Translate: Will's implying this is about Deion, not the players
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Cowboys’ Will McClay counters Deion Sanders’ “ashamed” criticism
Posted by Charean Williams on May 2, 2023, 7:49 PM EDT
The Patriots selected defensive back Isaiah Bolden of Jackson State, the only player from an HBCU program to hear his name called on draft day.
That prompted University of Colorado head coach Deion Sanders, a Pro Football Hall of Famer who previously coached at Jackson State, to tweet that he’s “
ashamed” of the 31 teams that did not select a single HBCU player.
Bolden, who was drafted in the seventh round, agreed with Sanders.
“Only time I’ll speak on this,” Bolden said. “I agree 1000 percent with his statement. [I’m] beyond thankful for the opportunity to be selected by the Patriots. Let’s get to work.”
On Tuesday, Cowboys vice president of player personnel Will McClay was asked about the criticism leveled at the NFL by Sanders, who spent part of his playing career with the Cowboys.
“Deion’s doing a great job of promoting HBCUs and promoting Colorado and all those things,” McClay said, via Mike Fisher of SI.com. “And so
that’s part of what the deal is. He wants to see players drafted. We want to draft good football players and good football players come from everywhere.”
