Get all your news in one place.
100’s of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated
Sport
Kevin Sweeney

ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith Pushes for Deion Sanders to Take SEC Job

Stephen A. Smith threw out a high-profile name as his preferred hire to replace Jimbo Fisher at Texas A&M.

Smith, appearing on ESPN’s Get Up on Monday morning, a day after Fisher’s high-priced dismissal in College Station, believes Colorado head coach Deion Sanders is who the Aggies should target as their next head coach.

“Deion Sanders in the SEC, with that vault that they have available to them? With those hogs that he could recruit?” Smith said. “He doesn’t have them at Colorado, and he ain’t going to get them. I don’t think they’ll do it, but Texas A&M, Primetime Deion Sanders in the SEC? That needs to happen.”

Smith likely won’t be the last to mention Sanders as a candidate for the Aggies, given the program’s near-unlimited financial resources and access to talent in Texas. Sanders was the story of the first half of the college football season after his team’s 3–0 start, but the Buffaloes are just 1–6 since and need to win their final two games of the season to get bowl eligible. That doesn’t make Sanders’ first season in Boulder a failure given the mess he inherited, but he isn’t quite as a hot a name on coaching candidate lists.

The other element to Coach Prime’s potential candidacy for jobs this winter is the eligibility of his son Shedeur and prized two-way star Travis Hunter. Since both transferred with Deion Sanders from Jackson State to Colorado, they’d be forced to sit out next season in accordance with NCAA transfer rules unless they graduate early or receive a waiver from the NCAA.

Regardless of the likelihood of it actually happening, the thought of Sanders in the SEC certainly got people talking.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100’s of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.