If he sounds like a cleric, thats because its one of many positions Sanders has occupied in his dizzyingly peripatetic career. After getting into a scuffle with his former Falcon teammate Andre Rison, Sanders intercepted a pass from quarterback Jeff George and returned it 93 yards while mockingly staring down the entire Falcons sideline before high-stepping into the end zone. Mass exodus at Colorado | Page 11 | Swamp Gas Forums The Sandcastle character was created for an NFL Network commercial. Sanders reached the end zone on a 76-yard punt return for a touchdown, the 10th-longest in school history. Or write about sports? He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame in 2011. Deion Sanders Accomplished a Major Goal, Graduating From an HBCU But before arriving at training camp, Sanders informed Redskins personnel he was retiring from professional baseball. This caused the NFL to institute its own "Deion Sanders rule" whereby a prorated portion of a player's signing bonus counted against the salary cap. With the Colorado hire, Sanders becomes the 12th Black coach in college footballs top tier and at a time when stalwarts like Florida Atlantics Willie Taggart and Stanfords David Shaw are cycling out of their roles. He had ESPN covering the Tigers with intensity thats typically reserved for the Dallas Cowboys or the Alabama Crimson Tide. [80], On September 2, 2005, in response to Hurricane Katrina, Sanders challenged all professional athletes in the four major sports to donate $1,000 each to relief efforts, hoping to raise between $1.5 and $3 million. Sanders has been married twice: to Carolyn Chambers (19891998), with whom he has two children; and Pilar Biggers-Sanders (19992015), with whom he has three children. Sanders was a two-time unanimous All-America selection on the gridiron for the Seminoles, he was an outfielder who was a major base-stealing threat on the diamond, and he was also a member of Florida State's track and field team. Since then, Hester has broken the record for the most total returns for touchdowns in NFL history with 15 punt returns and 5 kick off returns. In the fall 2021 season, Sanders led the Tigers to the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) title and a program record of 11 wins, also being named the recipient of the fall 2021 Eddie Robinson Award as the season's top FCS head coach.