There will be bigger overall winners on National Signing Day, but it’s hard to imagine many programs with their coach, Deion Sanders, having a more important day than Jackson State. “Coach Prime” was busy 24 hours and got a transfer from one of his sons when he caught up with a blue chip JUCO product on Wednesday morning.
The transport began Tuesday evening when Sanders’ son Shilo announced on his Twitter account that he had moved to the Tigers to play for his father. Shilo recently entered the transfer portal from South Carolina, where he finished his red shirt season as a freshman. “Pops said he needed a few dawns! So I’m joining my brother in changing the game at JSU and improving the HBCU playing field,” wrote Shilo, who previously worked for his father at Trinity Christian School in Cedar Hill, Texas, played.
As a member of the 2019 class, Shilo was ranked Cornerback No. 62 and Recruit No. 665 for that cycle. He chose the Gamecocks over Colorado State and others. He entered the transfer portal on December 14th after South Carolina’s season ended in a loss to Kentucky.
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On Wednesday morning, Jackson State received approval from four-star JUCO cornerback De’Jahn Warren, who freaked him out of Georgia. Warren is one of the two blue-chip recruits who work for the Tigers.
The other is Shilo’s younger brother Shedeur Sanders, who has also pledged to play for the Tigers as a member of the 2021 class. Shedeur is a four-star quarterback and number 35 in the state of Texas according to the 247Sports Composite rankings.
Jackson State isn’t going to win a top 25 class, but Sanders was partially hired to bring some attention to the HBCU program. He did just that on National Signing Day.
