Deion Sanders poses for photographs on the Red Carpet at NFL Honors during Super Bowl LII week on February 3, 2018, at Northrop at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, MN. (Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
*Amazon Prime recently released a four-part documentary about Deion Sanders’ historic 2022 season as head coach of Jackson State’s football team.
The first 12 episodes of “Coach Prime” previously ran on Barstool Sports’ YouTube channel, Variety reports. The four-episode docuseries debuted on Amazon Prime on December 29, and “follows the Jackson State University Tigers football team throughout its 12-0, undefeated SWAC championship season,” OutKick writes.
Sanders, currently the new head football coach at Colorado, said in a statement previously that he is “honored and elated to share this inside look at how our program made history as JSU’s first undefeated regular season football team.”
The statement continued, “This group of young men are smart, tough, fast and disciplined with character, and together, we were able to dominate all season long. You’ll see it all this season – the highs and lows and the way this community came together. This is the most resilient and inspiring group of people I have ever met. I can’t say enough about the people of Jackson.”
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One serious moment from the docuseries is when Sanders boots wide receiver Mark Pope from the program. Watch the moment via the Twitter clip below:
Damn noddle got kicked out like that #CoachPrime pic.twitter.com/tpzzWva11V
— Wesley (@WesleyL10) January 5, 2023
Per OutKick, Pope addressed the situation in a lengthy since-deleted tweet. He wrote:
No disrespect to anyone but, it’s 3 sides to every story. Mines, theirs and the truth. So I’m going to tell mine. I’m going to start by saying I never disrespected ANYBODY such as my coaches, teammates, and anyone else within the building. I have NEVER been a bad kid to be labeled as a “cancer”. Moreover, July 5th was my very first day going to Jackson. I went up there to practice with the team and I was not enrolled nor did I have a physical to even practice but, they still threw me out there and I ended up getting hurt, which was not my fault. I came back to Jackson in august around camp due to me still finishing my class at UM. I missed my first week of camp due to my injury. First game they didn’t take me to travel for no reason whatsoever. When I entered the transfer portal first game I was let back on the team the following week and this was the only chance I was given. I never needed “2” or “3” chances because I never did anything wrong to ask for another chance. After letting me back onto the team coach Prime himself vouched for me to play Grambling state game. Moving forward I never was able to get any reps in practice for NO reason at all! They never gave me a full drive in a game. They would give me at the most 3 plays. Moral of the story I was never give a CHANCE!! because of this I stated “F*** this s*** I’m ready to go home”, which resulted in me being kicked off the team. I never spoke down about the JSU “Family” nor did I speak harmful to anyone on this team. I’ll end it with this!! Overall I’m still grateful for the opportunity that was given to me thanks coach Prime.
Sanders nor JSU have publicly addressed the Pope scene in the docuseries, nor have they responded to his social media statement.
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