Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt suffered a previously undisclosed staph infection during the 2015 season that could have resulted in the amputation of his leg.
Watt, who was limited to three games this season due to a back injury, wrote about the harrowing situation in a Players Tribune article published Tuesday.
“One Friday night last season, I noticed some weird bumps on my knee,” Watt wrote. “I thought it was a rash, so I went and asked our trainer if he had any cream. He looked at my knee and said, ‘That looks really bad.