{"id":30041,"date":"2023-02-12T00:45:03","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T05:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=30041"},"modified":"2023-02-12T00:45:10","modified_gmt":"2023-02-12T05:45:10","slug":"deion-sanders-discusses-difficulties-with-recruiting-florida-hs-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2023\/02\/12\/deion-sanders-discusses-difficulties-with-recruiting-florida-hs-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Deion Sanders Discusses Difficulties With Recruiting Florida HS Players"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now the head coach at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college\/college-football\/team\/colorado-buffaloes\">Colorado<\/a>, Deion Sanders has access to more pitches to get recruits to commit to Boulder. However, it also seems that he lost one going from Jackson State to Mississippi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/deion-coach-prime-sanders-named-head-football-coach-at-university-of-colorado-boulder-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/deion-coach-prime-sanders-named-head-football-coach-at-university-of-colorado-boulder-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/deion-coach-prime-sanders-named-head-football-coach-at-university-of-colorado-boulder-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/deion-coach-prime-sanders-named-head-football-coach-at-university-of-colorado-boulder-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/deion-coach-prime-sanders-named-head-football-coach-at-university-of-colorado-boulder-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/deion-coach-prime-sanders-named-head-football-coach-at-university-of-colorado-boulder-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/deion-coach-prime-sanders-named-head-football-coach-at-university-of-colorado-boulder.jpg 1200w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sanders explained that he has to convince high schoolers in warm weather states like Florida to come play football in Boulder, Colorado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGuys from the south like us, we didn\u2019t have the financial means to travel, the farthest we went was Georgia,\u201d Sanders said on the&nbsp;All Things Covered Podcast with Patrick Peterson and Bryant McFadden. \u201cWe\u2019re not seasoned on the other side of the country, we never fathomed it. It wasn&#8217;t our thing, we always thought it was too cold.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a result, Sanders said he is trying to get these recruits more comfortable in Boulder, which would make it easier for them to commit to Colorado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m just trying to introduce these young men to the other side of the country that they never thought about,\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/4cAtkTmeF9kgzQaYNNrqZt?si=-gQjGEknRAmAgK6t9VJASQ&amp;t=448&amp;nd=1\">said Sanders<\/a>. \u201cWhen you get out there, they say \u2018Oh my gosh, you got mountains with snow on it and it&#8217;s not even cold?\u2019 Because when it&#8217;s really snowing, it can\u2019t be so cold. It\u2019s really not that cold.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So far, the recruiting has been pretty successful, as Sanders was able to land Lakeland (FL)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college\/2023\/01\/20\/deion-sanders-colorado-land-major-recruiting-flip-cormani-mcclain\">high school cornerback recruit Cormani McClain<\/a>, the No. 2 recruit by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college\/2022\/08\/09\/college-football-recruiting-class-of-2023-prospect-rankings-si99\">SI99<\/a>&nbsp;who was originally committed to Miami.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sanders has clearly shown a savviness with recruiting from when he started as Jackson State\u2019s head coach, and he now has to alter his approach to getting recruits to Colorado.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now the head coach at&nbsp;Colorado, Deion Sanders has access to more pitches to get recruits to commit to Boulder. 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