Former Wisconsin and Denver Broncos running back Montee Ball says he drank heavily throughout his college and NFL careers and through counseling has accepted he is an alcoholic.
Now sober, Ball is enrolled at Wisconsin for summer classes. He told the Sporting News that his heavy drinking began in 2011, his junior season for the Badgers, and throughout his brief NFL career when he would get drunk four times a week.
He said he regrets not taking advice given to him in the NFL seriously.
"I wouldn't take any of it seriously," Ball told the Sporting News.