Colorado coach Deion Sanders announced Monday that he had been diagnosed with bladder cancer.
Sanders held a news conference to reveal the news as Colorado embarks on fall camp ahead of the 2025 season. Dr. Janet Kukreja, Sanders' doctor, said that Sanders had his bladder removed after a malignant tumor was found and that he had been "cured" from the cancer.
“The process wasn’t easy,” Sanders said.
Sanders said that he knew he had surgery upcoming for the cancer diagnosis as his son Shedeur Sanders dealt with a rough draft weekend after he fell from a possible first-round NFL Draft pick to the fifth round.
"There was some scenes you saw, all the bull junk that's transpired on draft day," Sanders said. "It wasn't just that. It was just, I knew as well I had a surgery coming up. My sons, to this day, don't know what transpired, I just told them it was something with my foot, because I wanted to give them the focus on making the team and not focused on dad."
The Pro Football Hall of Famer had been away from the team and at his home in Texas after spring practice to deal with health issues. He appeared at Big 12 media days earlier in July and declined to answer questions about his health while at the podium during his appearance there.
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