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Jackson State's Deion Sanders Leaves SWAC Media Day After Being Called 'Deion'

Jackson State football head coach and Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders walked out of SWAC Media Day on Tuesday after being referred to by his first name twice, per Langston Newsome of the Clarion-Ledger.

"You don't call [Alabama head coach Nick Saban], 'Nick.' Don't call me Deion," Sanders reportedly told Nick Suss of the Clarion-Ledger.

"If you call Nick [Saban], Nick, you'll get cussed out on the spot, so don't do that to me," Sanders added. "Treat me like Nick."

Sanders is entering his second year coaching Jackson State.