Mississippi State Bulldogs defensive end Montez Sweat reportedly may havebeen misdiagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a disease related to abnormal thickness of the heart wall, ahead of the 2019 NFL draft.
NFL Network's Ian Rapoport provided the update Thursday and explained why the situation could be less severe than believed during the NFL Scouting Combine:
Ian RapoportFrom our NFL pre-draft coverage: #MSU pass-rusher Montez Sweat may have been misdiagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Two sources say the thickness of Sweat's heart wall is actually 1.5 cms, not nearly 2.0. I explain below why the risk could be much lower.