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Colorado football coach Deion Sanders provided a health update on July 28th, noting that he is looking forward to the 2025 season after the fear of bladder cancer.
Heading into a third season with Buffalo, Sanders missed out on notable times throughout the spring practice, due to private health-related reasons that have been revealed to have bladder cancer. Sanders’ bladder was then removed and replaced, curing his cancer, he and his doctors said at a press conference.
Sanders said, “I can’t pee like I was peeing,” but he’s grateful for continuing his coaching career.
“I rely on you to depend on whether you know what I mean,” Sanders said. “I can’t control my bladder, so I get up to go to the bathroom four or five times a night. And I’m sitting awake like my grandchild. We’re the same thing. We still have the same problem. We’re going through the same trials and hardships.”
Sanders was accompanied by Janet Kukleja, president of urological oncology at the University of Colorado Cancer Center, and Colorado Football assistant athletic trainer Lauren Askebold at a press conference Monday. His new bladder was built with a part of his intestine, he said Monday.
Sanders said that Colorado’s side hustle also recovered from his health horrors in 2025, and that portable toilets are nearby, making it seem a little different.
“I’m back to where I can, I’m strong and ready,” Sanders said Monday. “I’m probably down 12 pounds, but I’m going to get it right and fill in those overalls like the rest.”
Kukleha said the only difference Sanders moves forward is adapting to a “new way of life,” but his outlook seems to be better as he continues to coach. Sanders said not going back to coaching was unthinkable during his cancer fight.
“I was always going to go coach,” he said. “It was not in my spirit, my heart that God would never allow me to coach again.
Sanders is extremely challenging to enter his third season with Colorado. He must replace Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter Jr., who was the No. 2 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. He also has a new quarterback with either Liberty Transfer Kaidon Salter or true freshman Julian Lewis after being selected in the fifth round of the NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns in April.
Buffalo is about to build on last season’s 9-4 finish. The coach is healthy and returns to the saddle after a long absence from the program.
“I’m so grateful to be back in Boulder. You don’t know,” Sanders said. “But at first glance I never doubted that I wouldn’t.”
