FAU football is building up quite the surname legacy within its program. Even as a couple have recently departed.
Last month, Miami transfer tight end Michael Irvin II, the son of former Hurricanes legend Michael Irvin, announced that he was committing to the FAU football program. A little over a month later, Shedeur Sanders (pictured, left) announced on Twitter that he too has committed to FAU football.
The touted 2021 prospect is one of the football-playing sons of former Florida State All-American Deion Sanders.
— Shedeur Sanders (@ShedeurSanders) July 13, 2020
Sanders is a four-star 2021 prospect coming out of high school in Cedar Hill, Texas. On the 247Sports.com composite, the 6-1, 198-pound Sanders is the No. 14 pro-style quarterback in the country. he also held offers from, among others, Alabama, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, LSU, Michigan, Oregon and Tennessee.
Sanders’ older brother, Shiloh, will be a redshirt freshman defensive back at South Carolina this season.
While the Sanders and Irvin surnames are in the Owls fold, a couple of famous ones have recently left. The wide receiver son of Ray Lewis left FAU football earlier this month. Originally committed to FAU, the running back son of Frank Gore ultimately signed with Southern Miss earlier this offseason.
FAU is coming off a 2019 football campaign in which the Owls tied a school record with 11 wins. Included in that was a first-ever win in the Conference USA championship game. And the program’s fourth straight win in a bowl game, a streak that stretches back to 2007.
Almost immediately after the win in the Boca Raton Bowl, Lane Kiffin left to take over as the head coach at Ole Miss. Kiffin was replaced shortly thereafter by former Florida State and Oregon head coach Willie Taggart.