Deion Sanders set for medical procedure on Tuesday, says he's 'gonna be alright'

Deion Sanders said Tuesday that he’s “gonna be alright” after he has a medical procedure.

Sanders said at his weekly news conference that he was scheduled for the surgery on Tuesday afternoon. He didn’t reveal the nature of the approximately four-hour process, but said after Saturday night’s loss to TCU that he believed he was experiencing a recurrence of blood clots.

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“I’m having a procedure today, Prayerfully I’ll be right back tomorrow — I don’t miss practice, I don’t plan on doing such,” Sanders said Tuesday. “But it is what it is and we found what we found. We knew what it was. I have a wonderful team of doctors at UC Health and a wonderful team of trainers here to make sure and ensure my health.”

Sanders did say that what he was dealing with was hereditary and not something that his own actions caused.

“It has nothing to do with me working at the level that I’m trying to compete at,” Sanders said. “It’s hereditary, it is what it is, it’s nothing that I could have done to stop what’s transpiring, nothing that I could have taken or something that I’m just abiding by. It is what it is. Sometimes it just what it is.”

Sanders dealt with blood clots while he was coaching at Jackson State during the 2021 season following a foot surgery. He ended up having to have two toes removed on his left foot because of female arterial clots.

In 2023, he missed Pac-12 media day because of surgery for blood clots in his right leg.