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Deion Sanders returns to CU after second blood clot surgery

Prime is back on campus after missing Pac-12 Media Day
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Deion Sanders has returned to campus a few days after a second surgery to remove blood clots.

The 55-year-old Colorado Buffaloes head football coach, who had an initial procedure almost a month ago, appeared to be in great spirits with his left foot elevated on his desk.

Coach Prime missed Pac-12 Media Day on Friday while he recovered from the operation. Buffs defensive coordinator Charles Kelly accompanied Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter in Las Vegas. The rest of the Colorado players stayed behind for conditioning drills and a local media day.

A video posted by Well Off Media shows the return of Prime on Tuesday.

Bucky AKA Deion Sanders, Jr. found his father jamming out in his office while walking around CU's athletic complex. Coach Prime was hospitalized for at least a day while he was recovering.

Colorado is now 39 days away from the start of the 2023 football season. The Buffaloes open on the road in Fort Worth against national runner-up TCU in FOX's Big Noon Game of the Week.  

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Josh Tolle
JOSH TOLLE

Josh Tolle is a writer covering college sports for On SI. Outside of storytelling, the multi-talented broadcaster has play-by-play experience at the professional and collegiate levels. In 2018, he began calling games for the National Women’s Soccer League. He has also called games for the United Soccer League, Concacaf, and the U.S. Open Cup. He has called hockey for the Premier Hockey Federation for the past three seasons and was the play-by-play voice for the Superior RoughRiders of the Western Hockey League. He has provided play-by-play for various other sports including football, basketball, baseball and volleyball events. Since 2015, Tolle has been the voice of Colorado School of Mines Athletics having called football, men's and women's basketball and soccer. He previously wrote for SB Nation.

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