Being injured takes a toll on an athlete’s mental health.
And the higher the level, the higher the stakes. Which often means greater the toll.
K.J. Hamler ain’t gonna lie to you.
It’s tough.
“I was in a dark spot for a while going through that,” he said about his ACL tear early last season against the Jets. “Then I lost my grandmother two months after that. She was my best friend and I had to put her to rest. That was probably the toughest thing for me.”