Deion Sanders has prolonged a proposal to a category of 2028 prospect with some spectacular soccer lineage.
Final week, Sanders hosted Colorado’s We Ain’t Onerous 2 Discover Showcase in addition to the annual spring sport on Saturday. Former NFL cornerback and Professional Soccer Corridor of Famer Champ Bailey made the journey to Boulder for each occasions, even taking a while to handle this yr’s Buffaloes roster.
Bailey introduced his younger son Brayden alongside for the journey. A cornerback identical to his dad, the youthful Bailey is a rising sophomore at Holy Innocents Episcopal College in Atlanta, the place he is already starting to draw consideration from Division I applications.
After spending a while across the Colorado program, Bailey acquired some excellent news from Coach Prime, who offered the 5-foot-11, 160-pound recruit together with his first scholarship supply.
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“Spending time in Boulder was nice,” Bailey instructed 247Sports’ Adam Munsterteiger. “The surroundings is superb and the persons are nice. I obtained to look at the group scrimmage and it was nothing however competitors. Watching everybody that I watched play in highschool, like Julian Lewis and Quentin Gibson, was thrilling.
“After I acquired my first supply from CU my first response was straight pleasure. I’m very grateful to obtain a proposal from an amazing faculty and soccer program led by Prime.”
Bailey’s highschool profession is simply starting, and along with his work as a cornerback and broad receiver on the soccer discipline, he additionally performs basketball and runs monitor.
In his first varsity soccer season, Bailey made honorable point out all-region as a freshman.
Champ Bailey starred on the College of Georgia earlier than changing into the No. 7 total choose of the 1999 NFL Draft. He spent his first 5 professional seasons with the Washington Redskins earlier than taking part in a decade with the Denver Broncos.
In 15 NFL seasons, Bailey logged 931 tackles, 52 interceptions and 203 passes defensed. He was a 12-time Professional Bowler and seven-time All-Professional, together with three first-team alternatives.
Bailey was enshrined within the Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame in Canton, Ohio in 2019.
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