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but the dude's got a lot of growing up and maturing to do.

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So if you didn't see

this uh should dur sanders went viral this week for a tweet or an ex post still messed that up

in regards to a former player so the athletic wrote a big piece and the headline was what

happened to dion sanders Colorado castoffs, revisiting a record-setting Exodus.

And, you know, talked about Dion taken over last year, the amount of players that ended up leaving and kind of like a where they're at now type of a piece.

And there's one quote in here from a former Colorado Buffalo that stood out of the rest.

And the quote was from Xavier Smith, cornerback.

And here's what he ended up saying.

He ended up saying here to the athletic, the actual quote, and actually a safety, he said, quote, Dion was destroying guys' confidence and belief in themselves.

The way he did it, it could have been done with a little more compassion.

That is the quote from Xavier Smith, former Buffalo, who ended up transferring to Austin P.

He also says here about Dion, I was actually

getting mad like tears coming to my eyes because, bro, you never even tried to get to know me.

That is a quote from Xavier Smith, recalling Dion Sanders telling him he should enter the spring

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