Colorado receiver Travis Hunter — a two-way star for first-year coach Sanders — suffered a lacerated liver. Colorado State's Henry Blackburn was flagged for...
BOULDER, Colo. — Deion Sanders stood up for Henry Blackburn on Tuesday after the Colorado State safety received death threats for a late hit that sent Colorado’s two-way star Travis Hunter to the hospital with a lacerated liver.
Sanders said he has forgiven Blackburn and so has Hunter, who doesn’t have a definitive timeline for a return. Sanders said there is no place for the threats directed toward Blackburn and his family. “I’m saddened if there’s any of our fans, that’s on the other side of those threats,” Sanders said. “I would hope and pray not, but that kid was just playing [to] the best of his ability. And he made a mistake. … Let’s move on. That kid does not deserve that.”
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