Deion Sanders Goes Viral For Talk With Former NBA Star’s Son

The Colorado Buffaloes have been the talk of CFB since the arrival of head coach and NFL Hall Of Famer Deion Sanders. Under the microscope, the Buffaloes worked their way to the bottom of the Pac-12 standings and ending their season on a six-game losing streak. In the era of the transfer portal, it is likely much of the Colorado Buffaloes on the field product will consist of many new names and faces.

The new faces will also include new recruits including notable freshman, Nahmier Robinson. The 5’9 170 redshirt freshman by the nickname ‘Too Fast’ played in his first collegiate game in the last game of the 2023 season for the Buffaloes against Utah. Nahmier Robinson is the son of three-time NBA Dunk Contest champion and retired NBA player Nate Robinson.

Scary News For Colorado Buffaloes Redshirt Freshman

Nate Robinson revealed in 2022 that he had been battling renal kidney failure for over four years, in the process of undergoing treatment he revealed many of the hardships that now affect his day-to-day life.

“Some people’s body reject dialysis. And thank God that mine accepts it and I can live… if I didn’t go to dialysis, I wouldn’t live probably longer than a week or two. So it’s serious, can’t miss a day. I go in for four hours, three days a week, four hours a day. And they clean my blood to get my toxins out. And they help me out a lot because that’s how I’m living.”

Robinson was told in 2006 that he must check his blood pressure before every NBA game because of a risk of kidney failure.

“They used to tell me that we’re going to have to check your blood pressure and if your blood pressure is too high, you can’t play in the game. I used to tell them, ‘Don’t check my blood pressure because I am playing regardless of what you say,” said Robinson. “I thought I was young and invincible. I didn’t know it was going to catch up to me.”

Nate Robinson recently revealed to Daily Mail that he does not have very long left living under his current regimen. Robinson is in pursuit of a new kidney, but in the event he can not find a donor, it is unlikely he will live much longer.

“I know that I don’t have long if I can’t get a kidney,” Robinson said. “I know I’m not going to have long to live. So I just want to make the best of it as much as I can.”

Deion Sanders Checks In With Nahmier Robinson At Colorado Practice

The role of a coach in pre-pro football is a crucial one in a player’s life. The role of a college coach is not only to share knowledge about football but about life in general. Many player/coach relationships can be related to a parental one. Deion Sanders is a head coach who talks and demonstrates this unique relationship in many ways, even as the actual father and coach of Shadeur and Shilo Sanders.

After the release of the news regarding Buffaloes player Nahmier Robinson’s father being at a crucial point of his kidney failure, footage emerged of this very unique relationship coming into play between a college coach (Deion Sanders) and his student (Nahmier Robinson).

Heartwarming: Colorado coach Deion Sanders made sure to call over CB Nahmier Robinson and check in and see how he’s doing.

Nahmier’s father, #NBA legend Nate is currently going through a serious medical situation and it’s a very scary time for the family pic.twitter.com/Mw1C7BnXT0

— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) April 17, 2024

The question asked by Deion Sanders is a clearly genuine one, as his player faces the scary reality that he may lose a parent, he is reminded that he is not alone. The football world offers it’s support to Nate and Nahmier Robinson at this scary time.

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