BOULDER, Colo. — Deion Sanders was honored as the 2023 Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year at a public event Wednesday.
Amazon Prime Video hosted an event to recognize the University of Colorado's head football coach.
Coach Prime accepted the 2023 Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year award in front of thousands of CU fans Wednesday night at the CU Events Center in Boulder.
"I think it means impact," Sanders told 9NEWS when asked about the award. "Having total impact of the entirety of the whole thought process. I mean it's not just one ethnicity, it's not just football, it's not just sports, it's just a tremendous impact and a change, thought-provoking change that has to be responded to."
Sanders and CU also celebrated the season two world premiere of the Amazon Prime Video docuseries "Coach Prime." The docuseries, which made its public debut Thursday, provides an inside look at CU Boulder and the school's football program.
Colorado finished the 2023 season with a 4-8 record, an improvement from its 1-11 record the season before.
The Buffs will start the 2024 season on Saturday, Aug. 31, hosting North Dakota State at Folsom Field in Boulder.
Next season, Colorado will play non-conference games at Nebraska on Sept. 7 and at Colorado State on Sept. 14.
CU's 2024 home opponents are Utah, Baylor, Oklahoma State, Kansas State, and Cincinnati. The Buffaloes will face Arizona, Texas Tech, Kansas, and UCF on the road.
The Buffs are headed to the Big 12 in 2024 for the first time since the 2010 season and the league will compete as a 16-team conference for the first time after CU and fellow Pac-12 teams Arizona, Arizona State and Utah also join.
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