DENVER (AP) — Deion Sanders reinvigorated a fanbase and put a downtrodden football program back on the map in his first season at Colorado. It was a roller-coaster inaugural season as Sanders took over a 1-11 Colorado team. The Buffaloes sprinted out of the gate, going 3-0 and becoming the the talk of college football. This marks the seventh time Deion Sanders has appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated, five times as a player and one other time when he was coach at Jackson State. “On and off the field, he represents a new model for the modern college coach.”___AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football

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Persons: — Deion Sanders, Sanders, ” Sanders, Shedeur, Deion Jr, Shelomi, Rick George, Philip DiStefano, Peggy Coppom, Constance Schwartz, Deion Sanders, “ Deion Sanders, ” Stephen Cannella, ” Organizations: DENVER, Buffaloes, Sports Illustrated, Colorado, Folsom Field, The Buffaloes, Jackson State, Sports, AP Locations: Colorado, Folsom