Deion Sanders says NFL groups can anticipate his son, quarterback Shedeur Sanders, and Colorado two-way star Travis Hunter, to navigate their approach out of being drafted into dangerous conditions in subsequent yr’s draft.
“I do know the place I would like them to go,” Sanders mentioned Friday on “Million Dollaz Value of Recreation,” a Barstool Sports activities podcast. “So, it’s sure cities that ain’t going to occur. It’s going to be an Eli.”
In 2004, quarterback Eli Manning mentioned he wouldn’t play for the San Diego Chargers, who drafted him and promptly traded him to the New York Giants, the place Manning received two Tremendous Bowls.
Sanders talked about San Francisco, Dallas, Washington and Baltimore particularly as attainable touchdown spots for Shedeur Sanders and Hunter, who final yr Sanders known as his “fourth son.”
“Let God ship my child someplace heat, not someplace chilly,” Sanders instructed a crowd of some hundred followers on the closing cease of his e-book tour final week.
Sanders mentioned he expects each Hunter and Shedeur Sanders to be drafted within the high 4, however wasn’t sure who would go larger. Final week, he mentioned Sanders would “in all probability” be the second quarterback picked on this yr’s draft. Shedeur Sanders mentioned he elected to return to Colorado as an alternative of coming into the draft as a result of he wasn’t happy with how the Buffaloes’ season ended. Colorado went 4-8 and Sanders missed the ultimate sport of the season with a again harm.
“The one purpose I do know that, don’t you suppose I do know individuals within the NFL? I’m sorry, I performed for what number of years, 14? Bought a gold jacket on the crib, I feel. I feel I do know some individuals. Jerry Jones. Arthur Clean. I do know some individuals within the sport. Roger Goodell. So once I converse I’m not simply throwing stuff out of my head. I’m throwing stuff primarily based on data. So let’s simply get that straight.”
Colorado, who strikes from the Pac-12 to the Huge 12 this offseason, opens its season at dwelling towards North Dakota State on Aug. 31. The Buffaloes’ spring sport is slated for April 27. Sanders mentioned final week ESPN has handed on broadcasting the sport once more prefer it did a yr in the past, as an alternative telling the Buffaloes the community plans to concentrate on that weekend’s NFL Draft. Sanders mentioned the college continues to be in talks with Fox and the Pac-12 Community to presumably broadcast the sport.
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