CU Buffs coach Deion Sanders says safety Shilo Sanders could return in 2-3 weeks, RB Dallan Hayden out for Rocky Mountain Showdown

BOULDER — Shilo Sanders could return to the Buffs defense within a month, CU football coach Deion Sanders, the safety’s father, said during his weekly news conference at the Champions Center.

“He has the hand of God on him,” Coach Prime said of his son, who injured his arm in the first quarter of a 28-10 loss at Nebraska this past weekend. “So I would say (he’d be back in) 2-3 weeks.”

The younger Sanders had surgery, his father said via a social media post on Monday. Coach Prime speculated to NBC at halftime that Shilo, who did not play after CU’s first defensive series in Lincoln, had broken his forearm. The coach didn’t elaborate during his postgame news conference.

Sanders said his son had successful surgery on Sunday.

“I believe (he) came through it all right,” the coach said. “He woke up highly medicated and said, ‘I’m going to play this week,’ … (and) said some other things on medication I’ll choose not to share.”

The Buffs safety, a sixth-year senior, has 11 tackles this season.

CU faces CSU in the Rocky Mountain Showdown on Saturday night in Fort Collins, then hosts Baylor (Sept. 21) and visits UCF (Sept. 28). CU has a bye the first weekend of October, but the elder Sanders spoke as if he expected his son to return to the Buffs secondary before that.