“Getting paid for daddy’s name,” a fan commented critically, talking about Shedeur Sanders clinching the first position in NIL valuation by hitting the $4.7 million mark. Arch Manning, another QB who is said to be getting the ‘family name’ benefit, however, is far behind in the queue at rank 4 with his $2.8M NIL valuation. So is it all an effect of the ‘Sanders’ name and fame that Deion Sanders built in the Buffs? It is, and Deion Sanders is not shying away from accepting it.

Another fact that Prime is not shying away from is the benefits that come with the family names, like getting to choose which teams you want to play in the NFL draft and having access to the contacts to get into those teams. Yes, all of it was directed towards Shedeur Sanders pulling an “Eli Manning” in the 2025 draft and his NIL valuation. Since Shedeur’s valuation clinched the coveted 1st spot, questions started swirling around how much would he make in the NFL. More than what came to him with his father’s name and NIL restrictions?

When asked about the newer level of freedom that the NFL carries for the players as compared to the strict rules of the NIL, Deion Sanders had a fitting reply to Front Office Sports Today’s host. “I think you could see what someone could stomach, what someone has the nerves to do. You got to have a nerve to do it,” he said, dishing out the ultimate formula for anyone who wanted to make it big in the NFL. But that was not all. Deion Sanders had yet to lay out the expectations for his sons in the NFL.

Deion Sanders sets expectations straight for his sons

“Sanders also helps,” Prime said proudly, when speaking of the upper hand a family name gives to the players entering the NFL. “His last name is Manning,” Deion Sanders said when asked about Manning. The sentence was enough to answer most questions regarding Arch Manning.

Well, Deion Sanders has forged his name to be all too powerful to withstand the adversities of the NFL. Mainly why he is not too keen on getting his sons into any NFL teams. He laid out the only criterion he is looking for in a potential team for Shedeur Sanders.

“I just want my kids, plural, somewhere where the team is committed to winning. That’s all I want,” Deion Sanders said in the podcast. So where do you think Deion Sanders’ kids would end up? Drop your predictions in the comments.