J.J. Watt had quite the close call last season: the Texans star divulged in a Players’ Tribune piece that he nearly lost his leg to a staph infection.
Watt, who is currently out for the season and has battled all sorts of injuries over the past couple years, said the infection was the scariest health problem he’s faced.
“One Friday night last season, I noticed some weird bumps on my knee,” Watt wrote. “I thought it was a rash, so I went and asked our trainer if he had any cream. He looked at my knee and said, ‘That looks really bad.