Deion Sanders breaks silence after keeping cancer a secret from sons Shedeur and Shilo Sanders | NFL News
Deion Sanders was secretly fighting cancer this year but he didn’t tell his sons. The Colorado Buffaloes’ football coach was diagnosed with bladder cancer in the spring of 2025. Rather than immediately informing his family, Sanders kept the news to himself. Shedeur Sanders and Shilo Sanders, his sons, should be focused on their football aspirations. Deion Sanders is cancer-free now following a successful operation. smiling and saying, “I’m back, baby. I’m back,” he faced journalists at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado, on July 28, 2025.
Deion Sanders didn’t tell Shedeur Sanders and Shilo Sanders about his cancer
Deion Sanders opened up in a video posted by Well Off Media in late July. He said, “Shilo and Shedeur still don’t know what’s going on.” According to Sanders, he didn’t want to distract them. “They’re focused, they’re locked in… God got me. I’m gonna be right,” he said.Sanders had surgery with Dr. Janet Kukreja, a bladder cancer expert at UCHealth and the University of Colorado School of Medicine. “He is cured from the cancer,” Dr. Kukreja confirmed. Deion Sanders thanked her, saying, “I trusted and believed in you 100%.” In his usual confident style, he joked that she might have even told him she was better at her job than he was at coaching.Also Read: “Green Floppy D**Dos”: Antonio Brown Attacks Caitlin Clark With Explicit Tweet After WNBA S*X Toy ControversySanders stayed strong through recovery, keeping his personal battle quiet while cheering for his sons from afar. Now, both sons are chasing NFL dreams without even knowing the full story of what their father just went through.
Shedeur Sanders and Shilo Sanders shine in NFL while unaware of Deion’s cancer
Shedeur Sanders is making a big impression at Cleveland Browns training camp. The rookie quarterback was picked 144th overall in the 2025 NFL Draft. Even though he started as QB4, he’s already showing that he could climb the depth chart.His older brother, Shilo Sanders, is also gaining attention. He went undrafted but joined the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as a rookie safety. On August 1, 2025, Tampa Bay head coach Todd Bowles praised his performance and said he had “a real shot” at the 53-man roster.Even NFL great Brett Favre responded to news about Deion Sanders’s health. Favre told TMZ, “I was totally caught off guard…but I’m grateful the operation was successful.” Favre, who now struggles with Parkinson’s disease, said, “Keep doing what you’re doing; you’re affecting so many others.”
