WATCH: Deion Sanders boots a Colorado player out of the weight room for wearing the wrong socks
Colorado head coach Deion Sanders instantly made headlines when he decided to leave Jackson State this offseason and take one of the most difficult jobs in college football, becoming the head man of the Colorado Buffaloes. The flamboyant head coach has not been shy at all in the first few months since he took the head job in Boulder. He’s shown that he’s not afraid to say some things that might have ruffled some feathers, but the Hall-of-Famer also showed on Wednesday that he’s not afraid to discipline his players, even if they don’t follow the very smallest of rules.
Check out the video below, where Sanders kicks one of his players out of the weight room for wearing the wrong color of socks. He instructed his players to wear black socks, and one of them wore white socks. He instantly drew the ire of his head coach and Sanders wasn’t afraid to let him know about it.
If there’s one thing we’ve learned about Deion Sanders a few months into his tenure with the Buffaloes, it’s that it’s his ship and he’s going to do things exactly the way he wants them done. Anything less is unacceptable.
The flamboyant head coach has also not been shy about saying whatever he wants since he was hired by Colorado, including a number of controversial statements over the past few months.
Deion Sanders ruffled some feathers a month ago
Deion Sanders has made his mark on recruiting, notably flipping former top-ranked recruit Travis Hunter from Florida State to Jackson State last year. He opened up about his approach to recruiting a month ago, and he made some controversial comments in the process.
Sanders joined The Rich Eisen Show last month and talked about what he looks for in players — depending on the position. While talent is a big part of the evaluation, Sanders said their upbringing and performance in school are also factors.
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“We have different attributes,” Sanders said. “Smart, tough, fast, disciplined with character. Now, quarterbacks are different. We want mother, father. Dual-parent. We want their kid to be 3.5 [GPA] and up, because he has to be smart. Not bad decisions off the field, at all. Because he has to be a leader of men.
“It’s so many different attributes in what we look for when we see a quarterback. You would love a coach’s son. Somewhere, that the coach has coached him. … That’s what, really, we look for in quarterbacks.
He also discussed the different things he looks for in linemen, both on offense and on defense.
“Different positions are different,” Sanders said. “Like, o-linemen, I look for dual-parent homes, a strong father that they adhere to. A smart kid, at least 3.3 [GPA] and above. … Tough, physical, offensive linemen.
“Defensive linemen is totally opposite. Single mama, trying to get it, he’s on free lunch. I’m talking about just trying to make it. He’s trying to rescue mama. Like mama barely made the flight. And I want him to just go get it. It’s a whole different attribute that you look for in different positions. And we have that stuff just chronicled. We know what we want, and we go get it.”
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Colorado brought in the nation’s No. 33-ranked recruiting class this year, according to the On3 Industry Team Recruiting Rankings. The crown jewel of the class is five-star cornerback Cormani McClain, who flipped his commitment from Miami to Colorado after Sanders’ hiring. McClain is the nation’s No. 13-ranked recruit, according to the On3 Industry Rankings.
On3’s Nick Schultz also contributed to this article.