Head coach Deion Sanders of the Colorado Buffaloes speaks with the media during the Big 12 Media Days at The Ford Center at The Star on July 09, 2025 in Frisco, Texas. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
Deion Sanders and his medical team plan to publicly address his health battle in a news conference Monday, according to FOX News.
According to the outlet, a press conference with Sanders and his medical team has been scheduled for Monday. Personnel from CU Anschutz and UC Health will join Sanders and are expected to "provide general and team updates," university officials said in a news release.
The backstory:
Since overseeing Colorado’s spring game April 19, Sanders hadn’t attended football camps in Boulder.
The school had said last month, amid reports that the coach was ill, that it could not say why he was absent. Sanders did not specifically answer any questions about his health.
Sanders declined to address his health at Big 12 football media event earlier this month.
It was unclear if the latest health issues are new. Sanders has struggled with his left foot since having two toes amputated in 2021 because of blood clot issues while at Jackson State.
He missed Pac-12 media day in 2023, his first year at Colorado, after a procedure to remove a blood clot from his right leg and another to straighten toes on his left foot.
What they're saying:
"I’m not here to talk about my health," said Sanders, who is going into his third season as the Buffaloes coach. "I’m here to talk about my team."
"I’m looking good. I’m living lovely. God has truly blessed me," he said. "Not a care in the world. Not a want or desire in the world."
Sanders is 13-12 in his two seasons with the revived Buffaloes, who in their return to the Big 12 last season missed making the league championship game on a tiebreaker after being one of four teams to finish 7-2 in conference play.
He is under contract with the Buffaloes through the 2029 season after agreeing to a new $54 million, five-year deal this spring that made him the Big 12’s highest-paid coach. That replaced the final three years of the $29.5 million, five-year deal he got when he arrived from Jackson State, where he was 27-6 in three seasons.
Asked about the Sanders’ time at Colorado, George responded, "Fun and exciting."
The Source: The Associated Press contributed to this report. The information in this story comes primarily from a FOX News report stating that Deion Sanders and his medical team plan to hold a news conference on Monday to address his health. This story was reported from Los Angeles.