Deion Sanders has his first five-star recruit at Colorado

The Neon Deion impact has already began at Colorado.

Simply in the future after Deion Sanders left Jackson State to develop into the pinnacle coach on the College of Colorado, the Buffaloes landed five-star recruit Winston Watkins.

The vast receiver, the primary cousin of Packers vast receiver Sammy Watkins, dedicated to the category of 2025 in Boulder on Sunday.

Watkins, 5-foot-10 and 172 kilos, performs for IMG Academy in Florida, a magnet faculty that has produced expertise resembling Evan Neal, Greg Newsome, and KJ Hamler. He’s ranked No. 4 amongst vast receivers in his class by 247Sports and No. 13 total.

Watkins had affords from 17 different packages, together with Texas A&M, the favourite to land him.

The Watkins commit places Colorado on the high of the 2025 rankings, however Sanders inherited the 61st-ranked recruiting class for 2023 and at the moment, the Buffaloes haven't any commits for 2024.

Sanders, nevertheless, is planning to carry over lots of his former gamers from Jackson State and has already suggested present Colorado gamers to enter the switch portal. Sanders’ son Shedeur, a quarterback for the Tigers, is anticipated to enter the portal to land in Colorado.

Deion Sanders speaks after being introduced as the new head football coach at the University of Colorado during a news conference Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022, in Boulder, Colo. Sanders left Jackson State University after three seasons at the helm of the school's football team. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Deion Sanders arrival at Colorado has seen big-time recruits take discover.
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In line with a report from Josh Newberg at on3, Colorado has had over 200 recruits attain out since Sanders was employed, together with many 4 and five-star recruits. He’ll want to usher in numerous them. Colorado went 1-11 this season with its solely win coming in opposition to Cal and has had just one successful season, 2016, in a full season of play since 2006.

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