How Deion Sanders became college football’s Jake Paul

What makes Deion so similar to Jake Paul?

Now before anyone gets too riled up, it should be clarified that the comparability between the two does not stem from their individual accolades/personalities (though they are both infamous for being egotistical). Instead, they have simply experienced rises in popularity that have puzzled me and many others.

As we covered earlier, what is Deion Sanders getting love for? Putting the “rad” back in “Colorado.” The only problem is that he is still waiting on an opportunity to prove that he’s actually capable of doing so.

Let’s keep that mindset with Jake Paul. Why did he see an increase in mainstream sports coverage over time? Because he was an unbeaten newcomer on the boxing scene. The only problem was that he built his record against non-boxers, with one of his opponents being Nate Robinson—a retired NBA player who entered the ring visibly inferior to Paul in both age and stature.

To add to the controversial nature of his coverage, Paul also caught some heat for the hefty price required to view his PPV fight with Tommy Fury—sound familiar?

My goal here is not to imply that neither Deion Sanders nor Jake Paul are talented, because that’s not true in the slightest. Deion has had consistent success in his short time as a CFB head coach, and Jake Paul has actually put in the time and commitment to build himself for the fighting he does.

However, a blind man could see the stupidity in taking a game like Colorado-USC and pretending it’ll be some epic showdown, just like he could when Paul is lumped into airtime that career boxers with far more impressive résumés could be getting.

To summarize, Deion Sanders has brought a lot to the game of college football, but he’s not in a spot where he should be getting nearly as much media attention as he’s gotten thus far. It leaves his similarity to Jake Paul being simple yet undeniably present: The more seriously sports media takes him, the less seriously I can.