Should Jets Hire Coach Deion Sanders?

Sanders also made history heading into the 2022 season by flipping the recruitment of Travis Hunter, who was the first five-star prospect to ever commit to an HBCU or FCS program. This generated massive amounts of hype for the Tigers, whose spring game that year was the first HBCU spring game to ever be nationally televised.

The Tigers would top their previous season's record, going 12-1 with another SWAC title. Following his historic run at Jackson State, Sanders was announced as the new head coach of the Colorado Buffaloes. The year prior to Sanders' hiring, the Buffaloes went 1-11. Sanders, with his 50 new transfers, won their first three games of the season before dropping eight of their last nine for a 4-8 overall record.

This season, the Buffaloes went 9-3, are currently ranked #20, and play in the Alamo Bowl against #17 BYU on December 28. The Buffaloes had embarrassing losses in Week 2 against Nebraska (28-10), and Week 11 against Kansas (37-21). Their other win was a Week 6 battle against then-#18 Kansas State (31-28). The Buffaloes failed to make the College Football Playoffs in spite of having two top-ten Heisman finalists: 

Hunter, who won the award, and Sanders' son Shedeur, who led all of FBS with a 74.2% completion percentage, and led the Big 12 with 337 completions, 3,926 yards and 35 touchdowns. 

Sanders is the most polarizing coach in all of college football. Everything he does draws headlines for one reason or another. For a Jets organization that has been nothing but a circus for the better part of a decade, and especially as of late with quarterback Aaron Rodgers who has a similar affliction, it is interesting to see a potential link between the two parties. 

Sanders has not commented on this report from ESPN. He did however make comments a few weeks ago saying he was happy at Colorado. 

""I'm happy where I am, man," Sanders said, "I've got a kickstand down. You know what a kickstand is? ... That means I'm resting. I'm good, I'm happy, I'm excited. I'm enthusiastic about where I am. I love it here, truly do. "

Sanders, a Hall of Famer, eight-time Pro Bowler, six-time All Pro, and two-time Super Bowl champ, expressed last year a complete lack of desire to coach in the NFL due to his old-school mentality. 

"I don't have any desire or ambition to coach in the NFL. I have a problem with men getting their checks and not doing their jobs. I would be too tough as a coach in the NFL because I still have those old-school attributes."

ESPN's report also indicated that the New Orleans Saints could be a potential suitor for Coach Prime. It could also get interesting if the Las Vegas Raiders or New York Giants decide to get in on the Coach Prime sweepstakes, as the two worst teams in the NFL by record, both would have a "prime" opportunity to draft his son Shedeur, which could be a great selling point for Sanders, similar to the Lakers drafting Bronny James to please LeBron this past offseason. At the moment, though, there is no indication that Sanders is leaving college football.