Sanders puts Colorado players in blank jerseys until they earn number

Caitlyn Holroyd• ·
BOULDER, CO - DECEMBER 4: Deion Sanders, CUs new head football coach, takes questions in the Arrow Touchdown Club during a press conference on December 4, 2022 in Boulder, Colorado. CU held an introductory press conference to announce the hiring of Deion Coach Prime Sanders as the schools new head football coach. Chancellor Phil DiStefano and athletic director Rick George accompanied Sanders into a packed room in the Arrow Touchdown Club inside the Dal Ward Athletic Center. Sanders becomes the 28th head coach in Buffalo football history. Sanders, who known as Prime Time during his Hall of Fame playing career has since transitioned into Coach Prime as a head football coach. Sanders, 55, joins the CU program from Jackson State University where in three seasons the Tigers compiled a 27-5 record and won back-to-back Southwestern Athletic Conference championships.
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Colorado head coach Deion Sanders kicked off spring practice Sunday by having the entire team take the field in blank jerseys.

Sanders, who left Jackson State in December to join Colorado, explained during a team meeting that each player will need to earn their desired number.

"Everything you do around here will be earned," Sanders said. "We ain't giving you nothing."

Sanders further explained the decision while speaking to reporters.

"You gotta earn stuff, ain't nobody giving you nothing," he said. "We got kids, they played a snap, and you want to be (No. 1)? You know what No. 1 meant back in the day for us? That you were that one."

The Buffaloes' first spring football game under "Coach Prime" takes place April 22 and will be televised live on ESPN. It's slated to be the highest-attended spring game in Colorado history.

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