Patriots player reveals Florida State almost hired Deion Sanders as Seminoles head football coach but backed out at the last second

Florida State could’ve had Deion Sanders as the Seminoles’ head football coach, but according to one of Coach Prime’s former Jackson State recruits and current New England Patriots CB Isaiah Bolden, the offer was rescinded at the last second.

“I need to give that athletic Director at (CU Buffs Football) some kind of award he got balls. When (Arkansas), (Florida State) turn down Deion Sanders he gave that man an opportunity. GOD IS GOOD,” Luther Luke Campbell tweeted, to which Bolden replied, “TRUTH! What could of been at FSU. Took the offer away legit last minute smh no bs.”

Sanders to FSU has been a hot rumor amidst a 1-9 collapse for Mike Norvell’s program during the 2024 season. Coach Prime has also been linked to the Dallas Cowboys, though former NFL MVP and Heisman winner Cam Newton claimed on November 15 that Tallahassee would’ve been the better fit.

"What is a good look, I do believe, for Prime is Florida State University. It makes the most sense because not only would you have more time to build a foundation, you have more resources than, respectfully, Colorado," Newton said (h/t On SI). "I'm looking at one coach that stands out at Florida State that he could potentially be and build a legacy - Bobby Bowden. I don't think he would have the same timeframe in Dallas."

Deion Sanders isn’t leaving Colorado for Florida State’s head football coaching job amidst ongoing issues with Seminoles

As Footballscoop’s Zach Barnett noted in September 2023, Sanders and the school he played for throughout his collegiate career – not as alma mater, which Coach Prime considers to be Talladega College – have “animosity” towards each other.

“Sanders clearly holds a level of animosity toward Florida State, and Florida State certainly holds a high level of animosity toward arguably the greatest player to ever wear the garnet and gold,” Barnett wrote.

With an 8-2 start to the 2024 season, unrestricted autonomy in recruiting and in his duties, which include meeting, or not meeting, with boosters, and even his own course he guest-lectures for at the University of Colorado Boulder, Sanders has it too good to leave the Big 12 for the ACC.