BOWLING GREEN — On every trip JaJuan Hudson made to a neurosurgeon, his mother, Shemeika, knew what was coming.
The visits were periodic check-ins to monitor his condition, Chiari malformation, a structural defect in which brain tissue extends past the opening of the base of the skull.
Surgery can be necessary depending on severity, but for JaJuan, it mostly meant one thing: No contact sports.
“He would always ask them the same question: ‘When can I play football?’” Shemeika Hudson said. “I told him, ‘Please stop asking the doctor about you playing football, because they already told you that you’re not playing.