Deion Sanders divulged the one way that NFL teams could sway him to leave Colorado to coach at the professional level.

On the heels of the Buffaloes’ stellar 2024 campaign during which they finished 9-4, Deion has received no shortage of interest from HC-needy teams across the league. Yet the 57-year-old has time and again expressed little interest in departing Colorado – that is, unless a team selects both of his sons in the 2025 NFL Draft.

While making an appearance on ABC’s “Good Morning America 3” to promote his Amazon Prime docuseries ‘Coach Prime,’ Deion explained that he’d be more than happy to coach in the NFL so long as a team drafts Colorado quarterback Shedeur and safety Shilo.

“You know what? The only way I would consider it is to coach my sons,” Deion said. “Not son, sons. I love Colorado, I love my Buffaloes, I love everything we’re doing and we’re building and I love Boulder, Colorado.”

During a trailer clip of his documentary series, Deion recognized the harsh truth that last year will be the final time he ever gets to coach his children. “This season is special because this is it,” Deion conceded.

“This most likely, and I’m pretty much 99% to 100% sure, will be the last time that I have an opportunity to coach my kids. Thankfully, the things that I’ve instilled in them, it won’t depart from them.

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Deion Sanders would only leave Colorado if he's able to coach both of his sons in the NFL

Deion Sanders would only leave Colorado if he’s able to coach both of his sons in the NFL ( 

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“That’s tough. I’ve coached them every bit of the way,” he later added in the GMA studio. “Shilo went to South Carolina for a minute, but Shedeur, I’ve always been there, and every time he looked over there I was there. To know that we’ve been together from day one. It’s tough to see it end.”

Though few NFL franchises are capable of hiring Deion as head coach and providing roster spots to both of his sons, the Las Vegas Raiders stand out as a viable landing spot.

On Tuesday, Las Vegas announced that it’d be parting ways with head coach Antonio Pierce after finishing 4-13 during his first full season at the helm – thereby opening the door for Deion. As owners of the No. 6 overall pick, the Raiders would likely have to trade up in the draft to acquire Shedeur – or sit tight and bank on him not being selected by one of the Tennessee Titans, Cleveland Browns or New York Giants.

Shilo, meanwhile, is expected to go undrafted – allowing the Raiders to scoop him up either in one of the later rounds or sign him as a free agent. Though Deion relished the ability to coach Shedeur and Shilo through high school and college, the former NFL star jokingly insisted that there’s some aspects of the job he won’t miss. “That’s going to be tough, but also it’s a relief because when I’m coaching on Saturdays, I’m coaching, but I’m a father as well,” he explained.

“So now at least I just get to coach. I don’t have to worry about the fatherly part because sometimes Shilo thinks I’m dad. He’s like, ‘Dad’ – I’m not your father right now. I’m your coach. Let’s make this clear. Sometimes it intertwines with one another, but Shedeur knows I’m coach. I’m Coach Prime. I’m not dad right now.”