"He gets a lot of death threats": Coach Prime's bodyguard carefully opens mail wearing Nitrile gloves

Deion Sanders' head of security, Michael Rhodes, takes extensive precautions when handling mail, including wearing nitrile gloves. This detail emerged in Season 3 of "Coach Prime" on Prime Video, where a segment highlights the security measures in place due to the death threats Sanders has received.

“If it's a death threat, then what we'll do is we'll make a copy of it. One copy will go to CUPD. One copy will go to the FBI so they can analyze it for fingerprints or anything that may be helpful in identifying that person.”

Rhodes, who manages Sanders' daily influx of mail, packages and gifts, emphasizes their thorough screening process.

“Coach gets a lot of mail every day, a lot of packages, a lot of gifts. As he stated publicly, he gets a lot of death threats, gets a lot of hate mail. So just as a precaution, we go through the mail very carefully, put on these gloves just to ensure that we don't come in contact with any type of hazardous material.”

The security chief's relationship with Sanders began during his decade-long tenure with Jackson State's campus police. After serving on Sanders' security detail there, Rhodes accepted Sanders' invitation to continue their professional relationship at Colorado.

Multiple death threats targeting Coach Prime

Multiple death threats targeting coach Deion "Prime" Sanders emerged before Colorado's Sep. 14 rivalry game against Colorado State, according to his bodyguard Michael Rhodes in a recent episode.

"There was a very credible threat — two individuals trying to possibly tackle Coach either before, during, or after the game," he said [H/t Fox News]. "So we had to have multiple law enforcement agencies there — SWAT team, CSUPD as well as Boulder PD."

Rhodes emphasized his singular focus amid the security concerns.

"Everybody doesn’t love Coach. With all of the death threats, I don’t know who is who. I’ve got one job, and that’s to make sure that Coach is good, to make sure he’s safe, so that he can go out and coach the team to a victory."

The security team coordinated with law enforcement to implement comprehensive protection measures for Coach Prime throughout the high-stakes rivalry matchup.