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Jeff LegwoldJul 28, 2025, 01:26 PM ET
- Jeff Legwold covers the Denver Broncos astatine ESPN. He has covered the Broncos for much than 20 years and besides assists with NFL draught coverage, joining ESPN successful 2013. He has been a subordinate of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Board of Selectors since 1999, too. Jeff antecedently covered the Pittsburgh Steelers, Buffalo Bills and Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans astatine erstwhile stops anterior to ESPN.
BOULDER, Colo. -- University of Colorado shot manager Deion Sanders announced Monday that helium had undergone country to region his bladder aft doctors discovered a tumor there. Sanders said, since the surgery, determination are nary traces of cancer, and helium volition proceed to manager this season.
In a packed Touchdown Club successful the Dal Ward Athletic Center, Sanders appeared with Dr. Janet Kukreja, manager of urological oncology astatine University of Colorado Cancer Center, and answered immoderate of the questions that person swirled astir him passim the offseason.
The 57-year-old Sanders has mostly been retired of the nationalist oculus successful caller months, prevention for an quality astatine Big 12 media days earlier this period erstwhile helium acknowledged Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark for repeatedly checking successful connected him and praised Colorado diversion manager Rick George.
Sanders deflected questions astir his wellness astatine Big 12 media days and antecedently had not publically offered immoderate specifics. In July his son, Deion Jr., posted a video connected societal media successful which Deion Sanders is heard saying helium was dealing with a wellness contented and that "I ain't each the mode recovered."
In the video helium was seen stepping into an crystal bath arsenic good arsenic shooting a hoops and a locomotion with his daughter. Sanders said successful May helium had mislaid astir 14 pounds arsenic helium had constricted interaction astir the programme during the team's outpouring and summertime workouts.
Sanders has antecedently dealt with superior wellness issues. He has had bouts with humor clots successful his legs, had 2 toes amputated successful 2022 and exigency country successful June 2023 to dainty the persistent clots, including 1 successful his thigh successful 1 limb and respective conscionable beneath his genu successful his different leg.
On the field, Sanders is acceptable to statesman his 3rd play astatine the school. With his son, Shedeur, astatine backmost and Heisman Trophy victor Travis Hunter, assemblage football's astir accomplished two-way subordinate successful the modern era, the Buffaloes finished 9-4 past play with an Alamo Bowl appearance. Sanders' lad Shilo, a information for the Buffaloes for the past 2 seasons, has besides moved connected to the NFL, on with respective high-profile players connected offense.
The apical storyline connected the tract for the Buffaloes is the conflict to regenerate Shedeur down center. In 2 seasons, Sanders completed 71.8% of his passes for 7,364 yards with 64 touchdowns.
It volition beryllium the archetypal play Deion Sanders doesn't manager a precocious schoolhouse oregon assemblage squad with Shedeur astatine quarterback.
Seventeen-year-old existent freshman Julian Lewis, a five-star enlistee and No. 2 subordinate successful the 2025 ESPN 300, and Kaidon Salter, who started 24 games successful 4 seasons astatine Liberty, volition vie for the job.
