The former Kentucky tight end went through two and a half weeks of highs and lows. His emotional roller coaster finally came to a screeching halt when he learned his football career was not over.
“It was tough for me and my family over the past couple weeks, so when me and my mom headed up to Boston on Monday, just to hear that,” he paused, searching for the right words, “you have no idea. I’m so happy to be out here.”
At the NFL Combine in Indianapolis doctors discovered an undiagnosed problem in his heart. Medically disqualified from the event, his football career was in jeopardy of ending before it even started.