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One thing we know about Colorado Buffaloes head football coach Deion Sanders is that he isn’t afraid of expressing his opinion on something.
Coach Prime is especially outspoken these days when it comes to recruiting, education, and the NFL Draft.
It was the latter that the Pro Football Hall of Famer addressed this week on the Front Office Sports Today podcast.
During the conversation, Deion Sanders expressed how he believes that the NFL Draft is manipulated.
“You have guys that are slated to go and slot it to go at this number pick,” Sanders said. “Randomly, something comes out that they flunked their drug tests, or they have this type of injury, or they were seen with this and wildly, their draft grade drops later in the round, or even the next round. How does that happen? How does that mysteriously come out right before the draft?
“That’s even more harsh [than players refusing to sign with teams], because now you’re affecting someone’s livelihood, and you’re putting a tremendous rumor on somebody that may not even be true. So that’s done every year. The reason I know is that I worked the draft for about 10 to 12 years straight. I know that to be true.”
Sanders would know a little something about manipulating the NFL Draft.
Just last month, during an appearance on the Million Dollaz Worth of Game podcast, Deion Sanders said that if one (or all) of the teams that he does not want to draft them is picking in a top-four spot and plans to pick either Travis Hunter Jr. or his son Shedeur, he’s going to “pull an Eli.”
“Anywhere from one through four,” Sanders said when asked where he sees the two players being drafted. “One of them’s going to be [number] one. One of them’s going to be one.
“And the latter one will not go behind [number] four.
“Now, all of this is subjective because I know where I want, kinda want them to go. … So, certain cities, uh uh, it ain’t going to happen. It’s going to be an Eli.”