Bleacher Report · Jun 23, 2020
Raiders TE Nick O'Leary Plans to Return in 2021 After Heart Surgery
Las Vegas Raiders tight end Nick O'Leary is working toward a return to playing football next season after undergoing heart surgery in mid-May.
According to Tom D'Angelo of the Palm Beach Post, O'Leary's doctors say there is no damage to his heart after an angioplasty to reduce a 100 percent blockage of an artery.
"I feel good," O'Leary said. "I feel better than I did before. I've got to be on blood thinners for six months to a year. That's really the only reason now why I can't play football. If I [got cut], they said that would be the biggest problem...wouldn't be able to stop the bleeding."
This article will be updated to provide more information on this story as it becomes available.
