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Amid the best season for Colorado football in at least eight years, there is optimism that Deion Sanders will remain with the program as head coach in 2025.
Per ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler and Adam Rittenberg, one person with the Colorado program said that Sanders is “acting as if” he will be with the team next season.
“I think he’s all-in,” the person said. “Normally, you can tell when guys are fed up and they’re trying to leave and they’re unhappy. They’re probably going to pay him a lot of money, extend his contract, keep him happy.”
Another source connected to the program told Fowler and Rittenberg that the university gives Sanders “a lot of leeway” to make additional money off the field: “You can’t watch football for 15 minutes and not see Deion.”
Sanders’ future is the biggest storyline for Colorado until there is a definitive answer one way or another.
There has been speculation for some time that Coach Prime might make the jump to the NFL. He’s been connected to the Dallas Cowboys if they move on from Mike McCarthy, but he hasn’t publicly shown any interest in the job.
ESPN’s Adam Schefter noted last month it’s not impossible to imagine a scenario in which Deion and Shedeur Sanders try to go to the same NFL team together.
Shedeur is one of the top quarterbacks in the 2025 draft class and could end up being the top overall pick depending on how things play out during the pre-draft process.
As things currently stand, the New York Jets, New Orleans Saints and Chicago Bears all have head-coaching vacancies going into the offseason. That list will grow when the regular season ends on Jan. 5.
Colorado has been doing well on the 2025 recruiting circuit. The team has the 37th-ranked incoming freshman class with 14 total commits, including six 4-star prospects. This group doesn’t even include the transfer portal, which Sanders has used to dramatically overhaul his roster over the past two years.
The Buffaloes finished the regular season in a four-way tie for the best record in the Big 12, but they missed out on playing in the conference title game due to tiebreakers. They are projected to play in the Alamo Bowl against BYU on Dec. 28.
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