Falcons Icon, Colorado Coach Deion Sanders May Need Foot Amputation

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

Atlanta Falcons legendary cornerback Deion Sanders is set to undergo a major operation with his left foot.

Sanders has suffered blood flow problems in that area of his body, undergoing surgical procedures that include having to have his big toe and his second toe amputated because of blood clots that run down his leg, from the top of his calf to his foot.

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

Jacobs also informed the Colorado athletic training staff that Sanders, 55, "could lose the foot.”

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

Sanders missed three games during the 2021 season with Jackson State due to medical problems with the foot. Now, he's looking to get the surgery done in the summer in order to not have any interruptions during his first season with the Buffaloes.

“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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