Deion Sanders is the kind of leader who always looks out for his players, on and off the field. For him, coaching is about building a family where everyone’s got each other’s back. Remember when Charlie Offerdahl, Colorado’s running back, sat down to tell his teammates he was retiring for medical reasons? Coach Prime didn’t miss a beat. He vowed right there in front of everybody to honor Charlie’s dental school scholarship. And just as he can give scholarships freely to those who’ve earned his trust, he’s just as quick to take them back from those who waste it. And just days after Colorado’s tough loss to Georgia Tech, Sanders showed again that his loyalty isn’t reserved for incompetence.

“I had a bunch of dear friends on that play with me at the college who were Rudies. And I always loo

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