Deion Sanders sets Guinness World Record at Colorado

Coach Prime continues to make history at CU, but this time it's for a different reason

Josh Tolle | Nov 8, 2023

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Deion Sanders had a rare accomplishment on Sunday. The Colorado Buffaloes coach helped set a Guinness World Record for the largest American football lesson held at the CU Indoor Practice Facility in Boulder.

Coach Prime hosted the event along with CU and UCHealth and brought in over 280 participants. They smashed the previous record which was set at about 250 participants, according to Guinness' record observer.

Deion Sanders receiving Guinness World Record at CU — CBS4/KCNC

Sanders was one of the few CU notables on hand, including Darian Hagan, who had been involved with the university for over thirty years. They introduced football drills for kids between the ages of 7 and 10, with a bit of Q and A for the parents. The Hall-of-Famer took in all the sights and sounds of the record-setting event.

The CU players were practicing next to the facility. It was less than 24 hours after losing to No. 16 Oregon State at Folsom Field. A few of them were around, but none participated in the event.

Colorado host 23rd-ranked Arizona for Senior Day on Saturday. A 2 p.m. ET kickoff with coverage on the Pac-12 Network.

Published Nov 8, 2023

JOSH TOLLE

Josh Tolle is a writer covering college sports for On SI. Outside of storytelling, the multi-talented broadcaster has play-by-play experience at the professional and collegiate levels. In 2018, he began calling games for the National Women’s Soccer League. He has also called games for the United Soccer League, Concacaf, and the U.S. Open Cup. He has called hockey for the Premier Hockey Federation for the past three seasons and was the play-by-play voice for the Superior RoughRiders of the Western Hockey League. He has provided play-by-play for various other sports including football, basketball, baseball and volleyball events. Since 2015, Tolle has been the voice of Colorado School of Mines Athletics having called football, men's and women's basketball and soccer. He previously wrote for SB Nation.