Colorado coach Deion Sanders said he has beaten bladder cancer

BOULDER, Colorado – Football coach of the University of Colorado, Deion Sanders, announced on Monday that he had undergone surgery to remove his bladder after the doctors discovered a tumor there. Sanders said that from surgery, there are no traces of cancer, and he will continue to train this season.

In a package club packaged by Dal Ward Athletic Center, Sanders appeared with Dr. Janet Kukreja, director of urological oncology at the University of Colorado Cancer Center, and answered some of the questions that revolved around him throughout the offseason.

Sanders, 57, has been largely out of the public’s eyes in recent months, with the exception of an appearance in the Big 12 media 12 earlier this month, when he recognized Commissioner Big 12 Brett Yormmark for having checked him several times and congratulated the Sports Director of Colorado, Rick George.

Sanders diverted questions about his health during the Big 12 Media Days and had previously offered no details publicly. In July, his son, Deion Jr., published a video on social networks in which Deion Sanders is heard that he was confronted with a health problem and that “I am not all the time recovered”.

In the video, he was seen entering an ice bath and pulling a basketball ball and walking with his daughter. Sanders said that in May, he had lost around 14 pounds because he had limited contacts around the program during the team and summer training sessions.

Sanders has already dealt with serious health problems. He had fights with blood clots in his legs, had two toes amputated in 2022 and an emergency operation in June 2023 to treat the persistent clots, one in his thigh in one leg and several just below his knee in his other leg.

On the field, Sanders is expected to start his third season at school. With his son Sheder in the quarter-Arrière and the winner of the Heisman trophy, Travis Hunter, the most accomplished two-way player in university football in the modern era, the Buffaloes finished 9-4 last season with an appearance of Alamo Bowl. Sanders’ son, Shilo, security for Buffaloes in the past two seasons, has also passed to the NFL, as well as several high -level players in attack.

The best scenario in the field for the Buffaloes is the battle to replace Shedeur behind the center. In two seasons, Sanders completed 71.8% of its passes for 7,364 yards with 64 affected.

It will be the first season Queon Sanders will not accept a high school or college team with Sheder in the quarter.

The real recruit of seventeen, Julian Lewis, a five-star recruit and a player No. 2 of 2025 ESPN 300, and Kaidon Salter, who started 24 games in four seasons in Liberty, will compete for work.