Marshall Faulk joins the Colorado staff like Coach Backs Coach

Deion Sanders has added another Hall of Famer to his coaching staff in Colorado.

The Buffalos announced on Thursday night that the former NFL Great Marshall Faulk has joined the team as its new running backs coach.

Faulk knows a little about the position. He ranks 12. All the time in rushing yards in the NFL with 12,279, accumulates the total amount of 12 seasons that saw him win an MVP (2000) and make six All-Pro and Seven Pro Bowl teams.

Faulk, who will be 52 years later this month, played five seasons for Indianapolis Colts and then Seven for The Rams, his last came in 2005.

Faulk is the third Pro Football Hall of Fame member of the Buffs staff joining Sanders and Warren Sapp, a senior quality assistant for the defense. Faulk and Sanders were part of the 2011 class.

This will be Faulk’s first coaching job. He was asked of potentially taking the job in an interview with Front Office Sports This week in New Orleans in front of the Super Bowl.

“Deion is a lift,” he said. “He wants to raise you as a person and he will force you to raise your life. That’s what he does. He raises people up. Many of the times the light may look like it’s shining on him but really shining the light on someone.

“We are good friends. And what I can do to help him will I do.”

Faulk replaces Gary Harrell, who was Colorado’s running backs trainer for two seasons.