Deion Sanders becomes ‘Professor Prime’: What he said in first class teaching at Colorado

Head football coach Deion Sanders taught his first class this week at the University of Colorado, taking on the role of “Professor Prime” as he spoke to undergraduate students about life, personal branding and even building a football roster in today’s chaotic college football environment.

The class debuted this semester in Boulder and is named after his nickname: “Prime Time: Public Performance and Leadership.” This was the first time “Coach Prime” appeared with his entourage of cameras and security detail in a session that was documented on YouTube by his son Deion Jr. The class will feature different speakers and topics, with Sanders slated to speak once more, per the Boulder Daily Camera.

As a visiting faculty member, Sanders took questions from students Thursday and told them why he doesn’t recruit many freshmen to his team and said that two of his players could be the first two players selected in next year’s NFL draft. He also talked about why he believes few college football players have gotten true endorsement deals for their names, images and likenesses (NIL).

What did Deion Sanders say about roster building?

Sanders said he likes recruiting sophomores who transferred in instead of bringing in a bunch of freshmen. His recruiting class for 2024 includes only six freshmen and nearly 25 transfer players.

“When you inherited a roster like we inherited a roster, you can’t deal with high school kids that much, because it takes them probably a couple of years to develop (and) you’ll be fired in a couple years,” Sanders told the students. “You don’t have that kind of time.”

That’s why he’s become the king of the transfer portal, bringing in 47 scholarship players from other four-year colleges last year. Only a few freshmen played last year in Sanders’ first season at Colorado, when…

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Publish date : 2024-02-03 07:25:38

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