As Colorado geared up for the 2025 season, however, Sanders revealed he'd been diagnosed earlier this year with an aggressive form of bladder cancer that required surgery, a treatment he and his medical team deemed successful, culminating in a July 28 press conference announcement that he is now cancer-free.

University of Colorado football coach Deion Sanders announced he got a new bladder this week as part of his cancer treatment. Here's how doctors construct a new bladder from a patient's small intestine.

Colorado coach Deion Sanders says he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of bladder cancer but after surgery his oncologist has considered him cured, so he plans to coach this season.