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When discussing top cornerbacks to ever play the game of football, Deion Sanders’s name often will come into consideration. The Hall of Fame cornerback left an impact on the game that will be remembered forever. Whether it was his game changing interceptions, lavish lifestyle, or even his ability to hit home runs in the major league; Sanders was always finding a way to leave his mark known. However, becoming “Primetime”, a nickname he received at Florida State, didn’t come out the blue. From the time he was a young boy, Deion Luwynn Sanders was destined for greatness.
Deion Sanders was born in Fort Myers, Florida. While there, he attended North Fort Myers High School, where he achieved the difficult task of being an all-state in basketball, baseball, as well as football. Because of his success in high school, in 1985 he was was named to the Florida High School Association All-Century Team which recognized the Top 33 players in the past century of Florida High School Football. Coming out of high school, the Kansas City Royals took a chance of drafting the electric ballplayer Sanders, but he elected to attend school at Florida State University.
From the time he got to Florida State University, Sanders again left his mark in all types of sports. He was a member of the football, …show more content…

In the 1989 Sugar Bowl, Florida State allowed Deion Sanders to play even though he had not taken any final exams or attended class that semester. As a result of this, Florida passed a law that is commonly known as the “Deion Sanders rule”. This law would prohibit football players at any state university from playing in a postseason game if all the criteria of the past semester had not been met. When it was all said and done, Deion Sanders would go on to have his jersey, #2, retired in 1995. An accolade that he described as one of his “proudest moments in his

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