Colorado head coach Deion Sanders is not only confident that two of his players will be top 10 picks in the NFL Draft later this month. He says they should be the first two picks announced. 

Colorado’s pro day Friday welcomed evaluators from all 32 NFL teams to watch quarterback Shedeur Sanders and Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter showcase their talents ahead of the draft in Green Bay, Wisconsin, April 24. 

According to ESPN, Sanders and Hunter did not participate in most position drills or physical testing. 

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

But Sanders had a nearly hour-long throwing session that included Hunter. For coach Sanders, it was more than enough to prove both players should be the first and second picks in the draft. 

"I think we have the most qualified guys in the draft," he said, via Titans reporter Jim Wyatt. "They are not a risk. Shedeur has been doing it year after year after year after year. Shedeur has led college football in this, this, this and this. And Travis, ain't nobody like Travis. 

"So, the surest bets in this draft — and I'm not a betting man, I'm a Godly man — are those two young men. And I didn't stutter or stammer when I said that, did I?

"All right, mic drop. Let's go."

DEION SANDERS WALKS BACK COMMENTS ON SON SHEDEUR SANDERS' LANDING SPOT IN NFL DRAFT

The Tennessee Titans have the first pick in this year’s draft, and most forecasters have them selecting Miami quarterback Cam Ward. But the Titans seemed impressed Friday with both Colorado star players. 

"Shedeur threw the ball well, and we got to see him out there with Travis," Titans general manager Mike Borgonzi said, via the team website. 

"And Travis, everything you see on film – he is one of the twitchiest athletes I've ever seen. He's impressive. It was good to see Shedeur go through the whole workout and the two-minute drill after. It just confirms a lot of stuff you saw on tape. He can drive the deep ball. You saw that here today."

The Cleveland Browns could take Hunter with the No. 2 pick, opening the door for the New York Giants to draft Sanders at No. 3.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

Honor Smoke, a 10-year-old wrestler from Erie County, New York, made history as the youngest person ever to appear on the front cover of a special edition of Sports Illustrated.

For Michael Kay, the Yankees-Juan Soto tension is over. For Yankees fans, it's seemingly not.

Villa head to the French capital on the back of seven straight wins.

© PA Wire

If Cooper Flagg declares for the NBA Draft, he would immediately become the favorite to be the first overall pick.

However, Flagg has said he wants to return, and a past top selection wants him to do just that.

Larry Johnson, the first overall pick of the 1991 NBA Draft, said Flagg should stay "one more year" at Duke.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

"It's tough to turn down that money when you know you're going to be No. 1, but he's at a great program, Duke," Johnson told TMZ Sports. 

"To go back to Duke and spend one more year, just get them skills together a little bit more. I think that would be a pretty good idea. But, again, knowing you're gonna be No. 1 coming out as a freshman, that'd be hard to turn down."

Johnson also dismissed the idea Flagg would be risking an injury if he stayed at college, which could affect his draft stock.

"You can get hurt doing anything," he said.

Johnson had an opportunity to go out on a high note. He was on his way to the NBA after winning the national championship with UNLV in 1990, but he returned for one more year.

ODDSMAKER GIVES INSIGHT INTO HOW BETTORS HAVE FARED WITH MOSTLY UPSET-FREE MARCH MADNESS

Returning for his senior year didn't alter his path much. He still went first overall to the Charlotte Hornets the next season.

Despite his Rebels losing in the Final Four in his final season with the team, Johhson had no regrets. 

"Heck no," he said.

In February, Flagg said he "want[ed] to come back" to Duke.

"I want to come back next year," the freshman said. "I still feel like a kid. This is the only way I’ve ever known college. That’s how I see it. I really wouldn’t know how kids felt before, and if this feels different, if this feels more like being a professional. I mean, it’s the same thing for kids in high school, too, getting paid a lot of money. I don’t know. I feel pretty normal."

Flagg and the Blue Devils will take on Houston in Saturday's Final Four at 8:49 p.m. ET in San Antonio.

Flagg, who returned from an ankle injury he sustained in the ACC tournament, is averaging 19.5 points, 7.8 rebounds and 5.3 assists in the tournament, numbers similar to what he posted during the regular season.

Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

A video of women's disc golfer Abigail Wilson refusing to face a transgender opponent went viral on Friday, prompting praise from women's sports rights activists.

The incident came just days after Fox News Digital reported that women's fencer Stephanie Turner had refused to face a transgender opponent at a competition in Maryland, prompting global awareness and criticism against USA Fencing. 

Wilson's refusal to face the trans athlete came on Friday in Nashville, Tennessee, at the MVP Music City Open, which is an event that is officially sanctioned by the Disc Golf Pro Tour and the Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA). When her name was called to step up to compete, she walked up to the tee box, wound up her toss, and flung her arm forward, but didn't let go of the disc. Then she turned around to explain why. 

"Females must be protected in our division!" Wilson yelled to the crowd. "This is unfair. I refuse to play!" 

Wilson then took her belongings and walked away. 

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

Later on Friday, she shared the footage of her protest in an Instagram video. 

"Today I refused to play at the Music City Open. Females deserve to have their gender protected division be protected. This is unfair. I have worked so hard to get to this point to play on the DGPT, but the sacrifice of my career and my hard work is worth it if it means I can make a difference for other women, daughters, nieces, and the future of our sport. If you feel how wrong it is to have biological males be competing in female protected divisions in sports, now is the time to speak up and stand your ground," she wrote in the caption.

WHO IS STEPHANIE TURNER? WOMEN'S FENCER WHO KNELT TO PROTEST TRANS OPPONENT AND IGNITED GLOBAL AWARENESS

"I took this stand today because I was having anxiety about playing with the openly trans player on tour because of the planned protests for this year and the threats of violence at the event last year. After speaking with a member of the DGPT staff yesterday they made it clear they would be unwilling to change me to an earlier tee time when regarding my fears of safety on the course. 

"They assured me that there would be bag checks, police, and security at the event. Upon arriving this morning there was no security or police presence, I was also allowed entry even though I did not have my credentials. There were zero security precautions."

Wilson added that she believes the decision will end her disc golfing career. 

"Today I most likely ended my career and that is okay because this is bigger than me."

Fox News Digital has reached out to the CEO and Tour Director of the Disc Golf Pro Tour Jeff Spring for comment.

The Professional Disc Golf Association rules state that transgender players who were assigned male at birth are eligible to compete in the women's category after undergoing continuous hormone therapy for at least 24 months and maintaining a certain testosterone level, verified through multiple blood tests. Eligibility can also be achieved through gender-affirming surgery, with the same requirements for testosterone levels post-surgery.

The trans competitor who prompted Wilson's protest, Natalie Ryan, first garnered attention in September 2022 after winning the women's division at the Discraft Great Lakes Open, and achieving a rank as one of the world’s top five female-classified disc golfers.

Ryan identifies as openly transgender, according to the athlete's Instagram page. 

The Music City Open marked Ryan's return to the sport after recovering from "very invasive surgery," the athlete revealed in a post on Thursday. 

At the 2024 Music City Open, the event had to be paused after a terroristic threat, which was targeted at Ryan, the organization released in a statement. 

"A call came into the event site stating there would be a threat of potential violence against a competitor at this weekend’s tournament," a tour statement read. 

Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

UConn head coach Geno Auriemma shoulders the blame and admits some "frustration" over the fact that his Huskies have not won an NCAA title since 2016.

Pirates ace Paul Skenes, the National League Rookie of the Year, told reporters that Pittsburgh's slow start needs to be attributed to the players, "the ones playing," and not the club's management, despite the latter being the target of the fans' ire.

Cameron and Cayden Boozer are Duke-bound like their dad -- former NBA star Carlos Boozer -- while fellow national champion Kelis Fisher is headed to UConn.

Life is full of stressful moments, we just have to find the best ways to deal with them. 

Anthony was at the Final Four at the Alamodome on Saturday for the announcement that he was being inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. 

On Wednesday, the Tulane quarterback was arrested in New Orleans for allegedly possessing a stolen vehicle. He was booked for possession of stolen property of over $25,000.

Houston's defense can give Duke all sorts of problems on Saturday night.

The German company ASB GlassFloor is working on replacing basketball's hardwood courts with glass ones -- shattering a longstanding hoops tradition.

The Rangers have been unrecognizable for a multitude of reasons this season, but none more glaring than the deterioration of their special teams.

Ray Seals' path to the NFL was improbable. But the former semipro football player reached the highest level of professional football. 

Seals' journey in life came to an end this week. Social media user Nini Marie and Syracuse.com confirmed Seals' death. He was 59. 

His cause of death was not immediately released.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

Seals' football story began at Henninger High School in Syracuse, New York. Instead of making the leap to the college football ranks, Seals' journey took him to the semipros.

Seals' high school coach, Bob Campese, remembered the former defensive lineman as a "happy-go-lucky" person.

SAINTS ANNOUNCE DEATH OF LONGTIME EQUIPMENT MANAGER DAN SIMMONS: 'HE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED'

"(He was) a happy-go-lucky, big, kind-hearted guy who was a tremendous athlete, probably as good or better than any athlete that ever came out of here, really," Campese said, via Syracuse.com. "We had some good ones. But Ray might have been at the top."

Despite never playing a snap in college football, Seals signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1988. By 1991, he was consistently in the Bucs' starting lineup. He also had stints with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Carolina Panthers.

Seals was inducted into the Greater Syracuse Hall of Fame in 2016, according to the bio provided by the hall.

Seals started playing for the semipro Syracuse Express in 1987.

Ray Perkins, who coached at Alabama before leaving to accept the head coaching job with the Buccaneers, is largely credited with giving Seals a chance to play in the NFL.

"We were all behind him. We were rooting for him like you couldn’t believe, to have that opportunity to make it," Seals' former Express teammate, Garry Acchione, said. "I never had a doubt in my mind that he was good enough to play in the NFL. I mean, we all knew it. It’s just, ‘OK, how do you get him there? How does he get the opportunity?’ 

"Because, back then, I mean, he didn’t come out of college. You’re not going to just walk onto a pro team and make it."

Seals, who played for the Steelers from 1994-95, recorded a sack in the Super Bowl at the end of the 1995 season.

Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Lamar Jackson have found themselves in a peculiar legal battle.

Dale Jr., of course, became one of the faces of NASCAR while driving the No. 8 car. Jackson has worn that same number throughout his football career and has won two MVPs with it.

Well, back in 2019, Jackson filed trademark registrations for "ERA 8" and "ERA 8 BY LAMAR JACKSON."

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

Dale Jr., however, is now attempting to trademark the number itself, stylized in the fashion it was on his car. He filed the application last December.

But Jackson argues that Earnhardt's application conflicts with his own trademarks.

In a notice of oposition, Jackson says that he is widely associated with the No. 8 "due to his notoriety and fame, along with his promotion of this number in his trademarks and in media coverage" and that he could be "damaged" by Earnhardt Jr.'s registration. 

FALCONS LEGEND JULIO JONES ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT FROM NFL AFTER 13 SEASONS

The quarterback also said that the driver's registration "falsely suggests a connection" between the two.

"[Jackson] has expended considerable time, effort, and expense in promoting, advertising, and popularizing the number 8 in connection with his personality and fame, as well as with the trademark applications and registrations referenced above, with the result that the relevant purchasing public has come to know, rely upon, and recognize [Jackson's] trademarks as very strong indicators of the source of [Jackson's] products provided in connection with his marks," the filing reads. [Jackson] has established valuable goodwill in his registrations and applications featuring the number 8"

Thus, the quarterback has "respectfully [requested" that Earnhardt Jr.'s application be "refused registration."

In his NASCAR career, Dale Jr. won two Daytona 500s and back-to-back Xfinity Series, then known as the Busch Series, to close out the 1990s.

This is not Jackson's first time defending his trademark. He found himself in a similar battle with Troy Aikman last year, who tried to trademark the word "eight."

Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

USC sophomore star JuJu Watkins became the third underclassman to win the Wooden Award, beating out UConn's Paige Bueckers, UCLA's Lauren Betts, Notre Dame's Hannah Hidalgo and Texas' Madison Booker.

For a second straight game, Cody Bellinger was out of the Yankees’ lineup.

The Philadelphia Flyers look like a potential spoiler against the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.