Deion Sanders stayed at Colorado after interest from the Dallas Cowboys in hiring the Hall of Fame cornerback to return the NFL as Mike McCarthy's replacement.

After a brief dalliance with Jerry Jones over the then-vacant Dallas Cowboys job , Deion Sanders is doubling down on his University of Colorado job by adding an NFL legend to his staff. Sanders’ name came up early during the Cowboys search for Mike McCarthy’s replacement last month,

Cowboys RB great and Pro Football Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith visited with Sirius XM’s “Maggie and Perloff” on Radio Row at the Super Bowl on Thursday and made the case for Dallas going elsewhere with their pick at No. 12. According to Smith, he doesn’t fit the Cowboys’ roster “right now.”

The Dallas Cowboys haven't selected a running back in the first round of the NFL Draft since taking Ezekiel Elliott fourth overall in 2016. Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty, the draft's top prospect at the position,