Former New York Giants backup quarterback Jared Lorenzen, 38, is in the ICU of an undisclosed hospital battling infection and suffering from kidney and heart ailments as per a release on Twitter from Matt Jones of Kentucky Sports Radio.
Jared Lorenzen’s family has asked me to share this update on his condition
Prayers for my good friend pic.twitter.com/lOmFGiPeAm
— Matt Jones (@KySportsRadio) June 30, 2019
Lorenzen was not your prototypical quarterback, standing 6-foot-4 and weighing 285 pounds. At the University of Kentucky, he led the SEC in passing yards in 2000 and finished his career as UK’s all-time leader in passing yards.