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Coach Prime is now Grandpa Prime after Deion Sanders’ daughter gave birth to his first grandchild on Friday, the same day Sanders was born 57 years ago.
Sanders, Colorado’s head coach, announced the news on his own birthday Friday at a preseason press conference in Boulder. His daughter Deiondra gave birth to the baby boy after recently becoming engaged to the baby’s father, R&B singer Jacquees.
“That’s how good God is. God chose me on my birthday so that my daughter, my children, will have their first child when I become a grandfather for the first time, on my birthday,” said Deion Sanders, also known as Coach Prime. “Do you understand how beautiful that is? What a blessing that is?”
Deiondra Sanders is the eldest of five children of Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders. Deiondra Sanders did not immediately announce the news on social media on Friday. But her brothers on the Colorado football team also talked about it.
“We’re uncles, yes,” said Shedeur Sanders, Colorado’s quarterback. “It’s really exciting. My sister, I just got the text that she had a baby.”
Colorado safety Shilo Sanders said he had seen the newborn earlier on a call.
“He’s nice,” Shilo Sanders said. “He’s healthy. I saw him on FaceTime. I’m proud of him.”
Deiondra Sanders announced her pregnancy in March, calling it a “miracle” and pointing out that it came with health risks as she had undergone several myomectomies to remove benign fibroids in her uterus. She said at the time that she currently had seven fibroids and had been warned that the pregnancy was high-risk.
But she overcame the inconveniences that came with it and gave birth to a child, marking another eventful moment for the Sanders family. Deiondra is the daughter of Deion Sanders’ first wife, Carolyn Chambers, with whom she had two children before their divorce in 1997. This includes his second eldest child, Deion Sanders Jr., a former football player at SMU who now documents his father’s football program for his Well Off Media channel on YouTube.
Deion Sanders married actress Pilar Biggers in 1999 and had three children: sons Shilo and Shedeur and daughter Shelomi. The couple later divorced.
Shilo and Shedeur are entering their final season of college football, playing for their father in Boulder. Shelomi Sanders, the youngest of the five, recently transferred from Colorado to play basketball at Alabama A&M.
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