His first game back was a 21-17 win over Southern University in which his son, Tigers quarterback Shedeur Sanders, threw a 50-yard touchdown pass with less than 2 minutes left. Sanders returned to the sidelines after missing three games, which were won under interim coach Gary Harrell, according to The Washington Post. “Because all you feel is pain and you just want to get out of this hospital.”

“The hardest thing of it all was to look down there and see that and understand that once upon a time, you were this type of athlete and you don’t even know if you’re going to walk,” he said in the video. Sanders shared footage from the procedure in an Instagram post that promoted “Coach Prime,” noting that he “lost a couple soldiers in the battle.” Doctors had to open his leg to drain the fluid and later amputated the big toe and second toe. Sanders then had several surgeries, developed a femoral arterial blood clot, and had compartment syndrome that caused swelling in his leg, the AP reported. Testing in October found that he had three blood clots in his lower leg. He remained on the sideline for a game with a push scooter.īut during the healing process, his toes began to darken under the bandages.

After a medical procedure in September, he returned to the field for practice with a golf cart and crutches. Earlier, Sanders had a dislocated toe and an inflamed nerve, the AP reported.

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