Shedeur Sanders is the son of Deion Sanders, the starting quarterback for the Colorado Buffaloes, a Heisman Trophy favorite and a strong candidate to be the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.
He's also an aspiring musician.
Sanders released his first song dubbed "Perfect Timing" on Tuesday. While there's little doubt about his talent as a football player, his talent as a rapper is open to debate...
Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders has released his first song "Perfect Timing"š¶https://t.co/LdTeu8PKOV pic.twitter.com/n8VN1F8w8v
ā On3 (@On3sports) May 7, 2024
The Colorado fanbase that has embraced Coach Prime and his sons also embraced this foray into music. The rest of college football Twitter wasn't so impressed.
Best memes and tweets after Shedeur Sanders dropped first song
Colorado fans forcing themselves to listen to Shedeur Sanders music in order to stay loyal: pic.twitter.com/VWxujpijba
ā š½ BigRedKorner š½ (@BigRedKorner) May 7, 2024
Sanders had "perfect timing" releasing his track after a weekend of Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar rap beef because it set up the tweets perfectly.
Need Drake and Kendrick to put aside their beef to take care of Shedeur. That track is diabolically bad.
ā Sidelines - Texas A&M (@SSN_TAMU) May 7, 2024
Drake and Kendrick Lamar teaming up to diss shedeur after hearing this https://t.co/oLiZRwNzJJ pic.twitter.com/FuscfFxuGy
ā 229 Dawg š š (@229_Dawg) May 7, 2024
Some people anticipated rivals having fun with this particular gift from the Colorado quarterback.
Everytime Shedeur is on the road a team should play his song āperfect timingā when he throws an interception
ā TND (@TNDTweets) May 7, 2024
Others wondered why Sanders is putting time in the recording studio when the football played at Colorado this past season wasn't exactly great.
They be doing everything at Colorado besides winning games https://t.co/rQQUZFQa3s
ā JJ McCarthy Fan (@JJOneOfOne) May 7, 2024
And then there were the comparisons to 2024 No. 1 overall pick Caleb Williams, who faced all sorts of criticism over his emotionality, fashion and nail painting.
Shedeur Sanders is turning out to be the guy all the haters said Caleb Williams wasš¤£š¤£š¤£š¤£ https://t.co/dcHWgKQkQV
ā Swift Sports Network (@SwiftyNetwork) May 8, 2024
Sanders is hardly the first athlete who tried their hand at music. Most of the time it doesn't go particularly well. At least he's got company in that regard.
It'll be a few months before Sanders can get back to what he's actually best at. The Buffaloes will open their 2024 campaign against North Dakota State on Aug. 29 before facing off with rivals like Nebraska and Colorado State. He should expect to get roasted by both of those fanbases if he can't lead Colorado to victories.
Colorado was 4-8 in 2023. They set the college football world alight by starting 3-0 but they lost eight of their last nine games. The pressure is on to improve on that showing.