Deion Sanders returned as Jackson State football coach after foot surgery. Here's what we know.

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Deion Sanders had been off the sidelines as Jackson State's football coach for three games after complications from foot surgery. On March 8, news came out that Sanders had two toes amputated.

He returned to the sideline in November, as the Tigers clinched the SWAC East title in a 21-17 victory over Southern University.

The Florida State great discussed his health in a YouTube video that he released on social media.

Here's what we know about Sanders and his injury, as well as his comeback Saturday.

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Sanders, who had surgery on his toes in September, was hospitalized due to complications and ended up missing three games.

The Tigers, who were coached by Gary Harrell in Sanders' absence, won all three games — over Bethune-Cookman, Mississippi Valley State and Texas Southern.

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Sanders was released from the hospital in the middle of November and made the 2½-hour drive over to Baton Rouge, La. and Southern University to see the Tigers play Southern.

He was seen wearing a headset and in a motorized wheelchair on the sidelines. It's not known if Sanders was coaching the Tigers (9-1 overall, 7-0 SWAC) in their 21-17 win.

Deion's son Shedeur Sanders wanted him back on the sideline vs. Southern

Sanders said Nov. 15 that the reason he was on the sidelines vs. Southern was due to a conversation he had with his son Shedeur Sanders, the Tigers' quarterback.

Shedeur threw the game-winning touchdown against Southern, and Sanders' son Shilo clinched the victory with an interception.

After the game, Sanders talked about the long hug he shared with Shedeur.

"That moment, you've got to understand, that moment has culminated because of my condition," Deion Sanders said. "That moment was stimulated because that kid came to the hospital every day to see me and during the last week he said 'Dad, I need you back, I need you back on the sidelines.' So that moment was about that. It was about the years of work we put in, and him hearing my voice and knowing just what to do when he hears me."

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And the coach added the final score was a sign.

"It’s no coincidence, just think about it, we scored 21 points which is a heck of a sign from the Lord to me," Deion Sanders said Monday.

Deion Sanders shared a message about his health and faith on YouTube, social media

On Nov. 12, Sanders released a video discussing his health, but also his faith.

Sanders expressed gratitude to God for getting him through his time in the hospital.

"Lord I thank you, I see you hear me say that and you don’t know where that comes from," Sanders said. "It’s a wheelchair right here and I’m in that chair, nevertheless I say Lord I thank you. I can’t walk on my own and people have to help me get in and out of everything, but I say Lord I thank you. It’s hard to even make it to the bathroom by myself without the assistance of others, but Lord I thank you."

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It was Sanders' first public statement about his health, he had not, to that point, discussed it with the media.

"You have no idea what I've dealt with," Sanders said. "You have no idea what the voices I've heard, you have no idea the pain I felt, you have no idea what I'm going through, and still Lord I thank you. I hear you."

This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: Deion Sanders suffers foot injury, had toes amputated: What we know