Colorado Announces Historic Team GPA Under Deion Sanders Ahead of 2025 Season
Colorado Announces Historic Team GPA Under Deion Sanders Ahead of 2025 Season originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
Deion Sanders is heading into his third season as head coach of the Colorado Buffaloes. When he accepted the job in Boulder, taking over a program that had won just one game the previous year and was at the bottom of its conference, it was a major leap of faith.
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Yet, he has remarkably shifted the culture and elevated the program to unprecedented heights—both on and off the field.
Sanders has made it clear what kind of culture he wants to build long-term in Boulder, and his players are buying into that vision. This was especially evident on Friday when the program announced its team GPA for the spring semester under Sanders' leadership.
While the team already saw academic success last year, this spring was particularly historic. As a collective, Colorado football maintained a 2.957 GPA—the highest spring semester GPA in program history and the second-highest overall, just behind last fall's 3.011 GPA.
"The standard is the standard," Colorado's socials posted. "SMART, TOUGH, FAST, DISCIPLINED, "WITH CHARACTER."
They continued, "The Herd made history this spring, earning a 2.957 GPA — the highest ever for Colorado Football in a spring semester."
This success is a testament to what Sanders has emphasized to his team and staff since taking the job. He's been adamant about the importance of performing in the classroom before focusing on what happens on the field—and so far, that approach has paid off.
Colorado head coach Deion Sanders.© Michael Ciaglo-Imagn Images
"I don't get involved in what you make," Sanders told his players back in October 2024. "But when you stop going to class, now you're affecting me. So we're going to affect your check. When I see a multitude of Fs and Ds, we're going to affect your check. Do we understand that?"
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He added, "When you stop doing certain things that you're supposed to do, that you signed up to do, then you're going to be affected."
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on May 31, 2025, where it first appeared.
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