NFL Draft season is upon the football world with the annual selection meeting scheduled for the end of April. One of the expected top picks is Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders, son of legendary Hall-of-Fame cornerback Deion Sanders.
Both made the media rounds during Super Bowl Week and “Prime Time” answered why he turned down one of his former teams’ head coaching job.
Deion Sanders Wants To Coach His Son, Knows It Can’t Happen in Dallas
The Cowboys had a tough 2024 season finishing 7-10 with franchise quarterback Dak Prescott sidelined after only eight games. Prescott suffered a partial avulsion of his right hamstring in Week 9 and underwent surgery later in the season. He came in at No. 30 in PFSN’s QB+ metric producing a 65.7 (D) grade in his eight starts.
On the eve of Week 1, Prescott signed a massive four-year, $240 million extension, making him the highest-paid quarterback in the NFL, in terms of APY. The early return on that investment hasn’t paid off for Dallas with Prescott missing half the season. The team was 3-5 at the time of his injury and never recovered with Cooper Rush at the helm.
Prescott has been the guy for Dallas since being drafted in 2016. He’s led the team to five playoff appearances and four division titles in his nine seasons. However, he’s been unable to get through Dallas’ Divisional Round wall and has multiple home Wild Card losses on his résumé. Dallas is locked into Prescott for the foreseeable future which played a part in Coach Prime pulling his name out of contention for the team’s head coaching job.
The Colorado head coach spoke with “I Am Athlete” host Kayla Nicole during Super Bowl week, and she bluntly asked him, “Why not the Cowboys?”
“I’m not going to coach without my son,” the Hall-of-Famer said. “And they have a huge investment in their quarterback. They knew that. I’m not stepping up to that level without my baby.”
The elder Sanders has meteorically risen to become a superstar head coach, going from high school offensive coordinator to Power Four head coach in four years. Before joining Colorado, he led the Jackson State Tigers for three years, coaching his son to back-to-back SWAC championships. The duo left for Colorado in 2023, and in 2024, they took the Buffaloes to their first bowl game since 2020.
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Prime Time played for the Cowboys from 1995 to 1999, winning Super Bowl 30 after the ’95 season. He’s a legendary player for Dallas but has consistently said he won’t leave Colorado for the NFL unless he’s coaching Shedeur. Many mock drafts don’t have the quarterback lasting to the Cowboys at the 12th pick, so a Sanders reunion in Dallas doesn’t appear to be in the cards.
