Deion Sanders’ oldest son gives new update on his father’s health

Colorado football coach Deion Sanders has made “progress” as he battles back from an unspecified health issue and is moving around again outdoors, his son Deion Jr. said in a YouTube video posted Saturday.

The video shows Sanders fishing at his estate in Texas with former Colorado two-way star Travis Hunter.

“It’s a beautiful thing,” Deion Sanders Jr. says in the video. “Coach Prime back active, moving around. God is great. Not back active moving around, but it’s progress.”

Sanders Sr. has been away from his job in Colorado since April and did not attend Colorado’s annual youth and high school camps in June, even though operating such camps is listed in his employment contract as one of his official duties.

The timing of his return to campus remains unclear. This is usually a dead time of year for head coaches in college football, but he is due to make an appearance at a Big 12 Conference media event in Frisco, Texas, on July 9.

The video showed him on a boat in a lake encouraging Hunter as the Jacksonville Jaguars rookie reels in a fish.

“Bring him out,” Sanders tells Hunter. “C’mon T. Hunter. There you go. T. Hunter!”

Sanders, 57, previously said on social media June 11 that “everything is OKAY” and that he would provide a full update upon his return to Colorado.

‘I’m excited to get back to Colorado to be at home with my staff, team & all associated to our program,” Sanders wrote on social media on June 11.

Sanders also mentioned the issue on a podcast in late May with former NFL cornerback Asante Samuel.

“I hope you’re feeling better,” Samuel said to Sanders. Samuel asked him if he ever tried fasting.

Sanders responded by saying “what I’m dealing with right now is at (a) whole nother level” but said he’s coming back after losing about 14 pounds.

Sanders previously battled issues with blood clots in his legs for years and had to miss a Pac-12 Conference media event in Las Vegas because of it in July 2023. 

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