Deion Sanders Jr. mentioned his legendary father is out indefinitely
The youthful Sanders additionally intimated that it’s too quickly to specify when Coach Prime, 57, will likely be again in motion.
“Once we get again in Boulder, I don’t know,” Deion Jr. mentioned June 8. “I’m ready till my dad leaves. When he leaves, then I’ll go. Till then, I’m gonna sit right here with him.”
Based on USA Right this moment, Coach Prime defined to gridiron star Asante Samuel final month, “What I’m coping with proper now’s at an entire ‘nother stage,” however didn’t present any specifics.
Coach Prime was pressured to again out of talking engagements
This will likely have led Coach Prime to again out of a scheduled talking engagement on the Sickle Cell Illness Analysis and Instructional Symposium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on June 8. The group would solely say that the last-minute cancellation was “on account of an unavoidable last-minute scheduling change.”
Coach Prime’s well being points are nicely chronicled. The previous celebrity cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys, San Francisco 49ers and Atlanta Falcons needed to have his toes amputated previous to taking the pinnacle teaching job at Colorado. And in 2023, Sanders additionally missed the preseason Pac-12 media day on account of additional medical procedures on his foot.
On the intense facet, it’s early June, which suggests Coach Prime has ample time to recuperate upfront of the Buffaloes’ first sport in opposition to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in Boulder on Aug. 29.