Deion Sanders details encounter with rodent at Colorado facility: 'I can't live like this'

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Colorado head coach Deion Sanders was paralyzed with fear on Thursday after the former NFL great had an unfortunate encounter with a rodent in his office while he was preparing for Saturday’s game against Oregon. 

Sanders recalled the moment he saw a mouse, which he described as not large enough to be considered a rat, make an appearance in his office. 

Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders runs on the field before the game against the TCU Horned Frogs at Amon G. Carter Stadium. (Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports)

He said he was just sitting at his desk "minding my own business trying to prepare for today," when he spotted the creature. 

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"So I’m looking this way, and I can see out of my peripheral something look at me like, ‘What’s up,’ and I looked down and I made eye contact — and it’s over," Sanders said in the video. 

"So I’m early, really early, I come here early, but I need to wait until everybody gets in, because they’re gonna have somebody come in and take all these shoes and take everything out of this office because I made eye contact with a mouse."

Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders before the start of the spring game at Folsom Filed. (Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports)

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The six-time First-team All-Pro is no stranger to taking the lead, as he’s done in Colorado leading the Buffaloes to a 3-0 start just a season after the program finished 1-11. But on Thursday, Sanders wasn’t having it.  

"Scared, I can’t do this. I can’t live like this. I’m in Boulder, Colorado, I