With the spotlight firmly on Shedeur Sanders, who is projected to get picked in the first round of the 2025 NFL draft, Shilo Sanders has taken a back seat. The safety, unlike his younger brother, is expected to go undrafted. This has got Deion Sanders trying to boost his son’s stock.
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In that effort, Coach Prime shared a post on social media endorsing Shilo as the hardest hitter in their draft class.
Deion clearly hasn’t let Shilo slide away from draft conversations. On Instagram, the CU head coach posted a screen-grab of a tweet from NFL Rookie Watch. The text on it reads, “Shilo Sanders could come into the NFL and be the league’s hardest hitter. Sanders was born with 99 HIT POWER.”
Deion didn’t add his take on the statement. He simply tagged his son, hoping that the message would be sent across the football world.
— Semper (@Semper152892) December 9, 2024
It’s a long shot, for sure. But Deion is more than capable of upping a player’s draft stock through endorsement. Just look at Shedeur and Travis Hunter.
They are two of the best players in college football at the moment. However, before the season, Shedeur was placed in the 5-15 pick range, and Hunter in the 12-20. Now, both the players might go in the top five, mostly due to their stellar performance week in and week out. But also, in part, due to Deion’s endorsements.
The issue, when it comes to Shilo, is that he isn’t anywhere near as good as his brother or Hunter. He’s just above average at best. Shilo finished fourth on the Colorado Buffaloes defense in tackles, registering just one pass deflection and zero interceptions in all of 2024.
And for a guy with “99 hit power,” he only had one forced fumble. However, he did have a couple of fumble recoveries, including one that he returned for a touchdown.
Arguably, Shilo is not even the best safety on the Buffaloes team. Cam’Ron Silmon-Craig led the leaderboard in tackles and was third on the team in tackles for loss. But that won’t stop Deion from trying to get his son and the rest of the players he coaches to the big league.
Coach Prime followed up his Instagram story about Shilo with another post, appearing to address his entire team. He mentions how he wants them to have careers: “You trying to get a bag I’m trying to get you a CAREER! #CoachPrime.”
— Semper (@Semper152892) December 9, 2024
Nowadays, with all of the money involved in the NFL, it does seem like some players are just trying to get drafted and collect a paycheck. But Deion clearly wants his players to push further than that.
Come Draft Day, we will see if his efforts to highlight his son’s hit power have successfully caught the attention of NFL teams and scouts.
