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Cowboys Icon Deion Sanders Love Note to 'Ride or Die' Girlfriend After New Surgery

Not long ago, Deion Sanders came out of a surgery to issue a "thank you'' to girlfriend Tracey Edmonds for supporting him, calling her his "ride or die.''

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FRISCO - Dallas Cowboys legend and current University of Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders has been dealing with some frightening health situation again this summer, including a conversation with his doctors about the possible amputation of his left foot.

But the Pro Football Hall of Famer Sanders, who most recently underwent emergency surgery due to a blood clot issue in his groin, is apparently recovering well as he prepared to go back to work in Boulder.

And alongside the colorful "Coach Prime'' is another person with some experience in the spotlight, entertainer and producer Tracey Edmonds. Edmonds has been active on social media, asking for prayers and sharing updates on the condition of Sanders, 55.

And now Sanders is using social media to return the favor to Edmonds with a smooth message to his better half. "Let's Rock Steady Baby," he wrote.

In 2021, after another of Deion's surgeries to deal with blood-flow issues in his legs (he's had two toes amputated), the long-time NFL celebrity tweeted a "thank you'' to Edmonds for supporting him then, calling her his "ride or die.''

Sanders recently downplayed the possibility of a foot amputation, choosing to think positively. But he continues to suffer from blood flow problems in the area, and he's consulted with CU doctors about the possibility.

“You just have to understand what the risks are,” vascular surgeon Donald Jacobs told Sanders during an interview. “Things can cascade.”

Jacobs informed the Colorado athletic training staff that Sanders "could lose the foot.”

During parts of Sanders’ brilliant NFL career, he dealt with foot and toe issues. Considered the greatest cornerback of all-time, and a Super Bowl champion in Dallas, he went into coaching a few years ago, first at Jackson State and now in Boulder, all along routinely dealing with pain while often moving about on a scooter.

Sanders played 14 years in the NFL and then moved into media before his successful jump into coaching (with no desire to move up to the NFL, as he explains here in an exclusive interview with CowboysSI.com.) Sanders went 27-6 in his three years at Jackson State in part due to an ability to recruit big-name players. He continues to make a push to publicize HBCU athletes, recently chastising pro football teams for failing to give kids enough attention in the NFL Draft. And as he makes the jump to Colorado (which went 1-11 last year), he's planning on winning ... but only after the needed surgeries.

“I want to do it this summer, because when we get rolling, I’m not going to have time to do it,” Sanders told his doctors. “This is the best down time I have.”

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Mike Fisher
MIKE FISHER

Mike Fisher - as a newspaper beat writer and columnist and on radio and TV, where he is an Emmy winner - has covered the NFL since 1983 and the Dallas Cowboys since 1990, is the author of two best-selling books on the Cowboys.

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