Colorado’s new head football coach Deion Sanders made at least one thing clear to his players before spring football training – they’ll have to earn everything according to the numbers on their jerseys.
Well Off Media posted a video on Sunday of Sanders addressing his team and laying out the ground rules from jersey numbers to academics. He explained his rules for wearing number one on the back of their shirt and that it was up to him who wore number 1.
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September 4, 2022; Miami, Florida, United States; Jackson State Tigers head coach Deion Sanders received the Orange Blossom Classic Award after defeating the Florida A&M Rattlers at Hard Rock Stadium. (Rich Story – USA Today Sports)
“If you want a number, you have to earn it. The reason we’re here is because we’re asking you for the numbers you want and a lot of you have been wanting numbers that aren’t you. What I mean by that, the lineman doesn’t wear one number. It wouldn’t happen under me. And if you weren’t That guy, you’re not wearing a number one.
“Back in the day, when we came along, this guy was Number One. It was him. It was him. How could you ask for Number 1 if you weren’t the Number One?”
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Head coach Deion Sanders of the Jackson State Tigers looks on before the game against the Southern University Jaguars in the SWAC Championship at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium on December 3, 2022 in Jackson, Mississippi. (Justin Ford / Getty Images)
Sanders said there are only eight single numbers available for the team. No. 2 went, and No. 1 handed.
“You don’t wear a zero. It’s never going to happen because that means you’re nothing,” Sanders said. “I don’t understand who wants zero. I don’t understand why you want to be nothing. I don’t understand that.”
Sanders said that if more than one person wanted a number, they would have to compete for it.
“Everything you do here will earn him,” Sanders said. “We don’t give you anything.” “So you have to go get it and you have to take it.”
December 4, 2022; Boulder, Colorado, USA; Deion Sanders, head coach of the Colorado Buffaloes, speaks during a press conference at the Arrow Touchdown Club. (Ron Chinoy-USA Today Sports)
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The Buffaloes open their season on September 2 against TCU.
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