Deion mum on health, 'excited' to rejoin Buffs

FRISCO, Texas -- Colorado manager Deion Sanders said he's acceptable to rejoin the Buffaloes for the commencement of grooming campy aft missing portion of the outpouring and aboriginal summertime with an unspecified wellness issue.

Sanders, 57, declined to supply specifics astir his wellness contented Wednesday astatine Big 12 media time but told ESPN that he's "already back" and volition soon instrumentality to field successful Boulder, Colorado, aft spending clip astatine his ranch location successful Canton, Texas.

Colorado is acceptable to unfastened signifier aboriginal this period and statesman the play Aug. 29 astatine location against Georgia Tech.

"I'm already back," Sanders told ESPN connected Wednesday. "I'm present today. I'm handling my responsibilities. So I look guardant to it. I can't wait. You've got to understand, immoderate of the young [players] I haven't adjacent met yet. I'm truthful excited astir that."

Sanders attended media time astatine The Star, accompanied by erstwhile Dallas Cowboys teammate Michael Irvin and others. He thanked Irvin, Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark, Colorado diversion manager Rick George and his chap Big 12 coaches for checking connected him during his health-related absence, but noted, "I'm not present to speech astir my health. I'm present to speech astir my team."

Sanders did not be Colorado's younker camps past period successful Boulder, and was not astatine the wedding of Colorado prima and 2024 Heisman Trophy victor Travis Hunter successful May.

"I'm looking good, I'm surviving lovely," Sanders said. "God has genuinely blessed me. Not a attraction successful the world, not a privation oregon tendency successful the world."

Sanders has battled humor clots successful his legs and had 2 toes connected his near ft amputated successful 2021. That fall, helium was hospitalized for respective weeks and missed 3 games portion coaching Jackson State. He besides missed Pac-12 media days successful 2023 pursuing country to dainty humor clots successful his leg.

Sanders led Colorado to a 9-4 grounds successful his 2nd play astatine Colorado. In March, helium agreed to a five-year, $54 cardinal declaration hold with the school.

"He's successful it for the agelong haul," George told ESPN.