Deion Sanders played in the NFL for 14 seasons and in the MLB for nine seasons. He has won two Super Bowl titles and made it to one World Series. Among many accolades, he was the NFL Defensive Player of the Year and is an eight-time Pro Bowler. He served as the head coach at Jackson State University from 2020-2022 and was recently named the head football coach at the University of Colorado. Get all of the latest Deion Sanders coaching news here!
Deion Sanders was selected fifth overall in the 1989 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons. He played five seasons with Atlanta, then signed with the San Francisco 49ers for one season before being picked up by the Dallas Cowboys where he played until 2002.
Soon after he was released, he was picked up by the Washington Redskins and also played for the Baltimore Ravens where he ended his career in 2006. During his career, he received six first-team All-Pros while also helping the 49ers and Cowboys win Super Bowls.
Sanders played a nine-year part-time baseball career for four teams in the MLB. He was originally drafted by the Kansas City Royals in 1985. In 1989, he hit a major league home run and scored a touchdown in the NFL in the same week, the only player to ever do so.
After retiring from professional sports, Deion pursued a sports analyst career and has been featured on many media outlets. At the end of the 2022 college football season, Sanders was named the head football coach at the University of Colorado.
