Colorado head coach Deion Sanders talks to reporters after practice at an NCAA college football training camp in Fountain, Colo., Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
\n\nA deputy with the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office showed up at the University of Colorado campus last week to serve civil papers to Deion Sanders while the coach was at an open practice and inaccessible.
\n\nThe officer was informed that the Buffaloes coach was “unavailable at the time to receive receipt of the papers,” a spokesperson with the sheriff’s office said Wednesday. Sanders is being subpoenaed to testify as part of a bankruptcy trial involving his son, Shilo, that begins on Aug. 31, according to USA Today.
\n\nThe Colorado athletic department had no additional information. The Buffaloes open the season on Sept. 3 at Georgia Tech.
\n\nThe deputy arrived on campus at 10:22 a.m. on Aug. 11 with civil papers. It was the day the Buffaloes held an open practice with specific rules in place that nothing observed could be reported, published or shared.
\n\nCarrie Haverfield, a senior communications specialist for the sheriff’s office, wrote in an email to The Associated Press that it’s not uncommon for civil papers to take several attempts…
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