GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers rookie tight end Luke Musgrave caught a pass, got tackled and landed on the ball during a victory over the Los Angeles Chargers last month.
In the moment, Musgrave ignored the pain.
“I knew something was probably wrong, but it’s football,” he said on Friday. “You play through pain and then it usually hurts more after the game.”
It hurt after the Nov. 19 game. A lot. With added intensity. And then he went to the bathroom and saw blood in his urine.
“I put the pieces together pretty quickly, kind of knew that was a problem,” he said.