Deion Sanders has reasons to smile this offseason.
The Colorado coach revealed he’s been “tearing it up in the (transfer) portal” following a 3-9 campaign that ended with five straight losses, and off the field he’s settling in with a new girlfriend.
In late December, he went Instagram official with 37-year-old actress and influencer Karrueche Tran, and kicked off the second season of his “We Got Time Today” series with a little insight into the relationship.
“Can we set the record straight?” Co-host Rosci Diaz asked the 58-year-old. “I did not hook you two up. I had no parts in hooking y’all up. Everybody thinks that, you know, I had my hand in it. But she (Tran) did come to the show for my birthday. And you so slick. You brought her there for my birthday, but you secretly wanted to shoot your shot.”
“First of all, my shot don’t miss,” Sanders replied. “And I didn’t have to bring somebody there to shoot a shot at close range. My shot, you know, I’m pretty darn good.”
“Y’all look very cute together,” Diaz said. “I’m super happy for you guys.”
“You know what?” Sanders said. “Good woman, good person, has added so much to my life and my days and my moments. And I’m smiling.”
Sanders and longtime fiancee Tracey Edmonds broke off their engagement in December 2023, with Tran seemingly entering the picture around 11 months later.
While the pair danced around labelling their relationship for some time, the “Claws” actress was a staple around the Sanders family as the patriarch dealt with bladder cancer over the summer.
With his personal life in a good spot, Sanders has been revamping his Buffaloes team, getting 42 commitments from incoming transfers to build 247Sports’ No. 22-ranked class for 2026.
“This offseason has been treating me really well,” Sanders told Diaz. “We’re tearing it up in the (transfer) portal. We’re building something extraordinary, extra ordinary, extraordinary. And I’m feeling so darn good. Rocs, I hadn’t felt this good in quite some time. Like, really, like, like my hands, and I don’t even have a manicure like I usually do, because I got to go get it tomorrow, by the way. But I’m good. I got my hands in and on everything.”
