For the first time since suffering a spine injury that left him paralyzed last year, Ryan Shazier gave his first interview. It came on Roosevelt Nix’s podcast, something he teased more than a week ago but finally posted today. The two talked about Shazier’s rehab and hopeful return to football.
“I gotta get back,” Shazier told Nix of coming back to the NFL.
“I know the end goal. I’m taking it every step of the way. But I’m giving it everything I got.”
Shazier has progressed to what’s being called a “walking routine,” still unable to walk completely unaided but says doctors and therapists have commented that his process has been remarkable.