This article originally appeared on Buffaloes Wire: Deion Sanders sounds off on Jim Thorpe Award snubbing Travis Hunter ...

Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders issued a passionate statement in defense of his star two-way player Travis Hunter after Hunter was left off the list of finalists for the prestigious ...

North Fort Myers grad Deion Sanders and Olympia grad Chris Johnson posted two of the best 40-yard dash time in NFL Combine ...

Long before Deion ... Sanders, his 40-yard dash at the 1989 NFL Combine is stuff of myth and legend. The flashy Florida State cornerback and North Fort Myers High School graduate won the Jim Thorp ...

Back in November, ahead of Colorado's Big 12 showdown against Utah, Hunter walked in on Deion Sanders ... but not be named a finalist for the Jim Thorpe Award (given to the nation’s best ...

His head coach, Deion Sanders ... Award (best defensive player), the Biletnikoff Award (best wide receiver), and the Heisman Trophy in the same season. His snub from the Jim Thorpe Award, given ...

Travis Hunter, WR/CB, Colorado The Browns have to be on that list of teams that Deion Sanders will steer away ... The reigning Jim Thorpe Award winner has proven capable of making an impact ...

Sep 17, 1989; Atlanta, GA, USA; FILE PHOTO; Atlanta Falcons cornerback #21 Deion Sanders during the 1989 season against ... He earned two unanimous All-American honors as well as the 1988 Jim Thorpe ...

Deion Sanders is ... In terms of football, Sanders stood out. After four years at Florida State, Sanders earned All-American honors twice and the Jim Thorpe Award. More often than not, athletes ...

Neither one of Hunter, Ward, Sanders ... the Jim Thorpe Award, given to the nation's best defensive back. Hunter was not even a finalist for the award, an exclusion Buffaloes head coach Deion ...