Shedeur Sanders has his sights on being the best, no matter if that’s on the field or when he’s eventually drafted, according to his coach and dad, Deion.
And that includes not being a No. 2 to USC quarterback and presumptive top 2024 NFL Draft pick Caleb Williams.
In a sitdown interview with Bleacher Report’s Taylor Rooks dropped on Wednesday, the Colorado head coach addressed a hypothetical situation about Shedeur declaring for the NFL draft.
Sanders, who previously said sons, Shedeur and Shilo, won’t be entering the 2024 NFL Draft, dove into some of the reasons it would take for a player to make the jump to go professional.
“It’s not about what I’m seeing from them, it’s about a whole lot of other things: team, position, round projection. All of that, plays a role,” Sanders said. “Now, with NIL, and who they are, shoot, you could make just as much money here as you can there [the NFL], unless you’re one of the first five picks.
“But Shedeur don’t want to be two to nobody. He don’t get down like that. People are projecting him behind Caleb Williams. And Caleb Williams is phenomenal. But Shedeur ain’t no backseat rider. He drives his Maybach. He doesn’t have a driver in it — he drives it.”
Whether he’s driving a Maybach or Rolls-Royce or something else, the junior quarterback has Colorado off to a 3-0 start after a nail-biting overtime win over Colorado State on Saturday night.
Sanders has thrown for 1,251 yards — which ranks second in the nation — and 10 touchdowns with just one interception with a 178.7 rating through three games that has vaulted the Buffaloes to No. 19 in the country.
For his part, Williams, last year’s Heisman winner, has gotten off to a brilliant start for USC with 12 touchdowns and no interceptions while completing 78.6 percent of his passes.
The two will get to really test their skills against each other in a Pac-12 matchup on Sept. 30 when the Trojans travel to Boulder.
That game could decide who’s truly in the “backseat.”
But after just one win last year, Colorado has received plaudits from plenty around the game this year with Deion behind the bench and Shedeur under center.
That includes NFL legend Tom Brady.
“It’s great to watch and just to see this youthful spirit and this program that has been turned around in a really short period of time because of great leadership,” Brady said on his “Let’s Go!” show on SiriusXM on Monday. “It’s always about the people caring about one another, caring about what you’re trying to accomplish.”