Deion Sanders accompanied Colorado football wide receiver Jimmy Horn Jr., whose father is imprisoned, on a visit to see him, sharing a story about the emotional moment.
on Colorado football's senior day this past Friday, Buffaloes coach Deion Sanders told reporters that he wanted to accompany Horn Jr. to visit his father, who is in prison.with host Rocsi Diaz, the coach told the story of the emotional moment he was a part of.
"I went to one of the prisons with Jimmy Horn. ... One of my receivers, his father is incarcerated," Sanders said. "So we spent the whole morning with his father. Which was ... heartwarming, touching, tear-jerking. I know he's incarcerated. And he did what he did. "But you talking about a great father, a great man. And just seeing and hearing the conversations and being able to be there for him."
"I went to one of the prisons with Jimmy Horn... we spent the whole morning with his father, which was heartwarming, touching, tear-jerking."Sanders, while speaking to the media about Horn and the rest of the Colorado seniors, said that he "doesn't just coach them," adding that he "loves them like they're family."Tim Capurso is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated.
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