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Colorado star quarterback Shedeur Sanders is planning on giving back to the Buffaloes program once he moves on to the NFL after the season comes to a close. Sanders was nearly perfect against Oklahoma State on Friday, completing 34-of-41 passes for 438 yards with five touchdowns to one interception in a 52-0 win over the Cowboys. The senior made history by setting the program record for the most single-season passing yards in school history (3,926).
Sanders was also announced as the 2024 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award winner, the first in program history. Sanders will move on to the 2025 NFL draft after the postseason. And after setting the standard for quarterback play in Boulder, he announced his intentions to help Colorado reload its roster next season.
Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images Sanders pledged to donate some of his future earnings to Colorado's NIL collective, joking that the gesture would serve as a tax write-off. "It's basically setting them up for success, and everything in my power I personally can do, I'm going to do," Sanders said after the game. "I'm going to donate to the collective, for sure.
It's a tax write-off. So yeah, I'll donate to the collective so I'll make sure we have a super team next year." Sanders is considered as one of the top quarterback prospects in the 2025 NFL draft and has even garnered discussion as a potential top-two overall pick .
NIL is an important part of the college football landscape, especially for Colorado and Deion Sanders, who signed 43 transfers in the 2024 cycle. No. 25 Colorado will await the outcomes of this week's Big 12 slate for a potential spot in the conference title game.
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