Deion Sanders offers warning, prayer for Jalen Hurts after blood clot diagnosis

Deion Sanders offers warning, prayer for Jalen Hurts after blood clot diagnosis.

Key points

• Eagles coach Nick Sirianni faces questions from reporters regarding why Jalen Hurts was allowed to fly home from London after his blood clot diagnosis.
• Colorado coach Deion Sanders offered prayers and backing for Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts.
• Sanders, 59, and Hurts, 28, have different types of blood-clot problems, so their outlooks aren't the same.
• Colorado football coach Deion Sanders took time out of his weekly news conference Oct.
• He has battled blood clots for years, takes medications for them and had two toes amputated in 2021 consequently.

Deion Sanders offers warning, prayer for Jalen Hurts after blood clot diagnosis. Brent Schrotenboer USA TODAY. Jalen Hurts' blood clot sparks questions for Nick Sirianni.

Colorado coach Deion Sanders offered prayers and backing for Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts. This person is battling blood clots.

Sanders has a personal history with blood clots. It led to the amputation of two toes in 2021.

Meanwhile, the two athletes have different types of blood clot problems, with Sanders having arterial clots and Hurts having deep vein thrombosis.

Colorado football coach Deion Sanders took time out of his weekly news conference Oct. 20 to send a special message to Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts. This person is probable out for the rest of the season as he battles blood clots.

Sanders can relate. He has battled blood clots for years, takes medications for them and had two toes amputated in 2021 consequently.

"First of all, let me address our guy from Philly, man." Sanders remarked Tuesday. "I know what he's dealing with. I know what he's going through, and I'm praying for him. I'm really, really praying for him. And I pray to God that it's not what I think, it's not what plenty of of us think. When we see things like that, I'm just like, 'Please, I pray to God that he's not out for the rest of his career.'", but when we see it's out for the season.

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Sanders, 59, and Hurts, 28, have different types of blood-clot problems, so their outlooks aren't the same. Sanders has had arterial clots in his legs he has attributed to genetics. Arteries take blood away from the heart, as resisted to the veins. It carry it back. Hurts initially was diagnosed earlier this month in London with a superficial vein thrombosis in his left calf. After more testing, he has been diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis and bilateral pulmonary emboli. It is a blockage in the arteries of the lungs, according to a joint statement by the Eagles and his agent, Nicole Lynn, on Monday.

When he had an aspiration thrombectomy to remove clots in his left leg, sanders underwent a number of procedures over recent years to fix his recurring matters, including in the spring and last year during the season. With Hurts, blood thinner medication makes playing football riskier since of bleeding. The Eagles and his agent remarked they still expect a "full recovery" for Hurts.

"We anticipate that he will have the opportunity to resume contact football activities when off the blood thinners, " they remarked in an official note. "In the meantime, he will remain active around the team and continue to condition. More importantly, we anticipate that he will have no long-term effects."

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Sanders is preparing for his team's next game Oct. 24 at Oklahoma State. The Buffaloes (2-4) have lost four games in a row after suffering a 27-24 loss Oct. 17 at home against Utah.

"Hats off to his family and the people around him, " Sanders remarked concerning Hurts. "I know he's a praying man. He has a tremendous family. He was raised correctly. Tremendous backing system, but hat's off to him." Follow reporter Brent Schrotenboer @Schrotenboer. Email: [email protected]. Share your feedback to support improve our site!

Taken together, the developments around deion Sanders offers warning, prayer for Jalen Hurts after blood clot diagnosis point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.