How Deion Sanders's Camp Feels He'd Handle a Cowboys Job Offer, per Insider

Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders (right) talks with Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones before the game against the Seattle Seahawks at AT&T Stadium. | Tim Heitman-Imagn Images

As the Dallas Cowboys move through the hiring process following the dismissal of Mike McCarthy, all eyes are on Cowboys legend and Colorado Buffaloes coach Deion Sanders.

With Sanders's sons Shedeur and Shilo and two-way superstar Travis Hunter heading to the 2025 NFL draft, there isn't anything directly keeping him tied to Colorado, other than his insistence that he would remain the Buffaloes coach after his sons' departures. However, Sanders's deep connection to the Cowboys and the job's status as perhaps the biggest in all of American football throws a wrench in those plans.