If the Dallas Cowboys hire Deion Sanders as the next head coach, chalk Coach Prime's son Shedeur up as someone who would support the move.

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones speaking with Deion Sanders about his head coaching vacancy raises so many fascinating possibilities. Obviously, it’s far from a lock that Jones will hire Deion, who spent the past two seasons coaching his star quarterback son at Colorado.

NFL Draft prospect and Colorado star Shedeur Sanders attends Mavericks game as Deion Sanders-Cowboys rumors swirl

On Tuesday night, those rumors picked up again with Shedeur Sanders, Deion Sanders' son, sitting courtside at the Dallas Mavericks home game against the Denver Nuggets. The sighting of Shedeur fueled even more speculation about the Cowboys' job.

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Yes, Shedeur Sanders has strong ties to both Dallas and Colorado, but the timing of his deciding to sit courtside for Tuesday night’s Mavericks-Nuggets game seemed too provocative to be coincidental.

As of Monday, the Dallas Cowboys need a head coach. The first big name to emerge as a candidate was Colorado’s Deion Sanders, one of the top players in Cowboys history.