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Deion Sanders needed to have his bladder removed after he was diagnosed with cancer during the season, announced doctors at Colorado University on Monday.
Buffaloe’s main coach and medical officials held a news conference to tackle his health problems.
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April 4, 2025; Boulder, Co, USA; Colorado Buffaloe’s main coach Deion Sanders talks to the media at the University of Colorado NFL Showcase at Cu Indoor Practice Facility. (Michael Ciaglo-Misted Pictures)
“Men, everyone, being checked out. Because if it wasn’t for me to be tested for something else, they wouldn’t have stumbled up on this,” he said. “Make sure you get the right care, because without wonderful people like this, I wouldn’t sit here today because it grew so fast. But be controlled.”
Colorado Assistant Athletic Trainer Lauren Askevold and Dr. Janet Kukreja at UC Health broke the timeline of Sanders’ diagnosis and surgery.
Askevold said Sanders had an ACT scan of his vascular pattern to check if his blood clots were gone. She said everything was fine from a vascular point of view until Sanders’ primary care physician would refer Coach Prime to a urologist. The doctor conducted a procedure and then referred him to Kukreja, the director of urological oncology at UC Health.
Sanders’ primary care doctor said the coach had a bladder tumor, according to Askevold.
“We continued with the removal of the bladder tumor. We removed the rumor, it was very high quality that invaded through the bladder wall, not into the muscle layer, something we call high risk non-invasive bladder cancer,” Kukreja explained.
April 19, 2025; Boulder, Co, USA; Colorado Buffaloe’s main coach Deion Sanders during the spring match at Folsom Field. (Isaiah J. Downing-IMAGN PICTURES)
Kukreja said they were discussing a few options, but Sanders chose to undergo the bladder removal and the creation of a new bladder.
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“I am pleased to be able to report that the results of the operation are that he is healed from cancer,” she said.
Sanders said he is dealing with a completely different life and has no control over his bladder.
“I can’t pee as I used to pee,” he said.
Sanders sounded the alarm on his health problems over the past few months.
He revealed in a video sent by his son Deion Sanders Jr. Sunday that he made a will in the midst of concern about his health. The video was recorded on May 9th.
Colorado Buffaloe’s main coach Deion Sanders sees warm -ups before the game against Nebraska Cornhuskers at Memorial Stadium. (DYLAN WIDGER-INFORMATION PICTURES)
“Mentally, emotionally, last night was tough, yesterday was tough because I had to make a will. It’s not easy to think you might not be here at all,” he said in the video.
Sanders took over the Colorado job before the start of the season 2023, and he brought his sons, shower and Shilo and Travis Hunter with him from Jackson State.
The 2024 season was the most successful year out of the two that Coach Prime had. Hunter won Heisman Trophy as a player with a double position, while Buffaloes ended 9-4 and appeared in the Alamo Bowl.
