Coach Prime draws interest for Cowboys head coaching position

• "I'm being told that [Sanders] would almost certainly accept if Jerry Jones offers to make him the next #Cowboys head coach," sports reporter Ed Werder posted Thursday on X.

Between the lines: Sanders, a second-year coach at CU, isn't using the rumors about a move to the Cowboys as leverage to score a larger contract in Boulder, ESPN reporter Adam Schefter said Thursday.

What they're saying: Sanders said while he's intrigued by the offer, he said, "I love Boulder and everything there is about our team, the coaches, our student body and the community," he told ESPN on Monday

Context: Sanders, who won a Super Bowl with the Cowboys as a player in 1995, has never coached the pros.

• His five-year, $29.5 million contract with the University of Colorado is entering its third year, per the Denver Post. Meanwhile, the NFL's highest-paid coach, the Kansas City Chief's Andy Reid, reportedly makes about $20 million a year.

The bottom line: An opportunity to coach Dallas, one of the NFL's most storied franchises, could be hard to pass for Sanders, who returned the Colorado Buffaloes to national relevance in just two seasons.