Shedeur Sanders shines in Colorado’s upset of TCU

The Shedeur Sanders show has arrived in the FBS.

The Deion Sanders era of Colorado Buffaloes football started off with a bang on Saturday afternoon. The Buffaloes, expected to be among the worst teams in the Pac-12, went into Amon G. Carter Stadium and delivered a stunning 45-42 upset of the No. 17 TCU Horned Frogs.

The star of the game was Deion Sanders’s own son, quarterback Shedeur Sanders, who was making his FBS debut.  The 2022 SWAC Offensive Player of the Year completed 38-of-47 passing attempts in the win, passing for 510 yards and four touchdowns. The 510 yards was a Colorado school record.

With Sanders under center, Colorado totaled 565 total yards and scored 28 points in the second half to hold and defeat the Horned Frogs after taking a 17-14 lead into halftime.

The Texas native could not do it on his own. Also with impressive performances was two-way star transfer Travis Hunter as well as true freshman running back Dylan Edwards.

Hunter, the former No.1 recruit in the country in the 2022 recruiting cycle, who committed and ultimately signed with Deion Sanders and Jackson State out of high school, played both ways the entire game for Colorado. On the offensive side of the ball, he totaled 11 receptions for 119 yards, while defensively, he recorded three tackles and one pass deflection.

Edwards, a freshman out of Derby, Kansas, recorded 159 yards from scrimmage and four touchdowns, including five receptions for 135 yards. His incredible debut included touchdown receptions of 46 and 75 yards.

All in all, the first game of the Deion Sanders era at Colorado could not have gone much better for the Buffaloes. While they will have to clean up defensively, allowing 541 total yards, including 262 on the ground, Sanders and the Buffaloes couldn’t ask for a better start to their 2023 season.

The Buffaloes will look to improve to 2-0 next Saturday against a former Big 12 rival, Nebraska.