, which allowed the quarterback to heal up any potential injuries he may have had. He has avoided any injuries this season, which has helped Colorado stay in the Big 12 race.

Sanders has been one of the best quarterbacks in college football this season, and Kansas State coach Chris Klieman says stopping the quarterback will be tough.

"There's a lot of concerns that we have, obviously. Go to the offensive side, and I think (Shedeur) Sanders will be the first quarterback picked off the board (in next year's NFL Draft). He should be. In the film that I've seen of a lot of the top guys, I think he's an excellent thrower," Klieman said, via CJOnline.

"You can't really confuse him. I've seen a lot of different teams try to manipulate coverage and disguise, and he does a really good job, pre-snap to post-snap, and he can make all the throws. And he has a lot of guys to throw the football to."

In Sanders' last start, he went 28-for-35 for 290 yards, three touchdowns and one interception as Colorado went on the road to beat BYU as big underdogs.

This season, Sanders is 138-for-197 for 1,630 yards, 14 touchdowns and three interceptions. He currently has the 10th-best odds of winning the Heisman at +3500, which implies a 2.8% chance of it happening.

Colorado will go on the road to play Arizona in Week 8 after hosting Kansas State in a chance for the Buffaloes to get ranked.