MLBbro.com’s Mark Gray set off the baseball season with a quick conversation with Deion Sanders AKA Coach Prime, who was preparing for an historic season as head coach of the Jackson State Football Team. Jackson State went 11-1 and won the school’s first SWAC title since 2007. Sanders also led them to the Celebration Bowl for the first time in school history, where the Tigers will meet MEAC Champ South Carolina State on Dec. 18, 2021.
In his prime, Deion was one of the greatest two-way athletes in sports history, simultaneously starring for the Atlanta Braves and Atlanta Falcons at one point. Mark Gray asked the NFL Hall of Famer some Black baseball questions.
Deion Sanders is known for being the greatest cornerback in NFL history and he’s as recognizable as ever in his dual role as the head football coach at Jackson State and brand ambassador for HBCU football.
The Gen Xers might not know that Sanders was also a very good MLB player who spent nine seasons with the Cincy Reds, ATL Braves, Bronx Bombers and the San Francisco Giants. He hit 14 triples in 1992 and even stole 56 bases in 1997, while also winning Super Bowls as the supreme player at his position in the NFL. Prime is undoubtedly one of the elite two-sport athletes in American history.
Mark Gray, MLBbro.com’s Assistant Managing Editor, caught up with Coach Prime in the middle of a Spring football season and had him talking baseball.
Deion Sanders is known for being the greatest cornerback in NFL history and he’s as recognizable as ever in his dual role as the head football coach at Jackson State and brand ambassador for HBCU football.
The Gen Xers might not know that Sanders was also a very good MLB player who spent nine seasons with the Cincy Reds, ATL Braves, Bronx Bombers and the San Francisco Giants. He hit 14 triples in 1992 and even stole 56 bases in 1997, while also winning Super Bowls as the supreme player at his position in the NFL. Prime is undoubtedly one of the elite two-sport athletes in American history.
Mark Gray, MLBbro.com’s Assistant Managing Editor, caught up with Coach Prime in the middle of a Spring football season and had him talking baseball.
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