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Deion Sanders shares incredible recruiting story of visit to Georgia
By Rolando Rosa
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Deion Sanders had a legendary college career at Florida State. It turns out, Prime Time had the chance to line up for Georgia, but with a caveat.
If you know anything about Sanders, his confidence is through the roof, so caveats don’t cut it. The new coach at Colorado took a trip down memory lane to recall when Georgia recruited him in the 1980s.
Coach Prime gave an animated explanation about his experience.
Deion Sanders discusses his recruiting visit to UGA and when he met the late Vince Dooley.
Coach Prime wasn’t impressed by the Dawgs apparently. pic.twitter.com/U6cnjMzJGo
— Miles Garrett (@MilesGarrettTV) December 10, 2022
“When I went to the University of Georgia for a visit, I walked through the little walkway and my curl froze. I ain’t coming here. Ain’t no way in the world. Why would you invite a kid from Florida to a visit in December? That’s the dumbest thing. That’s the dumbest bit of recruiting,” Sanders said. “Then Vince Dooley to top it off said ‘Mr. Sanders, I hear you’re pretty good. I tell you what. Why don’t you redshirt? You’re going to really contribute with us.’ I said ‘Sir, with all due respect, I’m better than everything that you’ve got out there, what I just saw.’ They just lost to Georgia Tech. You gon’ tell me about a redshirt?”
Things ended up pretty well for the former cornerback, who is a member of the College Football and Pro Football halls of fame.
Sanders takes over a Colorado program that has 1 winning season since 2006. Sanders spent the last 3 seasons as the coach at Jackson State, where he amassed a 27-5 record.
