Deion Sanders declares he's cancer-free, addresses incontinence ahead of Colorado football season

Deion Sanders is simply a Pro Football Hall of Famer, the shot manager astatine the University of Colorado, and the lone jock ever to play successful some a Super Bowl and a World Series. But the past fewer years person been a tougher situation to his wellness than immoderate hostile ever was during his shot career.

And he's inactive uncovering a mode to travel retired victorious.

"I got my beingness back," Sanders said successful a nationally televised interrogation this week. "I got my swagger back."

Sanders revealed during a "Good Morning America" quality that he's yet cancer-free. The humor clots that attacked him years agone — resulting successful the amputation of aggregate toes — and returned past year, forcing him to acquisition an aspiration thrombectomy process successful his near leg, were not adjacent portion of the conversation.

DEION SANDERS SAYS HE NEVER QUESTIONED GOD DURING HIS BATTLE WITH BLADDER CANCER

Head manager Deion Sanders of the Colorado Buffaloes reacts connected the tract earlier the crippled against the Arizona Wildcats astatine Folsom Field successful Boulder, Colo., connected Nov. 1, 2025. (Andrew Wevers/Getty Images)

"I'm crab free. I'm good," Sanders said. "Great doctors successful Colorado that [have] brought maine through. God has brought maine through. I'm thankful, I'm healthy. I got my swagger back. Like, I'm acceptable to go, manager my butt off. And I'm having a bully time.

"But aboriginal detection was cardinal getting connected it early, due to the fact that you cognize amputation, truthful they were checking for thing other and stumbled upon this. So aboriginal detection helped maine retired tremendously."

Blood clots forced Sanders to person country successful 2023 to amended his circulation. But past twelvemonth helium began experiencing terrible limb symptom and concerns astir the recurring clots. That led to the clot-removing procedure. All that atop the 2025 diagnosis of an assertive signifier of bladder crab that was discovered during 1 of his regularly scheduled vascular exams.

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The crab attraction included doctors removing his bladder and reconstructing a caller 1 utilizing portion of his intestine.

Colorado Buffaloes caput manager Deion Sanders stands connected the tract earlier the commencement of the outpouring crippled astatine Folsom Field successful Boulder, Colo., connected April 11, 2026. (Ron Chenoy/Imagn Images)

That intended solution to 1 occupation caused different issues.

"Now you're sitting successful the room, don't cognize what's what, can't power your bladder," Sanders said. "You got a full caller bladder. Your bladder don't cognize you, you don't cognize it. You're peeing successful the bed. I retrieve going to a speaking engagement and the archetypal happening I do, and we near that morning, similar 7 a.m. and I had to beryllium determination astatine 830. First happening I bash is drawback my crotch. Because I'm like, oh, my God, I anticipation I haven't peed connected myself. I didn't bring different alteration of clothes.

"When you're playing a shot game, nighttime game, we played, we alert backmost connected the plane. First happening you bash is aftermath up and you drawback your crotch. Oh, my God, I anticipation I haven't peed connected myself."

Those perchance embarrassing episodes someway made Sanders money. He signed connected to beryllium a spokesperson for Depend and its disposable big incontinence underwear.

"I don't person to beryllium acrophobic to question anymore," Sanders said. "I don't person to beryllium acrophobic to person a bully night's sleep. I person the merchandise that helps me."

Colorado Buffaloes caput manager Deion Sanders prepares earlier the crippled against the Arizona State Sun Devils astatine Folsom Field successful Boulder, Colo., connected Nov. 22, 2025. (Ron Chenoy/Imagn Images)

With his wellness issues seemingly successful retreat, Sanders is acceptable to instrumentality connected different situation that he's much comfy addressing — coaching the Buffaloes successful the upcoming season.

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"Winning," Sanders answered erstwhile asked what he's looking guardant to next. "And I'm healthy. I got my wellness back. I got my swagger backmost ... I got my maine back. You know, past year, this time, I'm warring cancer. Didn't cognize which mode it was gonna spell ...

"But I'm afloat backmost now. Last year, [at] this clip it it wasn't a bully look."

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