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Kyle Koster

Deion Sanders Still Won't Leave Campus to Recruit After Breakthrough Colorado Season

Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders walks on the field during the game against the Brigham Young Cougars at Alamodome. | Troy Taormina-Imagn Images

Deion Sanders runs the Colorado football program in his own unique style, which includes a steadfast commitment to not embarking on any recruiting trips. The Buffaloes coach revealed his tactic last year before leading the program to a solid 9–4 year showcasing the Heisman Trophy winner and one of best quarterbacks in the country. And like the saying goes: if it ain't broke, why fix it?

“That’s how I recruit,” Sanders said last month on ABC's Tamron Hall, via USA Today. “I don’t go to nobody’s school or nobody’s house. I’m not doing that. I’m too old to be going to somebody’s school, somebody’s house. All the kids that I’m recruiting, as a matter of fact, they in the [transfer] portal. They’re grown men with kids. They don’t need me to come around their crib and try to convince them to come play for me, nah.”

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