Deion Sanders
American football coach and former player (born 1967) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Deion Luwynn Sanders (/ˈdiːɒn/ DEE-on; born August 9, 1967) is an American football coach and former professional football and baseball player. Sanders serves as the head coach of the football program at the University of Colorado Boulder. Nicknamed "Neon Deion" and "Prime Time" during his playing career and "Coach Prime" during his coaching career, he played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons; 5 seasons with the Atlanta Falcons, 1 season with the San Francisco 49ers, 5 seasons with the Dallas Cowboys, 1 season with the Washington Redskins, and 2 seasons with the Baltimore Ravens. Sanders played as a cornerback and return specialist. He was the first player to be referred to as a "shutdown corner."[1]
Sanders also played nine seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB); 2 seasons with the New York Yankees, parts of 4 seasons with the Atlanta Braves, parts of 4 seasons with the Cincinnati Reds, and 1 season with the San Francisco Giants. He won two Super Bowl titles and made a World Series appearance in 1992, making him the only athlete to play in both a Super Bowl and a World Series.[2]
Sanders played college football for the Florida State Seminoles, winning 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 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.[3][4]
After retiring as a player, Sanders pursued a sports analyst and coaching career. He served as the head coach of the football program at Jackson State University from 2020 to 2022, after earning his degree in business administration at Talladega College in an accelerated program, leading the team 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 for the Colorado Buffaloes.