Back in high school at Trinity Christian and then at Jackson State, Shedeur Sanders had his dad, Deion “ Coach Prime ” Sanders , calling the plays—and the shots—literally. Deion handled everything from game prep to headset checks, layering his son’s growth with that protective edge only a Hall of Fame dad-coach can. And Shedeur? Well, as a proud son, he openly admitted being totally fine with it, and even joked that his dad had “ separation anxiety ” during NFL interviews. But that wasn’t all.

That bond followed them to Colorado, where Coach Prime’s hands-on style didn’t let up. You would find Deion in almost every quarterback drill, every offensive meeting, dialing up that father-coach energy day in, day out. Though this frequent father-son interaction was often criticized, exper

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