Former Clemson wide receiver Dwight Clark has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, better know as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Clark, who went on to play nine NFL seasons with the San Francisco 49ers, announced the diagnosis in a statement Sunday night.
“In September of 2015, I started feeling weakness in my left hand,” Clark said. “I was mildly paying attention to it because since my playing days, I’ve constantly had pain in my neck. I was thinking it was related to some kind of nerve damage because it would just come and go.
“After months of tests and treatment, I got some bad news.