Deion Sanders has cut three Colorado football players from the roster after the Buffaloes’ Week 3 loss to Northwestern, and the names are now out: Indiana transfer Jah Jah Boyd, James Madison transfer Justin Eaglin and Lamar transfer Paul Omodia.
A source told The Athletic, “It’s a done deal,” confirming the dismissals.
The three were all defensive backs, which leaves Colorado’s secondary thinner as injuries start to mount. Boyd logged the most action of the group this season with 61 snaps. Eaglin saw nine snaps, while Omodia was on the field for three, both of them mostly in late-game situations.
Boyd had drawn praise from Sanders just a week earlier. After Colorado’s Week 2 win over Weber State, Boyd finished with a game-high eight tackles and a forced fumble, and Sanders was glowing afterward.
“Jah Jah is the kind of kid who plays with passion and practices with passion,” Deion Sanders said of Jah Jah Boyd postgame. “Sometimes he goes a little too far but you can count on him to give everything he has.
He’s very emotional but he plays with that and I love that about him. I don’t want him to change a thing.”
Boyd then played only 13 snaps the following week. After the loss to Northwestern, an incident occurred, per source, and Sanders later said the dismissals came after a pattern of behavior that hurt the team.
“It’s never one (incident),” Deion Sanders said. “The players will tell you that I’m the most loving, giving and forgiving man you could ever meet but when it starts being conduct detrimental to the team, that will set us back. If you don’t care about the team and you just care about you, I have a problem with that.
“A year ago, I didn’t put my foot down in it enough. It lingered a little bit and then it imploded. I’m not doing that (again).”
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