Colorado Buffaloes head coach and NFL legend Deion Sanders has found himself in hot water after his longtime videographer, Christopher Neely, shared an anecdote.
As Sanders joined Colorado State as the head coach in late 2022, Uncle Neely followed. The claim has only made matters worse for Sanders as he and the Buffaloes look to recover from the bottom of the Big 12, turning around a five-game losing streak. He recalled how Coach Prime allegedly once told some of them that he would give them $50,000 to each to not talk about him for a year. I give you $50,000 to not mention my name for a year. A Jackson State alum, Neely joined Deion Sanders as a behind-the-scenes videographer when Coach Prime joined the football team in 2020. He formed a professional bond with Sanders that holds strong till date as Coach Prime joined Colorado, according to an August 2023 profile of Uncle Neely on The Athletic.
Neely, who goes by the name “Uncle Neely” on social media, has worked with Deion Sanders since the early years of Coach Prime’s tenure as the coach of the Jackson State University football team. “For the most part, the people that attack him wouldn’t be making the money they were making if he wasn’t here to attack,” Uncle Neely said. “Which is why he told some of them, ‘Hey man, let’s just do this.
Christopher Neely, a.k.a. Uncle Neely, appeared on the college football show BuffBoys Live over the weekend. Neely, describing how Sanders’ critic purportedly make money from attacking him. And ain’t nobody took the deal yet. The profile credited Uncle Neely with behind-the-scenes videos of Deion Sanders that are wildly popular with the NFL legend’s fans.
