Shedeur Sanders has drawn some criticism from fans online after taking a swipe at Texas high school players.
The Colorado Buffaloes quarterback spoke to reporters this week, outlining the adversity he’s had to overcome to get to where he’s at, taking a swipe at Class 6A players in the process.
Sanders, the son of CU head coach Deion Sanders, reckons he’s managed to find success in college football even though he attended a small private school.
“I came from a private school so, at the end of the day I dealt with a lot of negativity,” the Buffs QB said on Monday in quotes transcribed by 247Sports. “A lot of negativity, a lot of hate a lot of everything I done dealt with already, year after year. I came from a small private school. All the other kids was going (to) Power Five and they went to big, 6A Texas (high) schools and stuff. I don’t see those same kids around.
“I don’t see them excelling in their programs or whatever they’re doing. I always been against the odds in different ways.”
Given that he’s Coach Prime’s son, fans thought Shedeur was being a bit rich and tore into him. Check out some of the reactions right below:
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Shedeur Sanders Didn’t Take Two Texas 6A Stars Into Consideration
Shedeur Sanders threw for 3,230 yards and 27 touchdowns in his first season at Colorado. The Buffaloes went 4-8, likely because of the program’s brittle offensive line.
The 22-year-old was a four-star prospect out of Trinity Christian-Cedar Hill, where Prime was the offensive coordinator.
He passed for 3,459 yards and 47 scores in his junior season at the school, Completing 73,6 percent of his passes while rushing for 11 TDs. TC-Cedar Hill went 13-1, winning a third consecutive TAPPS Division II state championship in 2019. The school left the division at the end of the school year with claims of its student-athletes being treated unfairly.
Shedeur committed to Florida Atlantic but flipped to Jackson State once his dad got the head coaching job in 2020. The 2022 SWAC Offensive Player of the Year would also follow his dad to Boulder.
Some of the kids Shedeur happened to be speaking about include Alabama’s Jalen Milroe and Texas’ Quinn Ewers. Both quarterbacks played at Texas 6A schools and made it to the playoffs last season.
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