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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12019695" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="deion-sanders" source="Orion">Deion Sanders</keyword> wants the Southwestern Athletic Conference to add players' names to their jerseys.</li><li>The Jackson State coach sees the change as a way to increase exposure of <keyword id="11940158" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="hbcu" source="Orion">HBCU</keyword> <keyword id="11895115" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="football" source="Orion">football</keyword> players.</li><li>Sanders said he'd "take care of it for the whole <keyword id="12055315" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="swac" source="Orion">SWAC</keyword> if they do it."</li></ul><p>Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders is <a href="https://www.insider.com/deion-sanders-hbcu-football-team-michael-strahan-custom-suits-2021-9">determined to increase the recognition of Historically Black Colleges and Universities</a> - HBCUs - through his role as head coach of Jackson State's football team.</p><p>After the Tigers' first game of the season - a 7-6 victory over Florida A&amp;M in Sunday's Orange Blossom Classic - the NFL legend identified one way to do so within his team's own Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC): adding players' names to the backs of their jerseys.</p><p>"That's the kind of stuff we take for granted," Sanders said, per <a href="https://www.clarionledger.com/story/sports/college/jackson-state/2021/09/05/jackson-state-football-coach-deion-sanders-jersey-names-swac/5719231001/?utm_source=pocket_mylist">The Mississippi Clarion Ledger</a>. "I don't. I'm very detailed. That guy worked his butt off, did what he had to do, changed his whole composite of his thought process. We could at least put his darn name on the back of his jersey."</p><div type="image" title="Jackson State quarterback Shedeur Sanders and running back Santee Marshall." height="1523" width="2032" msid="86048863" hostid="261"></div><p>It's a small change that could have a massive impact for the athletes, who are eligible to cash in on name, image, and likeness as of this season. Increasing individual players' recognizability on the field by adding their name to their uniform is a fairly straightforward way to increase their marketability.</p><p>Plus, as Sanders noted after the game, players' friends and loved ones would almost certainly be in favor of the change.</p><p>"Don't you think his mom and them want to see the baby name on the back of the jerseys?" Sanders said. "Don't you think his siblings, his friends, his family, his loved ones?"</p><div type="image" title="Deion Sanders." height="450" width="600" msid="86048868" hostid="261"></div><p>By Sanders' estimation, it wouldn't take much to add players' names to their uniforms. He surmised that the extra stitching would cost "an extra $5 a jersey" - a price he's personally willing to pay.</p><p>"I'll take care of it for the whole SWAC if they do it," Sanders said, then looked to SMAC Entertainment CEO Constance Schwartz-Morini, his manager, for reassurance.</p><p>"Constance will help," he then declared. "You have already blessed the whole team with suits."</p><div type="image" title="Two Jackson State players show off their new suits." height="2254" width="3000" msid="86048872" hostid="261"></div><p>Sanders tapped Schwartz-Morini and her SMAC Entertainment co-founder, fellow Pro Football Hall of Famer Michael Strahan, to help <a href="https://www.insider.com/deion-sanders-hbcu-football-team-michael-strahan-custom-suits-2021-9">outfit Jackson State's players and coaching staff with custom suits</a> ahead of the Orange Blossom Classic. Sanders, Schwartz-Morini, and Strahan described the effort as a way to increase the spotlight on "often overlooked and underfunded" HBCU football programs.</p><p>"We're very detailed with the little things," Sanders said, per the Clarion Ledger. "And our kids deserve that, don't they?"</p>

Deion Sanders wants every player in his HBCU conference to have a name on their jersey, and the Hall of Famer is willing to pay for it

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Deion Sanders is reportedly leaving Jackson State after three years as head coach, ESPN says.</li><li>Sources say Sanders will join the Colorado Buffaloes for a roughly 40% pay increase, CBS reported.</li></ul><p>Deion Sanders is reportedly gearing up to leave Jackson State just three seasons into his college football coaching career, and opinions are split on his potential move to the University of Colorado.</p><p>Sources say Sanders and those close to him have been "making inquiries to both potential members of his on-field staff and support staff at Colorado," <a href="https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/35168153/sources-deion-sanders-preparing-accept-colorado-coaching-job">ESPN reported</a>. Sanders' salary at Colorado would start at over $5 million per year — a nearly 40% pay raise, according to <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/colorado-buffaloes-5-million-deion-sanders-boulder/">CBS News</a>. </p><p>The news of Sanders possibly leaving surfaced Friday night ahead of Jackson State's Southwestern Athletic Conference title game against Southern University on Saturday, according to the ESPN report.</p><p>College football fans shared mixed reactions to Sanders leaving SWAC, a conference made up of HBCU sports teams. Sanders is often praised for bringing more mainstream attention to the conference in his three seasons coaching the Tigers.</p><p>Some criticized the former NFL star for using Jackson State as "a launching pad for his coaching career" while others congratulated him on the new Power 5 position.</p><p>The unofficial news has prompted questions about recruitment after a source told ESPN that Sanders encouraged a "prominent player" in the NCAA transfer portal to wait for his move to Colorado before committing to another school.</p><p>Similar concerns have been raised around Sanders' son and Jackson State's quarterback, Shedeur Sanders, potentially following his father to Colorado. In the past, Sanders didn't deny the possibility of bringing his son along with him to another school.</p><p>Under his leadership, the Tigers have remained undefeated in the 2022 season and Sanders won SWAC Coach of the Year in both 2021 and 2022, <a href="https://www.bet.com/article/r4uno4/deion-sanders-swac-coach-of-the-year-jackson-state">according to BET.</a></p><p>If hired, he would replace Karl Dorrell as the Buffaloes' head coach. Dorrell had an 8-15 losing record during his three years in charge.</p><p>Colorado fired Dorrell in October and will buy out his contract for an estimated $8.7 million, according to CBS.</p><p>Sanders is said to be announcing his alleged departure from Jackson State after Saturday's game.</p><p>"They weren't exactly hiding anything," a source told ESPN. "It seemed like it was a done deal."</p>

Fans express mixed reactions to Deion Sanders' reported $5 million deal to coach struggling Colorado Buffs after three-year dominating run at Jackson State

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Ameshya Williams-Holliday became the first <keyword id="11940158" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="hbcu" source="Orion">HBCU</keyword> player drafted by a <keyword id="11896033" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="wnba" source="Orion">WNBA</keyword> team in two decades.</li><li>The Indiana Fever chose the <keyword id="13605694" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jackson-state-tigers" source="Orion">Jackson State Tigers</keyword> superstar with the first pick of the third round.</li></ul><p>Ameshya Williams-Holliday is WNBA bound.</p><p>The <keyword id="12019698" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jackson-state" source="Orion">Jackson State</keyword> Tigers superstar and Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Player of the Year became the first player from a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) drafted into the WNBA in two decades. The Indiana Fever selected the 6-foot-4 center with the first pick of the third round of the 2022 <keyword id="13568780" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="wnba-draft" source="Orion">WNBA Draft</keyword> Monday night.</p><p>Williams-Holliday was just five years old the last time an HBCU star was drafted into the league.</p><div type="image" title="Ameshya Williams-Holliday." height="1125" width="2000" msid="90809208" hostid="261"></div><p>"I'm just grateful and thankful," Williams-Holliday told reporters in a post-draft press conference via Zoom. "I'm really lost for words. I don't know what to say. It's just unbelievable to me."</p><p>Williams-Holliday was a standout for the Tigers ever since she joined head coach Tomekia Reed's program in 2019. This season, she averaged 19.2 points and 11.4 boards per game en route to SWAC Player of the Year honors, but she was a consistent first-team All-SWAC selection and earned conference Defensive Player of the Year honors in each of her three seasons competing for Jackson State.</p><p>Her 16.1 points, 11.2 rebounds, and 2.9 blocks per game over that span helped lead the Tigers to 60 wins and two NCAA Tournament appearances. Williams-Holliday recorded double-doubles in both March Madness showings — against Baylor in 2021 and LSU in 2022 — and very nearly led Jackson State to a historic upset of Kim Mulkey's Tigers in this year's first-round bout.</p><div type="image" title="Ameshya Williams-Holliday." height="2000" width="1333" msid="90809209" hostid="261"></div><p>"Since day one, when she stepped foot on Jackson State campus, she has just been phenomenal for our program," Reed said of Williams-Holliday. "She has made history year after year after year, game after game, she has made history. And to get drafted as high as she did today, she's continuing to blaze trails. She's continuing to make history. And I am just one proud coach."</p><p>But perhaps the most important achievement of Williams-Holliday's three-year Tigers tenure was rekindling her love of basketball. Immediately after high school, the Gulfport, Mississippi, native joined Vic Schaefer's Mississippi State Bulldogs. But as detailed in <a href="https://www.clarionledger.com/story/sports/2020/01/24/mississippi-state-basketball-ameshya-williams-reemerges-mother-jackson-state-university/4437586002/">Rashad Milligan's 2020 piece</a> for the Mississippi Clarion Ledger, Williams-Holliday decided she was done after two seasons of high-intensity SEC hoops.</p><p>She left the team, dropped out of school, and swore that she was done with basketball. Reed recruited her anyway and promised to pay Williams-Holliday's way through Jackson State regardless of whether or not she ever suited up for the Tigers.</p><div type="image" title="Tomeika Reed coaches during a 2022 Jackson State game." height="1666" width="2222" msid="90809211" hostid="261"></div><p>When Williams-Holliday told the coach she was pregnant, Reed stayed the course. She enrolled at JSU in the summer of 2018 — six months before she gave birth to her son and a year and a half before she returned to the court.</p><p>"I'm just happy I went back to school and changed my life around," Williams-Holliday said. "[Coach Reed is] the reason, and she just pushed me a lot."</p><p>Now that she's been drafted, Williams-Holliday faces an uphill battle in vying for one of the highly coveted WNBA roster spots. Since 1997, a whopping 42% of players drafted by WNBA teams did not make a final roster.</p><div type="image" title="Ameshya Williams-Holliday." height="1499" width="1000" msid="90809214" hostid="261"></div><p>But Williams-Holliday has achieved the seemingly impossible before. She rediscovered her love of basketball after swearing off the sport for good. She found her way back to the court a year after giving birth to her first child. And she heard her name called after 19 consecutive WNBA drafts without a single HBCU player picked.</p><p>"It means a lot to me," Williams-Holliday said Monday. "I'm just glad I kept making history, going to keep making history, and the people that's coming behind me, just keep going. Anything is possible."</p>

A college star with an inspiring backstory became the first HBCU player in 20 years drafted into the WNBA

<p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div><p></p></div></div><ul><li><strong>Shakyla Hill recorded a rare quadruple-double on Wednesday night, with a final stat sheet that included 15 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, and 10 steals.</strong></li><li><strong>It's an accomplishment that has only been achieved three times previously in Division I women's basketball.</strong></li><li><strong>Hill received praised from around the sporting world for her feat, including shout outs from "SportsCenter" and the WNBA.</strong><span></span></li></ul><p><span><br>Shakyla Hill of Grambling State University put her name in the record books on Wednesday night, becoming just the fourth woman in NCAA Division I women's basketball history to record a quadruple-double.</br></span></p><p><span>With 15 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, and 10 steals on the night, Hill's stellar all-around performance helped lead Grambling State to a 93-71 victory over Alabama State. Hill completed the impressive feat on one of the last plays of the game, finding teammate&#xa0;Monisha Neal for a three-pointer that would seal the win and secure Hill's 10th assist on the night.</span></p><p><span>The feat had not been accomplished since 1993, and got on "SportsCenter" for her accomplishment.</span></p><p>After the game, coach Freddie Murray praised Hill for her team-first play, saying "<span>She is very unselfish. She had to do a lot more last year, because we didn't have a lot of pieces. Now she is surrounded by players who feed off what she gives us. To get a quadruple-double is just a testament to the hard work she puts in."</span></p><p>Hill was understandably proud of her accomplishment, sharing praise through social media throughout the day, which included a shout out from the WNBA.</p><p>Grambling State is 5-8 overall but a strong 2-0 in conference play at the start of their SWAC schedule. If they can keep that up, there's a good chance basketball fans will get to see even more of Hill's feats as March Madness rolls around.</p><div><div style="width: 100%; height: 0px; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.250%;"></div></div><div></div>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/why-olympics-terrible-investment-host-city-china-rio-pyeongchang-2017-12">Why the Olympics are a terrible investment for the host city</a></h3>        <div>                    </div>    </div></hr>

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