Overview
- Sanders told Front Office Sports on Tuesday that the months‑old reports tying him to the Dallas Cowboys “weren’t real at all” and that he has “no thought process for the NFL whatsoever.”
- He said he enjoyed playing in the pros but would not enjoy coaching there because the pro game is different, and he has repeatedly denied NFL interest in interviews dating back to 2022.
- Media reporting from January 2025 said Cowboys owner Jerry Jones contacted Sanders about the vacancy but no formal interview occurred and the team later promoted Brian Schottenheimer to head coach.
- Sanders signed a five‑year extension through 2029 and said his priority is winning at Colorado and getting players through college with degrees as he prepares to rebound from a 3–9 2025 season.
- Colorado enters the 2026 rebuild with a transfer class ranked in the top 25 by 247Sports, a development that Sanders and the program say will be central to returning the team to competitiveness.