Colorado Buffaloes head football coach Deion Sanders signed a massive 5-year, $54 million extension on Friday. The new deal through 2029 will make him the highest-paid coach in the Big 12 and currently fourth in the nation.

The announcement heard worldwide came down from the NCAA late Friday. Despite the best efforts from Colorado's Deion Sanders and Syracuse's Fran Brown, the joint practice proposal was nixed. They wanted to an NFL-style session with a spring scrimmage at the end.

The Colorado football program locked Deion Sanders in for the foreseeable future this week with a massive new contract extension. The same day, the coach

The NCAA rejected Deion Sanders' proposal for a joint spring game, citing competitive concerns, despite his recent $54M extension.