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Deion Sanders is clearly no ordinary Football College Subdivision coach. On his first day on the job, he received praise from the NBA’s self-described King and a five-star prospect seemed honored to speak to him.

LeBron James tweeted about Sanders’ grandiose arrival as the new Jackson State football coach, writing: “My guy showed up like Prince Akeem when he came to America!! Love to see it! @DeionSanders,” with the goat emoji.

One of Sanders’ first moves was offering five-star cornerback Mason Smith a scholarship.

“Just talking to me about changing the culture,” Smith told 247Sports.com. “He was saying how they wanted things to change. So to do that they had to take hard hits and try and start getting quality four- and five-star dudes.”

Asked how possible that is, Smith said: “Yessir, 100 percent.”

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