Video: Colorado's Deion Sanders Downplays Cowboys HC Buzz; 'I Love It Where I Am'

Colorado head coach Deion Sanders again downplayed rumors that he could leave the Buffaloes for the NFL after the 2024-25 season.

"I love it where I am," Sanders told Michael Irvin on Wednesday's episode of FS1's Speak.

Sanders is in his second season as head coach of Colorado, which sits second in the Big 12 with a 7-2 record.

Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy's team meanwhile fell to 3-6 with a blowout Week 10 loss, sparking rumors about Sanders being a potential fit with Jerry Jones in Dallas should there be a head coaching vacancy.

When pressed about potential interest in joining the Cowboys, Sanders said: "You think I'm going to put up with all that stuff going on in the NFL, NBA? Come on, man. Y'all know, we ain't built like that. We can't put up with that kind of stuff."

Sanders continued: "It would be hard for me to understand the psyche of some of these young men. You making this much money and you don't want to play?... it would be hard for me to fathom."

His response echoed comments made on Robert Griffin III's podcast in January, during which his thought process might clash with that of NFL players because he was "old school."

Jones bought the Cowboys in 1989, and Sanders posted four Pro Bowl seasons for the franchise between 1996 and 1999.

When asked by ESPN's Stephen A. Smith in September if he would ever consider hiring Sanders, Jones avoided a direct answer but said that he had "always admired" Sanders, "both on and off the field."

Sanders has repeatedly said that he does not plan to leave Colorado. In July he said it was the "dumbest thing ever" to imply he would consider leaving the Buffaloes after his sons, quarterback Shedeur Sanders and safety Shilo Sanders, depart from the program.

But with Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott sidelined for the rest of the season after undergoing surgery on his torn hamstring, and NFL Next Gen Stats giving the Cowboys a two percent probability of making the playoffs, it seems likely McCarthy will end his fifth season in Dallas in the hot seat— which means the rumors connecting Sanders and the Cowboys aren't likely to go away any time soon.