Deion Sanders' future has been a major focal point since Colorado football lost embarrassingly to BYU in the Alamo Bowl in December. For a while, rumors of him going to the Dallas Cowboys or Las Vegas Raiders ran rampant, but those have gone away with the former going with Brian Schottenheimer and the latter hiring Pete Carroll.
Shilo Sanders and Jimmy Horn Jr. practically put them away for good Friday.
Shilo's answer was a bit dressed up but ultimately revealed Coach Prime's likely intentions to stay.
"I don't know. I actually just called him and asked him. He don't tell us nothing, Colorado safety Shilo Sanders told CBS Sports on Friday. "Then I asked [my brother] Shedeur. He doesn't know. I call my older brother [Deion Sanders Jr.]. He doesn't know nothing, so I wish he was up here, so we can ask him. All of us together [can] ask [dad] what he is going to do.
"He has said [he would consider the NFL] if he could coach both of us. I think he is going to stay at Colorado. It's not really like a big speculation. We already knew we was going to stay at Colorado. It would be a surprise if he coached somewhere else, but I don't think that."
Horn's answer was far more definitive.
"I think he's going to be there [Colorado]. You go ask him where he's going to be. I'm pretty sure Coach Prime is going to stay at Colorado," Horn told CBS Sports on Friday. ... "It's just the love that he gets from that school: The love and support. The people that's behind him when it comes to that program. You got a great support system from the AD Mr. Rick George, and the players that are coming there to play for him. Then, the fans, and he gives back to the community, too, so you can't beat it out there for Coach Prime."
At this point, it seems as though Coach Prime is more likely to retire from coaching than take another job. But it's notable that there seems to be NIL issues in Boulder.
Deion likely doesn't want to risk losing big for long if CU isn't offering him institutional support.