Deion Sanders had two toes amputated during hospital stay, documentary trailer reveals

Deion Sanders had two toes amputated during his nearly month-long hospital stay in October , and the latest episode of his Barstool Sports documentary "Coach Prime" will show exactly what happened to the Jackson State football coach and Pro Football Hall of Famer.

“Just because I had a gift at one point and time to do my thing on the football and baseball field, that does not extract me from the tragedies of life,” Sanders told Andscape, the ESPN website formerly known as The Undefeated. “I go through hell just like everyone else goes through hell, and I’m going to show me literally going through hell."

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According to Andscape, JSU trainer Lauren Askvold urged Sanders to see a doctor about halfway through the season when she saw that two of Sanders' toes were jet-black when she was changing his bandages.

Sanders was admitted to the hospital and stayed there for 23 days, missing three games. Blood clots in his left leg were cutting off blood flow to his foot. Eventually, his left big toe and the one next to it were amputated.

"The hardest thing of it all was to look down there and see that," Sanders said in a trailer for the documentary. "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 because all you feel is pain and you just want to get out of this hospital."

Jackson State won all three games while Sanders was out under interim coach Gary Harrell.

Sanders returned to coach JSU from a wheelchair against Southern. The Tigers won on a late touchdown throw from Shedeur Sanders and Shilo Sanders helped seal the deal with a fourth-quarter interception. JSU scored 21 points, which Sanders said he took as a sign from God, as 21 was his jersey number in the NFL and he's the 21st Jackson State football coach.

Sanders said on his podcast "21st and Prime" that he lost over 30 pounds during his hospital stay. He was coaching from a wheelchair when he first came back. By the time JSU made its appearance in the Celebration Bowl, the de facto HBCU national championship game, Sanders was coaching on a scooter like he had been for most of the season.

Now, it appears that Sanders is doing much better.

He was able to walk under his own power during JSU's celebration of it's SWAC title at the Mississippi State Capitol.

This article originally appeared on Mississippi Clarion Ledger: Deion Sanders had two toes amputated during hospital stay last fall