Deion Sanders predicted to leave Colorado Buffaloes after 2025 college football season

Colorado Buffaloes football coach Deion Sanders has been accused of no longer having the will or the patience to continue coaching in Boulder after the 2025 season. The Seattle Times’s Jon Wilner would bet “a nickel” this will be Coach Prime’s final season with the Buffs.

Like clockwork, the narrative of not wanting to continue coaching without his sons and Travis Hunter was brought up. But Wilner also touched on the health issues Deion’s had with nearly fatal bladder cancer this offseason and whether or not the job will be fun enough for Sanders to consider sticking it out.

“We are increasingly curious about Deion Sanders. There is no palpable evidence that his third season at Colorado will be his last. But the Buffaloes dropped to 1-2 after the lopsided loss at Houston. They were thoroughly outplayed by a team that won four games last season and is an afterthought in any discussion about the Big 12 hierarchy,” Wilner wrote.

“We won’t speculate about the impact of the cancer on his day-to-day life. But it’s reasonable to wonder about his energy and desire to continue grinding at the level necessary to win in the Big 12.

“And everything is more difficult when your team isn’t very good.

“For all we know, Sanders will keep coaching the Buffaloes for another three or four years. But don’t bet on it. In fact, we’d wager a nickel that this will be his final season.”

Sanders’ buyout is hefty for the next several years. Paying that out would hamstring CU indefinitely from a financial standpoint.

Then again, Coach Prime isn’t going to beat around the bush if his heart isn’t in it anymore. He made the jump from the Jackson State Tigers when the time was right, and he’ll do the same from the University of Colorado Boulder.

There just might not be a next school to jump to after his next resignation.