Deion Sanders blasts NFL teams that missed Jackson State’s Pro Day, report lists them
By Keith Farner
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Deion Sanders has long been a vocal supporter for getting his Jackson State players as much exposure as they can, and that includes NFL Pro Days, like one recently held for Sanders’ players.
So when 10 franchises did not send a representative, Sanders put them on full blast.
“Our pro day, at an HBCU, I love that, and yeah, and guess what? That means 10 of them (NFL teams’ representatives) is missing,” Sanders told NFL Network’s Cameron Wolfe, via FootballScoop. “Don’t think I ain’t going to call you out. “You 10 that’s missing, if I catch you at Mississippi State or Ole Miss (for those two SEC programs’ upcoming pro days), it’s going to be a problem. That’s all I’m saying.”
Sanders then added, “it’s going to be a problem. Our kids are that good, you should have shown up, too. … I’m going to expose them.”
FootballScoop reported that according to those in attendance at the event in Jackson, the 10 NFL franchises not represented were: Baltimore, Buffalo, Carolina, Cleveland, Denver, Houston, Miami, Minnesota, Philadelphia and Tampa Bay.
Sanders has previously said that his desire is for 7 to 10 players be drafted from HBCUs, and then have those numbers double going forward each year.
About HBCU having zero players drafted, Sanders said, “That’s not going to happen again,” Sanders said of having zero HBCU players drafted. “It will never happen again.”
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
