Deion Sanders

Deion Sanders, nicknamed 'Prime Time', was a flashy, elite shutdown cornerback and two-sport professional athlete who later became a college head coach.

Deion Sanders played both professional football and Major League Baseball in the same year on multiple occasions, at one point appearing in an NFL game and an MLB game within the same 24-hour window -- a level of two-sport commitment that no athlete since has seriously attempted to replicate at anything close to the same level in both. His game at Florida State already suggested a rare kind of athlete: not just a football and baseball player, but genuinely elite at both, plus track speed that made him a threat as a kick returner in an era when that job was treated as an afterthought for most defensive backs rather than a weapon in its own right. Sanders backed the flash with substance: two Super Bowl titles, eight Pro Bowls, and a Hall of Fame induction built on redefining what a shutdown cornerback could also contribute on special teams and, occasionally, in a completely different professional sport during the same calendar year.

Elite speed and coverage skills, exceptional return specialist, outstanding man-to-man coverage with ability to shadow top receivers

Revolutionized the cornerback position and became one of the greatest shutdown corners in NFL history while simultaneously playing professional baseball

• Pro Football Hall of Fame
• 2x Super Bowl champion
• 8x Pro Bowl
• 6x First-Team All-Pro