Shedeur Sanders clapped back at Colorado transfer Xavier Smith amid an in-depth story from The Athletic, detailing many players who’ve departed the program via the transfer portal.
Smith claimed head coach Deion Sanders could’ve used more compassion when making roster changes. Whether that’d be outright cutting players or encouraging them to enter the transfer portal, Smith felt he didn’t get his fair shot.
Upon seeing quotes on a graphic from The Athletic on social media, Shedeur Sanders responded.
“(I don’t) even remember him (to be honest),”Sanders wrote on Twitter. “Bro had to be very mid at best.”
Smith started his career at Colorado 2022, prior to Deion Sanders’ arrival. He played in one game that year due to injury.
The conversation the following spring was allegedly not pleasant for Smith.
“We sat on the sofa, and he’s talking to us, but he’s not even looking at us,” Smith said, via The Athletic. “I’m looking Coach Kelly dead in his eyes. (Sanders) said he felt like I should hit the portal. He didn’t want me to waste a year thinking I could earn a spot. I was actually getting mad, like tears coming to my eyes. Because, bro, you never even tried to get to know me.
“He was destroying guys’ confidence and belief in themselves. The way he did it, it could’ve been done with a little more compassion.”
Smith found himself at the FCS level at Austin Peay last year. He played right away and earned a spot on the Freshman All-American team.
He followed coach Scottie Walden to UTEP via the transfer portal. Naturally, Shedeur Sanders sided with his father in this alleged feud.
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