Deion Sanders, bladder cancer and Colorado Buffaloes
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Head Colorado Buffaloes football Coach Deion "Coach Prime" Sanders will speak to the media on Monday morning for the first 2025 camp news conference. This time, his medical team will appear alongside him.
Colorado Buffaloes football coach Deion Sanders nearly died in May, and now he's here to raise awareness about the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
Coach Prime has dealt with health challenges over the offseason. The Colorado Buffaloes head coach battled with a mystery ailment after the 2024 college football season, and it turned out to be bladder cancer. However, the charismatic coach isn't the only one in the Sanders family who has dealt with an ailment.
The former Jackson State head coach will meet with media to address his health and status with the Colorado Buffaloes.
Sanders underwent a procedure that saw two of his toes amputated in 2022, and another emergency surgery in June 2023 to treat blood clots. As for Askevold, she has been there every step of the way, as she was the Head Football Athletic Trainer at Jackson State starting 2021, and joined Sanders once he took the job in Boulder.
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