Deion Sanders believes Colorado players ‘should be frontrunners for the Heisman’

Colorado made one of the biggest statements of Week 1, going into Amon G. Carter Stadium and downing TCU, 45-42, to start the Deion Sanders Era 1-0. And the Buffaloes did it on the back of some star performances.

After the game, Sanders — or “Coach Prime,” as he’d prefer to be known — made no qualms about stumping for his players, and in a big way. He thinks a number of his players should be Heisman frontrunners after their performances on Saturday.

“I really think — I always promote all my kids. I really think we got a couple guys that should be frontrunners for the Heisman right now. That’s how I feel. And I want to promote my kids at all costs. But we got a couple of them that, who did that? Who did what they did today?” Sanders said, his rhetorical question meant to go unanswered.

The three obvious players Colorado could argue for to be in the Heisman race after their win are quarterback Shedeur Sanders, wide receiver and cornerback Travis Hunter and running back Dylan Sampson.

Hunter was a two-way star, playing more than 100 snaps and logging 11 receptions for 119 yards, an interception and a pass break up.

Edwards, a true freshman, dazzled in his collegiate debut, showing off raw speed en route to a bevy of touchdowns. He carried the ball just six times for 24 yards, but took five receptions from the backfield for 135 yards and three touchdowns.

And Shedeur Sanders dominated at quarterback, completing 38-of-47 pass attempts for a school record 510 yards and four touchdowns.

Talking up the performance in his postgame press conference, Sander unapologetically called out doubts of him and his team. And if the Buffaloes keep up the winning ways and put up similarly gaudy numbers along the way, Sanders will be hyping them up some more.

“I tried to tell you, but you ain’t want to believe me because I’m just a, you know, I’m just a lofty ‘ole young coach, I don’t know nothing about football. I just played in the NFL for 14. Played at a high level in college for four. And been coaching youth all the way up for a long time,” Sanders said. “How do you think we got Dylan Edwards? I coached him when he was 4-to-7 years old. That’s why we got Dylan Edwards. Travis is… him, like the young folks say. Travis is it.”