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The Colorado Buffaloes’ 2024 play will apt beryllium nan past 1 for backmost Shedeur Sanders and protect backmost Shilo Sanders arsenic they get fresh for their elder years.
Both Sanders brothers are expected to beryllium draught picks adjacent year. Shedeur Sanders could beryllium 1 of nan first quarterbacks taken disconnected nan board. With their collegiate exits, it’s rumored that Deion Sanders – their begetter – could beryllium joining them successful nan NFL arsenic a caput coach.
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Colorado caput coach Deion Sanders directs information Ben Finneseth during nan team's outpouring NCAA assemblage shot game, Saturday, April 27, 2024, successful Boulder. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
But Deion Sanders put nan rumors to rest, for now, connected Saturday.
"I show them nan truth. I show them I'm a father, not a babe daddy. I don't travel my kids. I pave roads for my kids," he said, via ESPN. "I build generational wealthiness for my kids. I lead my kids. I don't travel my kids. So I do not scheme connected pursuing my kids to nan NFL. I person activity to do here.
"I perfectly emotion it here, and I would ne'er deliberation a young relative from nan South would really emotion it successful this portion of nan country, but I really do.... The instrumentality guidelines that we person here... I conscionable want to really bless you pinch a tremendously successful team. I really do. That's my heart."
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Colorado caput coach Deion Sanders directs players during nan outpouring assemblage crippled connected Saturday, April 27, 2024, successful Boulder. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Sanders vowed he’d get nan Buffaloes to a vessel crippled – successful a committedness to 99-year-old superfan Peggy Coppom. He said he loved what he was building successful Colorado arsenic he deed nan transportation portal to plug successful immoderate holes earlier nan commencement of practice.
The squad added a fistful of players, including Florida Atlantic wide receiver LaJohntay Wester, Liberty information Preston Hodge and LSU protect lineman Quency Wiggins, according to 247 Sports.
Colorado vanished past play 4-8, including losing six consecutive to extremity nan year. The Buffaloes gave USC, Stanford and Arizona a tally for their money but came up pinch adjacent defeats.
The Buffaloes held their outpouring crippled connected Saturday. About 28,424 group attended – down from past year’s 47,277 that packed Folsom Field. Wester had a touchdown drawback and Travis Hunter had aggregate receptions.
Colorado wide receiver Travis Hunter runs for a agelong summation during nan outpouring crippled connected Saturday, April 27, 2024, successful Boulder. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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"We person a plethora of receivers and 4 much connected their measurement that I can't hold to spot them activity together this summer," Deion Sanders said. "I can't hold until they're nether nan aforesaid roof.... Shedeur is going to beryllium nan happiest young man successful nan building."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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