Deion Sanders Isn't Sure About Caleb Williams Getting Drafted To A Cold City

Deion Sanders is not a cold-weather guy, and he isn't sure about players with warm-weather backgrounds — like his son Shedeur or Caleb Williams — getting drafted to a team that deals with cold weather.

Coach Prime's concerns about the cold came up during an appearance on SiriusXM's Mad Dog Radio with Chris Russo while talking about USC standout and likely No. 1 pick Caleb Williams.

While Sanders said he thinks Williams is one of the best players on the board and that he can "flat-out" play, he's not sure about how he'll fare when the thermometer readings start dropping.

"A kid that’s coming from California for the last couple years, right? And went to Oklahoma. That’s not terribly cold. Chicago’s cold, man," Sander said, per Pro Football Talk. 

"You gotta think about that kind of stuff when you’re taking a young man. Like see, when you take a guy from Ohio State and you bring him to Chicago, OK, I could understand that. But from California to Chicago? Not only that, they added what? One or two more games in the NFL. Seventeen games. Come on, man. You gotta factor in that stuff. That stuff matters."

Does it though?

Believe me, I'm aware of how people who are used to warm weather fare in the cold. Just a few years of living in Florida has ruined me whenever I return to my native Pennsylvania in winter. If it's 40 degrees or below, I step off the plane and immediately feel like frozen Jack Torrance at the end of The Shining.

That said, if your kryptonite as an athlete is chilly weather, should you be going first overall?

Well, Coach Prime's concerns about the cold extend to his son, Shedeur, who will have eyes on him ahead of the 2025 NFL Draft.

"Like, I don’t want my kid going nowhere cold next year. He grew up in Texas. He played in Jackson, played in Colorado. Season’s over before it gets cold in Colorado. I’m just thinking way ahead. I don’t want that for him."

I get it, but as we learned a few months ago during the playoffs, the cold can be more of a problem for fans than players.