Deion Sanders reveals conversation with Lance Leipold over late hit on Shedeur Sanders, upcoming apology
Late hits happen in college football, but few caused the breathing of fans to get stuck as much as the one Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders took on Saturday in a loss to Kansas.
No flags were thrown on the play, which appeared to be both a late hit and a low hit on the Heisman Trophy contender.
Kansas defensive end Dean Miller came barreling in low just after Sanders released his pass, hitting Sheduer Sanders squarely in the knees. But there was no harm intended, and Miller intends to express as much to Sanders in a call, Colorado coach Deion Sanders revealed on Tuesday.
“Let me say this as well, coach (Lance Leipold) reached out to me as well as the young man and he and Shedeur are going to talk,” Sanders said. “Because he’s going to apologize and Shedeur’s going to accept it, and I know that because Shedeur is not upset with that.”
Shedeur Sanders weighed in on the controversial hit on Monday on his 2Legendary with Shedeur Sanders podcast.
He didn’t seem any worse for the wear.
He revealed his initial thoughts after the hit, which were more about what was going on in the game than whether he was OK or whether the hit was above board.
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“It’s just did I complete the pass? That’s what it was,” Sanders said. “I didn’t hear our crowd that was there cheer, so I realized it was an incomplete pass. Then after that, the linemen and everybody helped me off the ground and that’s really it.”
A fairly mature response from Shedeur Sanders, who went on to outline on the podcast how he tries to avoid injury from shots like that by always keeping his knees bent.
For his part, Deion Sanders seemed ready to move past the issue on Tuesday afternoon.
“Let’s not make a big deal out of something that transpired in the heat of the battle,” Sanders said. “I know how it looked and I know how it seemed, but the guy’s trying to make a play, he’s playing ball. But they will communicate with one another, so there’s no hard feelings.”