Deion Sanders simply received a wholesome elevate to remain in Colorado.
The Buffaloes coach was given a hefty bump in pay by the college, extending his present contract to $54 million over the following 5 years.
That almost doubles the wage of his earlier contract — a five-year $29.5 million deal after he came to visit from Jackson State in 2023.
Sanders constructed pleasure across the Buffaloes program, turning turning what was a 1-11 group in 2022 right into a 9-4 squad that went to the Alamo Bowl this season.
He additionally raised Colorado’s profile by serving to son Shedeur Sanders and two-way star Travis Hunter develop into projected first-round picks within the 2025 NFL Draft.
Coach Prime introduced the pair with him from Jackson State, the place he made simply $300,000 per 12 months and put collectively a 27-6 document over three seasons as coach of the Tigers.
Sanders will now make $10 million in 2025 and 2026 earlier than a elevate to $11 million kicks in, in 2027 and 2028. In 2029, the ultimate 12 months of the extension, he’ll earn $12 million, based on Buffzone’s Brian Howell.
There had beforehand been buzz that Sanders would depart for the NFL, with Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones checking in over his vacant the pinnacle teaching opening that finally went to Brian Schottenheimer.
The Buffaloes have the thirty seventh finest faculty soccer recruiting class and can look to interchange some key contributors who’ve departed for the NFL.
