Deion Sanders has a very different kind of pull compared to other NFL legends. But his visit to Berea on the Cleveland Browns’ second training camp session last month did more than just catch everyone’s attention.

More specifically, it got Coach Prime under the radar of a former NFL player, Breiden Fehoko, who once thought of Sanders as an idol. Even though he has already caught some flak about his comments, the CFP National Champion ended up understanding what the adage ‘Never meet your heroes because they will always disappoint you’ meant.

“What really pissed me off and what really turned me on Deion Sanders and what really made me think that this guy’s a f—— s——, I was a 17-year-old kid in Orlando, Florida,” Fehoko told journalist Tony Farmer on The Breiden Fehoko Show. “I remember Deion walked by, we were in the players’ lounge for the Under Armour All-American game, and I remember Deion walking by, and I’m a young kid from Hawaii, just left the Rock.

“I go up to Deion and he’s got his whole entourage with him just like how Deion rolls now. I said, ‘Man, Deion, I’m a big fan of you.’ He’s just looking at me right now. I’m like, ‘I’m a big fan of you, man. I would love to get a picture. I would love some advice, man. Like, how do you know? What are some things I can do to be successful?’ He looks at me in this very tone. He says, ‘Hey, man. Move along.’ Just like that.”

In January 2015, Fehoko had just finished his high school career and committed to Texas Tech. But before enrolling, he played in the Under Armour All-America Game, where Sanders served as an All-Star coach and mentor as a brand ambassador. Fehoko ended up winning the College Football Playoff championship with the LSU Tigers in 2019, but he did not forget how Sanders made him feel.

“His entourage or his security guards at the time, they’re like, ‘Yeah, hey, big d*g. Move out the way.’ So they just kind of move me and Fred Ulu-Perry out of the way. And ever since that moment, I haven’t held a grudge against Deion, but I just looked at him differently.

“Whenever I see Deion post in the media, all these Bible quotes, all these talk about doing good. I look at him, I’m like, Dion, you’re a f*****g scumbag. I don’t respect you. You probably think you’ve changed, but to a 17-year-old boy who wanted to accomplish what you’ve accomplished and looked at you as a role model, and you doing that, that would be my forever image of you.”

In all honesty, though, we don’t really know what the circumstances were when the two met. It is very possible that Deion was focused on his team’s performance and didn’t want to engage with another player. Another possibility was what the former Pittsburgh Steelers running back mentioned while clapping back at Fehoko.

Former Steeler defends Deion against Fehoko

“I’ve known Prime since I was in high school, if he was with him family, he’s not taking pictures nor stopping to talk to anyone. But wait… y’all was at an all star game, where he’s a coach, and you’re tryna take photos and get advice in the hotel lobby?? Come on bro. lol,” Harris wrote on X.

He doubled down on his take with another comment:

“Gotta be socially aware, bro. If he take photos with you, now he gotta take photos with everyone. And you’re not stopping and asking Nick Saban or Kirby Smart for photos or life advice like that at an All-Star game. That ain’t [expletive] material.”

What’s interesting is that even though Fehoko mentioned that he doesn’t hold any grudge against Sanders, he has been taking shots at the coach and also his son throughout the offseason.

Breiden Fehoko says he doesn’t care, but he keeps targeting the Sanders

Just a few days ago, Fehoko was talking about Colorado’s season and his prediction. However, he took it a step further by looping in the Buffaloes’ assistant strength coach Morgen Cote.

When she was giving a motivational speech to the Buffs team during offseason workouts, she mentioned how Colorado’s logo is one of the best-known logos. She may have wanted the Buffs to embrace their identity as a Colorado player, but Fehoko caught an irony.

“You couldn’t motivate me to wipe my [expletive] after taking a [expletive], and I got a bidet in my bathroom,” Fehoko said. “You couldn’t motivate me to hydrate in the Sahara Desert, (with) three days less of water. I don’t care what you tell me, and I love women in sports. Y’all know me. I am vocal about it.

“But Deion Sanders, dawg, 0-12 is on the table… Everybody knows the brand of Colorado. Nobody knows the brand of Colorado football. Colorado stinks.”

Earlier this month, Fehoko also gave some heat to the Cleveland Browns sophomore quarterback and Deion’s son, Shedeur Sanders.

“Don’t shoot the messenger,” Fehoko posted on X. “Word in the Cleveland Browns locker room is the best quarterback isn’t Deshaun or Shedeur right now……”

The Browns are stuck in their forever carousel of quarterbacks as their new head coach Todd Monken decides who gets to start their season. While the battle for the primary signal caller has been between veteran Deshaun Watson and Shedeur Sanders, the team also carries Dillon Gabriel and Taylen Green into the preseason. Both have not received first-team reps, but apparently Fehoko believes one of them is more liked by the roster. This wouldn’t be his first jab at Sanders.

Three months ago, he had already targeted QB, saying that Shedeur was never getting the starting job this season with Watson returning to Berea completely healthy.

For now, Deion is hoping his team bounces back to their 2024 self while Shedeur is waiting in Berea to hear his name called for the starting role. Meanwhile, Fehoko just might find something interesting and controversial to hang over the Sanders once again.