Shilo Sanders leaves out Coach Prime in emotional admission about his mother Pilar
Shilo Sanders signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent last month. The safety has moved from Colorado to Florida for his pro football career, and recently opened up on being away from his family.
In a clipped up video of one of his recent live stream sessions, Shilo read out a fan's question about whom he misses the most in his family after moving to Tampa Bay and gave a blunt answer.
“I’m not gonna lie, I like being away from family right now," Sanders said. "Not having my mom close by, it’s pretty different not having her close by. ‘Cause in Colorado, she lived right across the street, come help me if I needed good cooking, if I needed help with anything, you know she’s right across the street.
"But now that everybody’s moved, I don’t know. I don’t have mom across the street no more, y’all.”
The clip in which Sanders said he was missing his mother was uploaded on YouTube by the channel ‘seensatansports.’
Pilar and Deion were married from 1999 until their divorce in 2013. Shilo is their eldest son, followed by Shedeur and their daughter, Shelomi.
Deion also has two children, Deiondra and Deion Jr., from his first marriage to Carolyn Chambers.
A look at Shilo Sanders' rookie contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
According to reports from Spotrac, Shilo Sanders signed a three-year, $2,966,572 contract with the Buccaneers a few weeks ago. His deal included a $1,572 signing bonus.
Sanders made a strong impression on the Tampa Bay coaches during the rookie minicamp. Buccaners head coach Todd Bowles also spoke highly about the safety.
"You can hear him, making calls and everything, so he has a good grasp of things Day 1," Bowles said.
Sanders began his collegiate career at South Carolina in 2019 and played two seasons with the Gamecocks. He transferred to Jackson State in 2021, where he spent two seasons with the Tigers. In 2023, Sanders transferred to Colorado, where he played for two years.
After six years at the collegiate level, it will be interesting to see how Sanders fares in the NFL with the Buccaneers.