Deion Sanders, one of the best college football and NFL players of all-time, has made quite a splash at FCS program Jackson State in his first stint as a head coach at the collegiate level.
Sanders is a candidate for the FCS Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award. He won the honor in 2021 and is a favorite to repeat this year with an 11-0 regular season record – the first perfect regular season in school history. Sanders’ overall record is 26-5 (83.4%) at Jackson State. In the past two years, his team has swept through the Southwestern Athletic Conference without a loss.