Shedeur Sanders is at Colorado and within the Huge XII now, however he hasn’t forgotten his time within the HBCU ranks — neither is he going to let anybody else.
The rising senior quarterback was requested in regards to the excessive expectations of Colorado soccer at his first ever Huge XII Media Day on Wednesday.
“It’s been that since day one,” Sanders informed reporters. “I bear in mind first media day at HBCU I stated we gained’t lose a recreation. I’m undefeated within the SWAC. I already know what the expectation comes with — I do know we’re all people’s Tremendous Bowl. So I’m actually simply staying level-headed, keep grounded, as a result of — I might by no means wanna be that man to look again and never with the ability to reap the benefits of the second that we’ve got proper now.”
Certainly, Shedeur Sanders has been ‘standing on enterprise’ since he confirmed up at SWAC Media Day in Birmingham in July 2021. In an interview with HBCU Gameday’s Tolly Carr, Sanders laid out his expectations for that season and his time at Jackson State.
“It equates to a blowout,” he stated. “You gotta perceive — y’all don’t actually perceive. It’s gamers which have a distinct caliber of expertise that each one got here to JSU. So it’s like while you examine us to an everyday SWAC group, a distinct SWAC group, the perfect — we didn’t come right here as a result of we needed to. We got here right here as a result of we selected to. It’s a distinction.”
His commentary appeared brash at the moment given he had by no means performed a school soccer recreation, but it surely didn’t take lengthy for him to earn his respect on the sphere.
Ranging from Day One, Shedeur Sanders led Jackson State to an ideal 10-0 report within the SWAC as a freshman, main the group to a SWAC title and a Celebration Bowl look.
After that, Sanders was part of a Jackson State program that went 12-1 in 2022. It gained a second-straight SWAC title and made it again to the Celebration Bowl as soon as once more, falling in an additional time thriller to MEAC champion North Carolina Central. Sanders threw for 3,720 yards and 40 touchdowns with simply six interceptions whereas main JSU to a 12-1 report. Sanders accomplished over 70 % of his passes en path to being named the SWAC Offensive Participant of the 12 months and repeating as HBCU Gameday/Defend Your Cranium FCS Offensive Participant of The 12 months.
Now he’s trying to show the doubters unsuitable as Colorado strikes into the Huge XII and he prepares to make a run on the high decide within the 2025 NFL Draft.
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