Coach Prime’s 2025 season at Colorado is, to put it kindly, a dumpster fire. After shipping his Heisman-winning (and NFL-bound) talent out of Boulder, his squad is 3-6 and getting absolutely housed by middling Big 12 teams. Deion himself looks “befuddled” on the sideline. And yet, he just flipped a 4-star recruit from Alabama.
But somehow Deion Sanders doesn’t need a winning football team to be the most relevant man in sports. Once you’re a household name, it’s pretty impossible to not be a household name. Because the man’s cultural stock isn’t just high, it’s the market. He doesn’t just move the needle; he is the needle. And Nike is cashing in.
For anyone who grew up in the ’90s, the Nike Air Diamond Turf is sacred. After reuniting with Prime in 2023 (you know, after that awkward split where he was forced to wear Nike at CU and looked like a hostage), the brand has been on a victory tour of Deion’s career.
We got the “Emerald” for Atlanta. We got the Ravens. We got the 49ers.
But now, we’re getting the big one.
Nike is finally dropping the Air Diamond Turf in the Dallas Cowboys colorway on December 5, 2025.
Just in time for Christmas.
The shoe is pure ’90s perfection: a clean white upper, that iconic mid-foot strap, and smooth hits of “College Navy” and “Metallic Silver.” It’s the footwear equivalent of high-stepping into the endzone, and it’ll run you $155.
Here’s the pair of Air Diamond Turfs that Nike currently has on sale via Nike.com. They’re $155.
And just in case you thought the brand-building was slowing down, the family business is already expanding. Deion’s son, Shedeur, is now holding a clipboard for the Cleveland Browns, and he’s already talking like his dad.
On a recent “closet tour” with Well Off Forever, he showed off his collection and dropped this all-time cocky quote: “Who gonna wear Jordans again… and your daddy got his own shoe? Mine coming soon.”
He’s not lying. “His” is a forthcoming player-exclusive “Legendary” colorway of the Diamond Turf, confirming what Deion said himself months ago: Shedeur is taking over the line. The kid hasn’t taken a single regular-season snap, and he’s already got his own PE. The hustle is hereditary.
The timing couldn’t be more perfect. The actual Dallas Cowboys are clearly in “Super Bowl or bust” mode, fresh off a monster trade for Quinnen Williams. Jerry Jones is pushing all his chips in.
Now you’ll have the perfect kicks to wear while you watch them (probably) find a spectacular new way to lose in the first round of the playoffs.
While the rest of the sneaker world is fighting over Air Jordan 11s and Kobe retros this holiday, the Diamond Turf is a different kind of flex. It’s less “hypebeast” and more “I know ball.”
Nike seems to be hitting every stop on Deion’s NFL journey…...