Buffaloes running back Charlie Offerdahl announced in a video posted on Sanders's Instagram that he was leaving the the team and stepping away from football due to a serious concussion he sustained. He rushed for 119 yards and one touchdown in 13 games in his junior campaign last season.

Outside of Jackson State's pandemic-shortened spring season in 2021, Sanders has never coached college football without his sons -- Shedeur and Shilo -- on his roster. Shedeur was drafted in the fifth round by the Cleveland Browns, while Shilo signed a free agent contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Colorado football coach Deion Sanders revealed July 28 that he was diagnosed with bladder cancer and had his bladder removed