Deion Sanders tells the Kelce brothers the truth about Shedeur’s NFL journey originally appeared on The Sporting News
Deion Sanders joined Jason and Travis Kelce on the New Heights podcast and gave fans an unfiltered look at life as Coach Prime.
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Family quickly became the centerpiece of the conversation. Coaching now without his sons in Colorado, Sanders admitted, “I definitely miss them because all my life they’ve been there. We didn’t know another way. That’s the only way we knew.” He smiled about the constant family chatter that still fills his phone. “We got this family chat, then we got the girls involved with the chat, then we just got all the boys, then all the girls. We got all different kind of chats ’cause I got five kids. So right now they on my butt. I just told you I know you miss me. I know you miss me. Don’t get it twisted.”
When asked about Shedeur in Cleveland, Sanders spoke with both urgency and patience. “Be patient and be ready. That’s all you can do. Don’t let them call your name and you ain’t ready. We don’t have to get ready. We always ready.”
He then revealed the untold story of draft night, a moment that shifted the course of his son’s career. “Philly called. Baltimore called. And the Browns. They forget, I know, I played for Baltimore, so me and Ozzie (Newsome) are cool. So we understood that whole conversation and he wanted to talk to Shedeur as well as he wanted to talk to me. And I pushed Shedeur on the phone and…I don’t want to say how it went, but how in the world can somebody fault him for saying or thinking why in the world would I go back up Lamar for 10 more years? Like who comes in with that mindset? No, that’s not where you want to go…if the goal is to be that guy and you want to be the player and the quarterback, you want to get that opportunity.”
Sanders also praised former Colorado star Travis Hunter, now in Jacksonville. “Definitely not. They’re not using him enough,” he insisted. “I saw it with my own eyes on an everyday basis for three straight years. He never practiced on Tuesdays. He practiced Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and he was ready to play. Travis is a big kid, man. He loves the game. He loves studying. He always had at least five hours of study in each week. He is just a phenomenal athlete. One of the greatest I’ve ever seen do both simultaneously.”
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