Deion Sanders Biography

Fast Facts

• Reached the Pro Bowl eight times in his NFL career
• Was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame in 2011
• Had his best baseball season in 1997 with the Cincinnati Reds, where racked up a total of 127 htis and stole 56 bases
• Is the only athlete to compete in the World Series and the Super Bowl, as well as the only athlete to hit a home run and score a touchdown in the same week
• Attended Florida State University, where he won a Jim Thorpe Award for top defensive back in 1988 and had 14 career interceptions, and also played baseball and track
• Was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the NFL Draft and the New York Yankees in the MLB Draft following his senior year at Florida State in 1989
• Quote: "I never wanted to be mediocre at anything․ I wanted to be the best․"
• After his retirement in 2001, he became a sports analyst for CBS's "NFL Today" and continued to make appearances on ESPN and the NFL Network after a brief return to football with the Baltimore Ravens in 2004
• Earned the nicknames "Prime Time" and "Neon Deion" during his time at Florida State University for his athletic accomplishments
• Starred in the reality series "Deion & Pilar: Prime Time Love" in 2008 and returned to reality TV with "Deion's Family Playbook" in 2014