BOULDER, Colo. -- Colorado defensive lineman Nikhil Webb Walker announced to the team this week he has been diagnosed with lymphoma and will undergo chemotherapy.
Walker delivered the news to the Buffaloes during a team meeting that was filmed by "Well Off Media," which chronicles the program, and posted Friday.
Walker, a sophomore from Jamaica, explained he discovered a bump on his chest one morning and waited a week or so to see if it would go away. He went to the trainers and a subsequent biopsy revealed the diagnosis. He said in the video that doctors told him it was "very treatable.