{"id":152531,"date":"2022-12-09T06:09:55","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T06:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/deion-sanders-has-his-first-five-star-recruit-at-colorado\/"},"modified":"2022-12-09T06:09:55","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T06:09:55","slug":"deion-sanders-has-his-first-five-star-recruit-at-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/deion-sanders-has-his-first-five-star-recruit-at-colorado\/","title":{"rendered":"Deion Sanders has his first five-star recruit at Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Neon Deion effect has already started at Colorado.<\/p>\n
Just one day after Deion Sanders left Jackson State to become the head coach at the University of Colorado, the Buffaloes landed five-star recruit Winston Watkins.<\/p>\n
The wide receiver, the first cousin of Packers wide receiver Sammy Watkins, committed to the class of 2025 in Boulder on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n
Watkins, 5-foot-10 and 172 pounds, plays for IMG Academy in Florida, a magnet school that has produced talent such as Evan Neal, Greg Newsome, and KJ Hamler. He’s ranked No. 4 among wide receivers in his class by 247Sports and No. 13 overalls. <\/p>\n
Watkins had offers from 17 other programs, including Texas A&M, the favorite to land him. <\/p>\n
The Watkins commit puts Colorado at the top of the 2025 rankings, but Sanders inherited the 61st-ranked recruiting class for 2023 and currently, the Buffaloes have no commits for 2024. <\/p>\n
Sanders, however, is planning to bring over many of his former players from Jackson State and has already advised current Colorado players to enter the transfer portal. Sanders’ son Shedeur, a quarterback for the Tigers, is expected to enter the portal to land in Colorado<\/a>.<\/p>\n