Jackson State head football coach Deion Sanders missed multiple games last season for what was until now, an undisclosed health issue. On Tuesday, the issue came to light: two toes from his left foot had been amputated.

Sanders’ big toe and second toe were lost as a result of blood clots that followed a previous operation for a dislocated toe and nerve issue earlier in the fall. And it could’ve been worse. Doctors originally feared they’d need to amputate Prime Time’s left leg.

“They were talking about the amputation of toes. Then they were talking about the amputation of my leg from the knee down,” Sanders told the Associated Press.