Deion Sanders Jr. opens up on family, changes in his father, Colorado culture

February 20, 2026

By Alex Byington, On3 Rivals: 2025 was a transformative year for Colorado head coach Deion Sanders and his entire family.

But through it all — his father’s bladder cancer diagnosis and subsequent surgery, as well as the single-worst season in Sanders’ six years as a collegiate head coach — Deion Sanders Jr. knows his 58-year-old dad is better for the experience, and it’s already showing dividends in Boulder.

“Last year was terrible for everybody, but it was good,” Sanders Jr. said during Thursday’s episode of the Inside Colorado podcast with Phillip Dukes. “You know, sometimes when you don’t go through them doors, God has to push you through them with different things that’s supposed to happen, that might should have already happened, or that He was thinking about but just didn’t pull the trigger on it.”

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Deion Sanders Jr. opens up on family, the change he's seen in his father, Colorado culture shift

Deion Sanders Jr. discussed his famous family, and changes he's already seen from within the Colorado football program with Phillip Dukes.

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