Deion Sanders’ son Shedeur confident ahead of Colorado debut: ‘I’m a Sanders, you know I don’t feel pressure’

Shedeur Sanders transferred to Colorado after his father and NFL legend Deion Sanders was named the Buffaloes’ new head coach.

Shedeur threw for six,963 yards and 70 touchdowns throughout his two-year stint at Jackson State, the place he was coached by his father.

In December, the Professional Soccer Corridor of Famer stated he meant for Shedeur to be the Buffaloes’ beginning quarterback in 2023 however famous that his son would “should earn it.”

Shedeur will face a unique caliber of competitors this season now that he’s taking part in at a faculty that competes within the Pac-12 conference.

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The Pac-12 held its media day in Las Vegas Friday, however Coach Sanders missed the event as he continues to get better from a second medical process to take away blood clots.

However Shedeur and star broad receiver Travis Hunter did attend the occasion. Shedeur expressed confidence in his capacity to rise to the event now that he’s at Colorado.

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“Properly, I am a Sanders. You recognize I do not really feel strain. That is the factor it is in my blood. I do not get nervous. … I do not get none of that, particularly while you put together and you bought the coaches and the workers and the gamers round you,” Shedeur stated.

“Like, it is no actual strain. You are simply combating your self and your individual ideas … and that is the factor. … I do not worry no names or nothing like that.”

Head coach Deion Sanders and Shedeur Sanders (2) of the Jackson State Tigers after the Celebration Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium Dec. 17, 2022, in Atlanta. (Paras Griffin/Getty Photographs)

The daddy and son duo wish to flip round a Buffaloes soccer program that has struggled lately. Final season, Colorado completed 1-11.

Coach Sanders has overhauled the roster with a whopping 18 gamers entering the transfer portal.

Head coach Deion Sanders, left, walks to the locker room along with his son, quarterback Shedeur Sanders of the Jackson State Tigers, earlier than the beginning of a sport towards the Alabama State Hornets at New ASU Stadium March 20, 2021, in Montgomery, Ala. (Don Juan Moore/Getty Photographs)

Deion’s arrival has sparked pleasure among the many Colorado fan base. Greater than 47,000 followers attended the Buffaloes’ annual spring sport in April.

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Colorado opens the season Sept. 2, when the Buffaloes journey to Forth Price, Texas, to face TCU. The Horned Frogs final season defeated Michigan in a Faculty Soccer Playoff semifinal sport earlier than shedding to the Georgia Bulldogs within the nationwide championship.