Deion Sanders accused of forcing Colorado football teammates to fight

Deion Sanders was accused by an anonymous ex-Buffs player who has since left the program of forcing his Colorado football players to fight -- this, at least, according to a report from AthlonSports' Steve Corder.

"Outside of the fights, which now appear to be spilling over to the field during practice with Coach Prime even encouraging teammates to square off against each other, the gun culture is troublesome," Corder wrote.

Multiple high-profile Buffs have been named in Corder's report who have come to blows. Shilo Sanders was reportedly bullying Cormani McClain while Jordan Seaton was "initiated" to CU by being forced to fight Savion Washington. Kaleb Mathis, son of Colorado DB coach Kevin Mathis, and Colton Allen fought over gambling debts.

CU is Def Jam: Boulder according to these reports. And among media circles, a lot of this has been whispered about for months.

Evidently, ahead of the season, Corder got the go-ahead to publish it. The veracity of the report will be revealed if a lawsuit is filed in the coming weeks.

Deion Sanders' Colorado football program could thrive with adversity

Whether or not everything in Corder's report is true, the damage is done in the eyes of many. But that doesn't mean Colorado can't thrive on the field.

Look at Georgia in recent years. Look at Alabama for the better part of the last two decades.

Coach Prime has the chance to overcome the accusations -- he certainly can't embrace them in today's day and age -- and make Colorado a legendary, and defiant, program in the vein of UNLV basketball in 1990.

The 2024 season was already must-watch in Boulder with Travis Hunter and Shedeur Sanders playing their final seasons before heading off to the NFL, but this added wrinkle makes it the talk of the sports world indefinitely.