Deion Sanders Jr has never been one to let a story go unnoticed\u2014especially when it involves someone who once wore Colorado black and gold. Whether it\u2019s a Pro Bowl-level stat line or an overlooked roster move, if a player ever stepped foot in Boulder under the Deion Sanders umbrella, Jr\u2019s going to show love. That loyalty was on display again this week as one of CU\u2019s lesser-known but hard-nosed offensive linemen packed his bags for Canada. He sure played just one season at Boulder, but made some true friends\u2026<\/p>\n
Justin Mayers, a former UTEP transfer who played just one season in Boulder, has officially signed with the CFL\u2019s Winnipeg Blue Bombers. \u201cThank You God!\u201d he posted shortly after the announcement. It\u2019s a meaningful step for the 6-foot-4, 320-pound guard who played in 11 games and started seven for the Colorado Buffaloes in 2024. He manned the left guard spot for six games and started once at right guard\u2014offering a rare level of versatility and toughness in a room that saw constant reshuffling last fall.<\/p>\n
After going undrafted earlier this year, Justin Mayers was invited to rookie minicamp with the Denver Broncos but didn\u2019t make the final cut. Still, the path wasn\u2019t lost on Deion Sanders Jr., who responded to Mayers\u2019 CFL announcement with a simple but emphatic \u201cYes sir\u201d on social media. It\u2019s that type of backing\u2014small gesture, big message\u2014that\u2019s become a signature move from the Coach Prime lineage.<\/p>\n
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And it\u2019s earned, not gifted. Mayers arrived in Boulder as a 247 Sports four-star transfer with a composite rating of .8800, ranking No. 144 nationally and No. 6 among IOL in the portal. He wasn\u2019t a household name, but his tape spoke volumes.<\/p>\n
In 366 pass-blocking snaps during the 2024 season, Justin Mayers allowed just two sacks, five hurries, and seven total pressures. That\u2019s quietly solid production in a Power Five conference, especially when factoring in CU\u2019s constant rotation up front and struggles to establish continuity. Mayers brought calm to chaos\u2014a quality that may have flown under the radar in draft rooms but it clearly didn\u2019t go unnoticed in Winnipeg.<\/p>\n
His new coach, Mike O\u2019Shea, is building a revamped roster up north, and it just gained a former Buff who knows a thing or two about fighting for a role. Bring in some 2025 Hula Bowl College All-Star Game experience to Winnipeg.<\/p>\n
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Deion Sanders Jr\u2019s NFL media dreams hit a wall<\/p>\n
Deion Sanders Jr, better known in the social media streets as \u2018Bucky\u2019, might have caught a rare W from the top of the football food chain\u2014but the road ahead still looks like gridlock<\/a> on third-and-long.<\/p>\n During a recent appearance on The Morning Run, Sanders Jr. dropped a bombshell that had content creators buzzing. \u201cWe supposed to expand into the NFL teams. \u2026 Roger Goodell gave me his blessings,\u201d he said. That\u2019s not any small feat. Getting a nod from the NFL Commissioner to bring Well Off Media\u2014the wildly successful behind-the-scenes content hub tied to Coach Prime and CU football\u2014into the most tightly controlled media ecosystem in sports is a huge deal. Most creators wouldn\u2019t even dream of such access.<\/p>\n But hold the champagne. \u201cIt\u2019s a battle. We\u2019re not in the position we thought we were going to be,\u201d Sanders Jr. admitted. Why? Because Goodell\u2019s blessing doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re getting the keys to all 32 castles. Individual NFL teams still control access<\/a> to their facilities and media coverage\u2014and some aren\u2019t ready to roll out the red carpet just yet.<\/p>\n ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n So while Well Off Media might be on the NFL\u2019s radar, they\u2019re still waiting for true field-level clearance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Deion Sanders Jr has never been one to let a story go unnoticed\u2014especially when it involves someone who…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46208,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-46207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}