On Saturday, Colorado defensive back Shilo Sanders made his return to the field after missing three games due to an arm injury, which required surgery. After Colorado’s 31-28 loss to State of KansasBuffaloes head coach and Shilo’s father, Deion Sandersevaluated his son’s comeback performance.

‘I thought he played terribly’ Sanders said. ‘I thought he was rusty. I thought he had no hold. I thought it wasn’t going to break. He came in to try to make the play, but open field, one-on-one tackle, with that kind of back, that’s not an easy task. But he will do better. I know what he has in him.”

Kansas State running back DJ Giddens gave Shilo Sanders fits all night and shook him several times in the open field. At one point in the game, Sanders attempted to meet Giddens head-on near the line of scrimmage and ended up on his knees as Giddens slid by.

Even worse, when Sanders got his hands on a Wildcat, he had trouble taking them down. On numerous occasions, Kansas State players broke up Sanders’ tackle attempts for extra yards.

Despite his multiple mistakes, Sanders still finished the game with seven tackles, fourth-most on the team. Nevertheless, it was far from an excellent performance for Sanders and his fellow defenders.

In the Big 12 battle, Kansas State quarterback Avery Johnson completed 15 of his 23 passes for 224 yards and two touchdowns compared to one interception. Notably, Johnson threw a 50-yard touchdown pass to Jayce Brown to take a 31-28 lead with just over two minutes remaining.

Colorado did not respond. Ultimately, it was a frustrating evening for the Sanders family.

‘Sometimes when you lose you think, ‘Dang, we should have won that. We should have had that,” Deion Sanders said. “(Tonight) was one of those games… for us, we felt like we let it pass us by. And we have to make better use of the opportunities we had to win the match, because we had several.”

Colorado will have a chance to bounce back next week as it squares off Arizona at 4:00 PM ET The game will be broadcast live on FOX.