Son: Deion Sanders making 'progress' amid health issue

Field Level Media|published: Sun 22nd June, 11:02 2025

Apr 19, 2025; Boulder, CO, USA; Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders before the spring game at Folsom Field. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images

Colorado football coach Deion Sanders is improving in his battle with an unspecified health condition, his eldest son said.

Deion Sanders Jr. posted a video of his father fishing at his Texas estate to YouTube on Saturday.

"It's a beautiful thing," Deion Sanders Jr. says in the video. "Coach Prime back active, moving around. God is great. Not back active moving around, but it's progress."

In the video, the elder Sanders, 57, is shown driving the fishing boat, which also counts former Colorado star and Jacksonville Jaguars rookie Travis Hunter among the passengers.

Neither Sanders nor Colorado officials have given specifics about the nature of the health issue the coach is facing. He has been away from Boulder, missing annual youth camps he normally would have attended. He is scheduled to attend a Big 12 preseason media event on July 9 in Frisco, Texas.

Sanders addressed his health in a social media post on June 11.

"I can assure you all that everything is OK and will continue to be so," he posted to X. "... I'm excited to get back to Colorado to be at home with my staff, team & all associated to our program. When we arrive back to Boulder you will be updated on everything."

It is unclear when Sanders will return to the Buffaloes.

A member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Sanders required multiple surgeries for persistent blood clots in recent years. He had two toes amputated in 2021 to address clotting issues.

--Field Level Media

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