BOULDER, Colo. (KDVR) — While many CU Boulder students are on break for the late spring and summer, the community is rallying around head football coach Deion Sanders.
Sanders, known as Coach Prime, is reportedly recovering at his Texas home with an “unspecified health issue.”
The 57-year-old 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 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.
At the popular, historic “Sink Restaurant & Bar,” signs are posted that read: “Get Well, Soon, Coach Prime. Buff Nation’s Got Your Back.”
Reached by e-mail, a university spokesperson says they have no comment.
Asked about his father at the Browns’ minicamp Tuesday, rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders responded: “Yeah, I don’t know what’s going on. So I’m here not to talk about Pops. I’m here to be the quarterback of the Cleveland Browns. I’m focused on learning this playbook and everything I got to do to be the most successful quarterback and best teammate I could be. Outside of that, I don’t really have no thoughts or really opinions on anything outside this game.”
The Buffs open the season at home versus the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on Aug. 29.
