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Deion Sanders' health has been a topic closely this low season. In June, reports arose that the member of the Hall of Fame of Professional Soccer was marginalized by an un specified disease.
In July, Sanders revealed that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of bladder cancer. During a press conference with his doctors, Sanders shared that a portion of his intestine had been surgically rebuilt to function as an bladder.
In his press conference after Saturday, Sanders predicted that he would face more blood clots. “The cat is out of the bag, okay. I think I have more blood clots,” Sanders said on Saturday. “It makes no sense. It hurts a lot … I don't get blood to my leg. That's why my leg hurts.”
The problem of blood clots caused the amputation of two fingers of the left foot in 2021. Sanders was training in Jackson State at that time. In 2023, the two-time Super Bowl champion lost Pac-12 press day to treat a blood clot in his right leg and other surgery to correct the curved fingers of his left foot.
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The chief coach of Colorado, Deion Sanders, observes his team to warm before an NCAA American football match against TCU on Saturday, October 4, 2025 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo AP/Tony Gutiérrez)
Sanders said that Tuesday's operation is expected, known as aspiration thrombectomy, last several hours. He plans to return to banking in time for Colorado practice on Wednesday.
Doctors share bladder cancer warning signs after Deion Sanders reveals diagnosis and recovery
“Today I will undergo a procedure,” Sanders said during a press conference on Tuesday. “With prayer, I will come back tomorrow because I will not miss the practice. I do not plan to do that. It is what it is, and we find what we find … I have a wonderful team of doctors in UC Health and a wonderful team of coaches here.”
And he added: “It has nothing to do with the fact that I work at the level at which I am trying to compete. It is hereditary. It is what it is … I trust God with all my heart, my whole soul and all my mind.”
The chief coach of Colorado, Deion Sanders, asks for a dead time in the first half of an NCAA American football match against TCU on Saturday, October 4, 2025 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo AP/Tony Gutiérrez)
The former NFL player Adam “Pacman” Jones attended Tuesday's press session as a support show. Sanders appreciates all text messages and telephone calls of people who express their concern for their health.
“I have many good wishes, people who say: 'You need to reduce the rhythm. You need to take a break,” Sanders said. “There is nothing that could have done to stop what is happening. Nothing that could have taken or something that I am simply not fulfilling. It is what it is.”
After its diagnosis and treatment of bladder cancer, Sanders needs to go to the bathroom frequently, so the school introduced a portable side bath for him during the games sponsored by Underwear depends.
The chief coach of the University of Colorado, Deion Sanders, talks about his trip to overcome bladder cancer during a press conference at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado, on Monday, July 28, 2025. (Aaron Ontivez/Medakews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
“I'm going to enter there [surgery]”And I'm going to sleep the best in the world during, I think, four hours during surgery,” Sanders said Tuesday.
“I've never been drugged or a single day in my life. I have never drunk, smoked or anything. But when I submit to those surgeries, I arrive on time.”
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The buffaloes have a 15-16 mark since Sanders assumed the position of coach before the 2023 season. They are trying to be aimed this season while replacing the Field Marshal Shedersur Sanders and the winner of the Heisman trophy, Travis Hunter.
The associated press contributed to this report.
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