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Shilo Sanders gifted his mom Pilar Sanders with his game-worn jersey after his NFL debut
Dad Deion didn’t want the jersey, Shilo told reporters after the game
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers safety made his first NFL start on Saturday, Aug. 9 in a preseason game
Only one parent wanted Shilo Sanders’ game-worn jersey after his NFL debut — and it wasn’t his dad Deion!
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers rookie admitted as much after the Bucs beat the Tennessee Titans in a preseason matchup on Saturday, Aug. 9, marking the Colorado alum’s first game in the league.
“He didn’t want it,” Sanders, 25, laughingly told reporters about his dad refusing his dirty jersey.
“‘Cause, you know he’s a Hall of Famer. He expects like 30 times more,” he said. “He didn’t want my jersey. I’m gonna give it to my mom, though.”
Mom Pilar Sanders was more impressed by her eldest son’s accomplishment.
“Alright y’all, just played my first NFL game, you know what I’m sayin’? Official, first game in the books,” Shilo said in a post on Instagram, as his mom looked on off camera.
“Shout-out to my mom for coming, she went all the way to North Carolina for Shedeur’s game and then went to my game, so you have my jersey,” he continued.
“Yay!” Pilar responded. “Oh my gosh, your first NFL jersey.”
After accepting the safety’s No. 28 jersey, she added: “ Thank you babe. Oooh, it’s nice and wet and dirty!”
Shilo replied, “You don’t want to wash it because it’s genuine right now.”
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Shilo and Deion Sanders
Pilar shares three children with her ex-husband Deion: Shilo, Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur, 23, and daughter Shelomi, 21.
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Shilo, an undrafted free agent who was picked up by the Bucs this summer, made a key tackle in his team’s 29-7 win.
But, he said, it still wasn’t quite enough for Deion to claim a piece of his son’s history.
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“Nah, he don’t want it,” Shilo told reporters.
He added with a smile: “I gotta get like three picks or something for him to want that.”
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