Deion Sanders has been rewarded with a record-breaking contract after a transformational first two seasons as Colorado’s head football coach.

According to CU Boulder, the extension comes after what athletic leadership at the school calls a “transformational” first two seasons in the position.

If NFL teams hope to hire Deion Sanders away from college in the near-future, they will have to pull him away from a lucrative new contract at Colorado. Per Brian Howell of Buffzone, the Colorado board of regents approved a new five-year,

Deion Sanders' new contract with Colorado moves him into rare air among the highest-paid college football coaches.

Speculation had swirled that Coach Prime — credited with one of the biggest turnarounds in college football history— was eyeing a jump to the NFL.

Colorado's Deion Sanders is now among the 10 highest-paid head coaches in college football after agreeing to a new contract Friday. According to Brian Howell of the Boulder Daily Camera, the Colorado board of regents approved a five-year,

Colorado and coach Deion Sanders have agreed on a contract extension through the 2029 season that put Sanders into the $10 million club as one of the 10 highest-paid coaches in college football. The five-year deal worth $54 million total will put Sanders at $10 million for 2025-26,

But college and NFL fans may be more interested in a different number listed in Sanders' new contract: what it would cost for Sanders to leave the Big 12 program. Throughout Sanders' stint with the Buffs — and Jackson State before then — there's always been a lingering question of whether or not bigger name brands would come calling for him.