Six months after he was briefly left unable to speak or move on the football field, Saivion Smith has re-signed with the Detroit Lions.
Smith suffered a scary injury in an October loss to the New England Patriots, when he collapsed to the ground after trying to jam Patriots tight end Hunter Henry early in the first quarter of his first start with the Lions.
Smith suffered about 20 seconds of temporary paralysis and was taken off the field by ambulance. He underwent neck fusion surgery in November and called the incident "the scariest thing of my life.