Colorado Buffaloes football coach Deion Sanders has been struggling with his health for the entirety of his coaching career in Boulder. He’s had blood clot issues that date back to his days with the Jackson State Tigers, and in the past year was diagnosed with nearly fatal bladder cancer. To deal with the latter issue, Coach Prime wears Depend diapers and has had a portapotty on the sidelines.
After a 35-21 loss to the TCU Horned Frogs on Saturday night in Fort Worth, Texas, Sanders revealed that his blood clots may be returning when asked by a noticing reporter about showing visible pain on the sidelines during the game.
"I’m not getting blood to my legs. That’s why my leg is throbbing. Sorry to get that out, but thank you for noticing,” Sanders said during the postgame media scrum.
USA Today’s Brent Schrotenboer painted Coach Prime’s future as uncertain, given his numerous health ailments.
“He didn’t use his health situation as an excuse Saturday, but it raises questions about his status after a 2-4 start for his team in his third season as head coach. He previously said other members of his family have struggled with blood clots, too,” Schrotenboer wrote.
The writing may be on the wall for Sanders to call it a career following the 2025 campaign. As things currently stand, Colorado may not be bowl game-bound this season. The future looks uncertain with the Buffs’ roster, particularly with Julian Lewis looking nowhere near ready to lead a team yet under center.
Coach Prime was expecting his best roster yet this year. By all accounts, though, he may finish with the least amount of wins during his college career, even fewer than the 2020 season at JSU, which was played in the spring of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Coach Prime’s Tigers went 4-3 that year.
CU may have a tough time finding two more wins against the Iowa State Cyclones, Arizona Wildcats, and Arizona State Sun Devils at home, and Utah Utes, West Virginia Mountaineers, and Kansas State Wildcats the rest of the way.