Dallas Cowboys Ex Deion Sanders ‘Needs’ to Move to Texas A&M

FRISCO - Stephen A. Smith is entering the Texas A&M coach conversation arguably armed with more noise than substance - so what else is new? - but that doesn’t mean his latest name-dropping rant lacks merit.

Said the ESPN shock jock: “Texas A&M. Primetime, Deion Sanders in the SEC? That needs to happen.”

Yes, Smith says he wants to see Deion Sanders, the iconic Dallas Cowboys and NFL star, leave the University of Colorado after this first season in Boulder.

Sanders has made it clear to CowboysSI.com that he has no intention of leaving CU to jump to the NFL as a coach. He’s also insisted often that he “loves” Boulder and has no plans to leave Colorado in the dust.

What could erode at least some of that firm position m? In the wake of coach Jimbo Fisher’s weekend firing in College Station, Smith is essentially contending that Sanders could be lured back to the Lone Star State with a combo of power and money.

“That’s what I’ve been saying, Deion Sanders in the SEC,” the prominent ESPN host Smith said. “With that vault that they have available to them. Them hogs that he could recruit. He doesn’t have them at Colorado, and he ain’t going to get them.”

"Primetime Deion Sanders in the SEC? That needs to happen."@stephenasmith is calling for Deion Sanders to take Jimbo Fisher's place as HC for Texas A&M 👀 pic.twitter.com/ZYKW1XmGcy
— Get Up (@GetUpESPN) November 13, 2023

Sanders is among the big-name candidates being mentioned for the job by Aggies observers, and given Fisher’s buyout and contract info - he still has eight years remaining on his contract with a buyout of his guaranteed $95 million expected to be over $75 million - Smith is obviously correct about the money part.

Hot Board: Top Candidates To Replace Fired #Aggies Coach Jimbo Fisher#GigEm #TAMU #12thMan https://t.co/JTJ1DRa11z
— Texas A&M Aggies OnSI (@TAMUAggiesSI) November 12, 2023

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But “Coach Prime” has only been at Colorado for one year, both of his sons have eligibility remaining, and while the Buffs won one game last season - meaning that this year’s record marks a turnaround - it could be argued that Deion has a lot of work left undone in Boulder, where one of his foundational building blocks has been true devotion to the program.