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With the college football season just weeks away, Deion Sanders will celebrate his 57th birthday on August 9th.
The head coach of the Colorado Buffaloes will enter year two with the program, after shocking most of the sports world with several upset wins last season. However, we can’t forget the legendary playing career he had in two different sports.
From jaw-dropping performances in NFL games, to clutch plays in MLB, FOX Sports Research broke down the best moments of his career from both a coach and player perspective.
Let’s take a look:
Top five moments of Deion Sanders’ career
Beats TCU in first game as Colorado head coach
While this might be considered recency bias, there might not have been a bigger moment in “Coach Prime’s” career than upsetting TCU in Week 1 of last season. The Horned Frogs were fresh off a national championship game appearance and entered the matchup as 21-point home favorites. Shedeur Sanders had his coming out party, throwing for 510 yards and four touchdowns in a 45-42 victory for Colorado. Sanders would go on to lead them to four wins on the year, surpassing their Over/Under win total of 3.5.
Back-to-back Super Bowl titles with 49ers and Cowboys
In 1994, Sanders won the Defensive Player of the Year award en route to leading the 49ers to a Super Bowl victory. He intercepted six passes that season and took back three of them for scores. However, the following year he’d join the Cowboys, and play a pivotal role in their Super Bowl run- winning the second title of his career. Between the 1994 and 1995 seasons, Sanders intercepted eight passes in 23 regular season games, along with three picks in postseason play.
1992 MLB season
It can’t be forgotten that Sanders was a two-sport superstar, thriving as a MLB player. His 1992 season with the Braves was arguably his best, recording an OPS of .841 and leading the majors with 14 triples in just 97 games. In that same season, he played a game against the Dolphins for the Falcons, and later that…
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