Others offered 'crazy' money, but Deion Sanders got his QB anyway. Here's how
Colorado and Deion Sanders weren't the highest bidders for four-star high school quarterback recruit Andre Adams. So how did they earn his commitment?
Coach Deion Sanders has landed his newest quarterback of the future for Colorado , this time for the freshman class of 2027. But it didn’t happen because Sanders had the most money to offer this recruit for his name, image and likeness (NIL). To the contrary, Sanders got a commitment from Andre Adams in Tennessee on April 14 despite not being the highest bidder and despite having several young quarterbacks on the Colorado roster already.
Sanders also didn’t visit Adams off-campus unlike other coaches. He doesn’t do that at all. So how did Sanders pull this off?
USA TODAY Sports asked Adams' father Kenny, who also coaches his son at Antioch High School in metro Nashville. His answers show how Sanders knows how to reel in a top high school recruit even though he’s known to go heavy on transfer players instead. Colorado wasn’t highest bidder for Andre Adams Adams chose Colorado over Florida State, Virginia Tech, Oregon and Kentucky.
“There were other schools that offered a crazy amount of money,” said Andre Adams’ father Kenny, who also is his son’s offensive coordinator. “But it just wasn’t the best fit at some of these schools. That wasn’t the case.
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