received upon turning 57 years old on Friday. Speaking to reporters during a press conference, the head coach quipped that his five children likely didn’t get him anything for his birthday. But Buffaloes safety Shilo Sanders pointed out that his daughter, Deiondra Sanders, gave birth to a boy - prompting a touching response from Deion.
“That’s how good God is,” he said. “God would choose me on my birthday, for my daughter, of my kids, to have their first child, the first time I’m a grandfather, on my birthday. “Do you understand how beautiful that is? How much of a blessing that is?” he asked those in attendance, before later adding: “God bless you, Deiondra.
I love you, baby girl.” Deion’s two sons soon after replaced him in front of the microphone to share their thoughts on becoming uncles. "It's real exciting.
My sister, I just got the text," Colorado quarterback said before his older brother, Deion Sanders Jr., interjected that Deiondra didn’t want her brothers to divulge the news. "Oh, well, I don't know what you're talking about," he hilariously replied in an attempt to walk back his previous statement.
Shilo didn’t heed his brother’s warning, adding of his new nephew: "He's nice. He's healthy. I've seen him on FaceTime.
So, I'm proud of her." The heartwarming moment between the Sanders family was a refreshing change in what was otherwise an incredibly tense press conference. Several minutes earlier, Deion took aim at several reporters sittin.