Saivion Smith does not remember what he was trying to say, only that he was trying to say something and nothing was coming out of his mouth.
Smith, on the Detroit Lions' practice squad injured list, said he suffered about 20 seconds of temporary paralysis when he was carted off the field in the first quarter of a loss to the New England Patriots earlier this month.
The injury, he said, was "the scariest thing of my life."
"I couldn’t even think about, you feel me, nothing except for like, 'Damn, am I ever going to be able to play again and can I walk again and talk again?