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By Tyler Erzberger
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Deion Sanders is a one-of-a-kind athlete in sports. He could run, kick, tackle, hit a home run in baseball, and then return a punt for a touchdown on the same day before stealing the airwaves with a pro wrestling promo.
When he became the head coach of the Colorado Buffaloes, he took over not only the college football world but the entire sport. After reviving what had been a dormant program, the prevailing question was whether the multi-sport star and one of the true faces of football would take a shot at the pros.
Sanders was connected to possibly taking the Dallas Cowboys head coaching position last year, but nothing came to fruition.
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Now, Colorado's head man will only coach in the NFL on one condition: his son, Shedeur Sanders, is his starting quarterback.
Or at least that is what a former NFL player believes.
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Adam "Pacman" Jones, a longtime NFL player and a friend of Deion, spoke to TMZ about the possibility of the legendary two-way player entering NFL coaching circles.
Jones outright said that Sanders would never coach against his son, Shedeur, and that the only way he would take a hypothetical position in the NFL is if he could work with his son, whom he oversaw at Jackson State before Colorado.
Although Shedeur was drafted in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL Draft, he ultimately became the Cleveland Browns' starting QB in the second half of the season following trades and injuries. He also became the first signal-caller in over twenty years to win his debut rookie game as a Browns starter.
While there were some positives in his rookie season, there were also some major downs. The unforced errors continued to kill him and his team, and a lack of consistency meant that even if Sanders finished the year as the Browns' starter, there was zero promise he would have that job at the start of Week 1 next season.
“If it was to happen,” Jones said on the possibility of Deion coaching in the NFL. “It would be somewhere where Shedeur is playing at.”
The Browns are currently looking for a new head coach, but there has been no official news or concrete rumors that Shedeur's father is interested in or is up for the role.
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