NCAAF News: Deion Sanders establishes strict house rules in Colorado following Shedeur’s departure

Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes mean business going into the 2025 NCAA season. In what will be the head coach’s first year without Shedeur Sanders on his team, the NFL legend has established several rulings in Boulder.

The Buffaloes are far from content with how the 2024 college football campaign ended. A bowl appearance and a 9-4 record was a big improvement over Colorado’s 4-8 finish the year before. Still, Coach Prime expects better from the Buffaloes.

Now, Shedeur is no longer on campus, and neither is Shilo. Yet Deion will be keeping a close eye on every player on the roster. As if they were his own children, Sanders has now set the record straight. He wants greatness both on and off the field, and his new house rules show just that.

Tough love

With the school year set to begin in Boulder, Colorado, the Buffaloes head coach has passed down a list of “do’s and don’ts” to be followed by the book. Shedeur and Shilo are perhaps glad they are now away in Cleveland and Tampa, respectively.

Shedeur Sanders during the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana.

“No slides. I’m going to send people to campus tomorrow, if I see you with slides on campus, it’s going to be a problem,” Deion Sanders told his players, per On3. “If I see you with a hoodie on in class with some headphones on in class, it’s going to be a problem.

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“If I see you sitting in the back of the classroom, it’s going to be a problem. Do we understand that? And if you’re online and you have online classes, and you don’t have a shirt on or you’re walking around during that online session, there’s going to be a problem.”

T-minus one week

The air is getting colder in the Centennial State, and that can only mean one thing: college football is around the corner. The Buffaloes can’t wait for the 2025 NCAA campaign to arrive fast enough. Though the team will be without program legends like Shedeur and Travis Hunter, whose jerseys were retired, expectations are still high for the Buffs.

head coach Deion Sanders of Colorado

The offense is expected to be led by Liberty transfer Kaidon Salter, but five-star freshman Julian Lewis could get looks under center throughout the season as well. As it stands, a two-headed monster at the QB position can’t be ruled out in Boulder.

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets will march into battle at Folsom Field on August 29. It will be the opening test for Sanders and the Buffaloes in their post-Shedeur and Hunter era.