Clutch Points MLBNow the head coach of the Colorado Buffaloes football team, Deion Sanders' days in the New York Yankees ‘ organization are far behind him.
But Coach Prime gave an interesting, modern look at his time in pinstripes, calling himself the first NIL athlete as a Florida State Seminole in an appearance on Jason and Travis Kelce's New Heights podcast on Monday.
“I think I was actually the first NIL deal because my junior year I didn't play baseball at Florida State, but I got drafted by the Yankees,” he explained. “So, I accepted professional cash, which allowed me to be a walk-on coming back my senior year of football.”
“So, I went and played the whole summer six weeks,” he continued. “I played rookie league for two weeks in Sarasota. I played single A for two weeks in Fort Lauderdale.