Deion Sanders

Deion Sanders
	Sanders with the Colorado Buffaloes in 2024
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Colorado
Conference	Big 12
Record	12–11
Biographical details
Born	August 9, 1967 (age 57); Fort Myers, Florida, U.S.
Alma mater	Talladega College
Playing career
1985–1988	Florida State
1989–1993	Atlanta Falcons
1994	San Francisco 49ers
1995–1999	Dallas Cowboys
2000	Washington Redskins
2004–2005	Baltimore Ravens
Position(s)	Cornerback ; Return specialist
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2012–2013	Prime Prep (TX)
2015–2016	Triple A (TX)
2017–2020	Trinity Christian (TX) (OC)
2020–2022	Jackson State
2023–present	Colorado
Head coaching record
Overall	39–17 (college); 17–21 (high school)
Bowls	0–2
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	As a coach 2× SWAC (2021, 2022); 2× SWAC East (2021, 2022); As a player 2× Super Bowl (XXIX, XXX);
Awards
	As a coach SI Sportsman of the Year (2023); Eddie Robinson Award (2021); 2× SWAC Coach of the Year (2021, 2022); As a player Pro Football Hall of Fame [1]; NFL Defensive Player of the Year (1994); 6× First-team All-Pro (1992–1994, 1996–1998); 2× Second-team All-Pro (1991, 1999); 8× Pro Bowl (1991–1994, 1996–1999); NFL kickoff return yards leader (1992); 2× NFL 1990s All-Decade Team; NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team; PFWA All-Rookie Team (1989); Atlanta Falcons Ring of Honor; Jim Thorpe Award (1988); 2× Unanimous All-American (1987, 1988); Third-team All-American (1986); Florida State Seminoles Jersey No. 2 honored;
	College Football Hall of Fame; Inducted in 2011 (profile)

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Deion Luwynn Sanders Sr. (born August 9, 1967) is an American football coach and former player who is the head coach of the Colorado Buffaloes football team. Nicknamed "Prime Time", "Neon Deion", and since becoming a coach, "Coach Prime", he played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons with the Atlanta Falcons, San Francisco 49ers, Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins, and Baltimore Ravens. Sanders was also a baseball outfielder for nine seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, and San Francisco Giants. He won two Super Bowl titles and made one World Series appearance in 1992, making him the only athlete to play in both a Super Bowl and a World Series.

Sanders played college football for the Florida State Seminoles, where he won the Jim Thorpe Award as a senior. He was selected by the Falcons fifth overall in the 1989 NFL draft and played football primarily at cornerback, while also making appearances as a return specialist and wide receiver. During his career, he was named to eight Pro Bowls, received six first-team All-Pros, and made consecutive Super Bowl appearances in Super Bowl XXIX with the 49ers and Super Bowl XXX with the Cowboys, winning both. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame in 2011.

After retiring as a player, Sanders pursued a job as a sports analyst and a coaching career. He served as the head coach of the Jackson State Tigers football team from 2020 to 2022, leading them to two consecutive Celebration Bowl appearances and the first undefeated regular season in school history. Near the end of the 2022 season, Sanders was named the head football coach at Colorado.