Six Degrees of Deion Sanders - March

Prime-Time, Prime Time...it's another installment of everybody's favorite game: "The Six Degrees of Deion Sanders. I've decided to go a bit further back into history to see if I can find a random player from a late round in an old draft. I am hoping this will pose more of a challenge than last month's attempt.

Since Deion arrived in the NFL in 1989, I will go back four more years to 1985 and choose a player that was drafted out of Deion's rival school from college. Deion attended Florida State, whose rival is the University of Miami.

A side note: It is interesting that rookie phenom Devin Hester of the Chicago Bears and former Miami Hurricane is the protegee of Deion Sanders.

Let's start the game. With the 206th pick in the eighth round of the 1985 draft, the New Orleans Saints select:

ILB, Joe Kohlbrand
University of Miami

1. Joe Kohlbrand played with the New Orleans Saints from 1985 to 1989. He did not play for any other team and retired in 1989 after a disappointing career. Kohlbrand helped fortify the front seven of the Saints along with fellow linebacker and Hall of Famer Ricky Jackson of Pittsburgh University.

2. Ricky Jackson spent the majority of his career with the Saints (1982-93) and a couple of years with the San Francisco 49ers (1994-95). In 1994, he helped the Niners win the Super Bowl, his only ring. A member of that championship defense that recorded an interception in the Super Bowl win over the San Diego Chargers was Deion Sanders.

3. With the third degree, we return to our old pal, Neon Deion.

Photograph of Deion Sanders taken from ostatus.com.