{"id":700904,"date":"2026-01-24T07:05:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T07:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/700904\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T07:05:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T07:05:19","slug":"deion-sanders-receives-about-five-death-threats-a-day-his-bodyguard-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/700904\/","title":{"rendered":"Deion Sanders receives about five death threats a day, his bodyguard says"},"content":{"rendered":"

Extra precaution is needed in Colorado.<\/p>\n

Deion Sanders\u2019 bodyguard revealed that the Buffaloes head coach receives five death threats per day, which was discussed in the first team meeting of 2026.<\/p>\n

The warning came from Michael Rhodes, Sanders\u2019 bodyguard, who spoke to players in a meeting captured on video and shared publicly by Deion Sanders Jr.<\/a>, the eldest son of Coach Prime.<\/p>\n

Rhodes urged players to be vigilant inside football facilities, stressing that access to restricted areas must be tightly controlled.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m Officer Rhodes. I\u2019m head of security for Coach Prime,\u201d Rhodes reportedly told the team. \u201cReal quick, I want to say this. Those of y\u2019all that are new, when y\u2019all head up to the facilities in the morning, be mindful of who comes in with you, especially on the elevator. Don\u2019t let somebody coerce you into scanning them up on the floor, because everybody\u2019s trying to get to Coach Prime. Those people that are trying to get to them, not all of them have good intentions. So just be mindful of that, don\u2019t prop open any doors, because my philosophy is, if the doors open, they will come through. Then they\u2019re gonna have to meet me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"ColoradoDeion Sanders watches his Colorado Buffaloes against the Kansas State Wildcats in the first quarter on November 29, 2025, at Bill Snyder Family Stadium in Manhattan, KS. Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Sanders then explained to the team why the coach has security with him at all times, according to USA Today<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Rhodes is listed as part of\u00a0Colorado\u2019s staff<\/a> with the title \u201cprivate security to the head coach\u201d and makes $48,880<\/a> for the role.<\/p>\n

Rhodes was previously a police officer at\u00a0Jackson State<\/a>, where Sanders made his initial splash in the coaching ranks before arriving at Colorado before the 2023 season.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe get death threats all the time,\u201d Sanders said. \u201cWhy? I\u2019m a Black man making it happen, making things move, making all that happen. So we have stuff that\u2019s real.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"HeadDeion Sanders looks on prior to the game between the Cleveland Browns and the Las Vegas Raiders at Allegiant Stadium on November 23, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Sanders asked Rhodes, \u201cHow many death threats we get?\u201d<\/p>\n

Rhodes replied, \u201cAbout five every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since taking over the Buffaloes program, Sanders has delivered mixed on-field results alongside unprecedented attention.<\/p>\n

Colorado finished 4-8 in 2023, improved to 9-4 in 2024 with a loss in the Alamo Bowl to BYU, then regressed to 3-9 in 2025 amid injuries and roster turnover, including the loss of Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter and starting quarterback Shedeur Sanders, Coach Prime\u2019s son.<\/p>\n

While Sanders has only produced one winning season, he has dramatically increased Colorado\u2019s national profile, recruiting visibility and media exposure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Extra precaution is needed in Colorado. Deion Sanders\u2019 bodyguard revealed that the Buffaloes head coach receives five death…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":700905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[331,59,11,7,49,48,9],"class_list":{"0":"post-700904","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-college-football","9":"tag-colorado-buffaloes","10":"tag-deion-sanders","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-ncaa","13":"tag-ncaa-football","14":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115948810256572358","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=700904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/700905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=700904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=700904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=700904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}