When Deion Sanders custom-built his sprawling estate in 1999, Prosper was more pasture than powerhouse. The 2000 Census counted just 2,097 residents. Today, the Census Bureau estimates Prosper’s population at 45,605 — more than 21 times its population when Sanders built the house.
The future Hall of Famer was still playing for the Dallas Cowboys then, nearing the end of a five-season run with the team from 1995 through 1999.
Now the Prosper estate he built during those Cowboys years has sold for $4.5 million, closing another chapter in a real estate saga CandysDirt.com has been following for 15 years.
Prime Time, Prosper Style
When CandysDirt.com first wrote about the estate in 2011, the whole 109-acre spread had been asking an eye-popping $21 million…