Around three years ago, Isaiah Bolden took a phone call that changed the trajectory of his football career.
Deion Sanders, the Pro Football Hall of Fame cornerback who had just been hired as Jackson State’s head football coach at the time, was on the other line.
Bolden was coming off of his redshirt-freshman season at Sanders’s alma mater, Florida State. He played in 13 games and made one start that season.
But, the FSU coaching staff wanted him to make a position change.
“At the time, I really wanted to play corner instead of receiver,” Bolden said.