Colorado head coach Deion Sanders hopes his son, quarterback Shedeur Sanders, is selected by a team located in a warm-weather city during the 2025 NFL Draft.

Sanders discussed weather's impact on players' careers during an appearance on SiriusXM Mad Dog Radio with Chris Russo (h/t Mike Florio of NBC Sports.)

Shedeur played for Trinity Christian School in Cedar Hill, TX before arriving in the relatively mild climate of Boulder last season.

"Like, I don't want my kid going nowhere cold next year," Sanders said about Shedeur. "He grew up in Texas. He played in Jackson, played in Colorado. Season's over before it gets cold in Colorado. I'm just thinking way ahead. I don't want that for him."

The topic came up as the Colorado coach was discussing USC quarterback Caleb Williams, whom the Chicago Bears are projected to select with the No. 1 pick of the 2024 draft.

Sanders said he had "a problem" with Williams, who spent the past two seasons in the Los Angeles area, adjusting to playing professionally in the Windy City.

"A kid that's coming from California for the last couple years, right? And went to Oklahoma. That's not terribly cold. Chicago's cold, man," Sanders told Russo. "You gotta think about that kind of stuff when you're taking a young man."

"Like see, when you take a guy from Ohio State and you bring him to Chicago, okay, I could understand that. But from California to Chicago? Not only that, they added what? One or two more games in the NFL. Seventeen games. Come on, man. You gotta factor in that stuff. That stuff matters."

Fewer than half of the teams in the NFL are located in what could be considered cold-weather cities, Florio points out.

That qualification could still rule out several teams that could potentially draft high next season. Those include the New England Patriots and Denver Broncos, who play home games in what Marca ranks as two of the coldest stadiums in the league.

Depending on his 2024 college season, Sanders is projected by Ian Cummings of Pro Football Network to be a top-three pick of the 2025 draft. Although the Buffaloes went 4-8 in Big-12 play last season, Sanders recorded 3,230 passing yards for 27 touchdowns and three interceptions.