Shedeur Sanders draws outcry from CFB analyst amid Colorado jersey retirement after shocking NFL QB discovery

Zain Bando

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Shedeur Sanders draws outcry from CFB analyst amid Colorado jersey retirement after shocking NFL QB discovery image

Former Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders had his jersey retired over the weekend with his dad and coach, Deion Sanders, by his side.

Minus the fair bit of controversy and intrigue Deion Sanders brings to Boulder, some college football pundits are turned off by the Sanders' antics, much more so in how the Colorado Buffaloes opted to honor the projected ninth-overall NFL draft pick.

During an episode of "See Ball Get Ball" with David Pollack and Brent Rollins, Pollack said Shedeur Sanders' honor dumbfounded him despite acknowledging how much of a program-changing piece Shedeur Sanders would eventually become.

"I don't understand this at all," Pollack said. "I'm going to throw some names out to you, Brent. "Joe Burrow, not retired. Tim Tebow, not retired. Cam Newton, not retired. Jameis Winston, not retired. Marcus Mariota, not retired. I can go on and on and on, not retired. Shedeur is 13-12 at Colorado. Like, that's his record. He wasn't an All-American in any year. I don't get it."

Zain Bando

Zain Bando is a freelance writer for The Sporting News. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism. Over the years, Bando has written about various beats surrounding Illinois, Northwestern, and Kansas State Athletics but sticks to the Big Ten as his primary expertise. Outside of collegiate reporting, Bando covers MMA and boxing for MMA Knockout On Sports Illustrated and hosts/co-hosts two podcasts as part of the Empty The Bench Podcast Network – Bando's Breakdowns and The MMA Outsiders, which air weekly on YouTube and are distributed on all podcast platforms Tuesday nights and Wednesday afternoons. Bando is a Chicago Suburban native and a member of the FWAA and USBWA, continuing to hone his professional skills as a sports journalist and media personality. Since June 2019, Bando's byline has been seen across many mediums, including MSN, Yardbarker, Deadspin, FanSided, BJPenn.com, Bridge Media Network (Sports News Highlights), Mike Farrell Sports, Reuters, and more. When Bando is not writing, he binges on old UFC fights, spends time with family and friends, memorizes every Super Bowl, and manifests all the places he still has to travel to (even while bringing his laptop).