Darren Waller reveals near-death experience from last season in Giants retirement video
NY Post
Darren Waller revealed Sunday that he experienced an unspecified emergency medical event during last Giants’ season that left him concerned he might be dying.
In announcing his retirement on a YouTube video, Waller shared that he was hospitalized early last November after calling paramedics to his North Jersey apartment when he had trouble breathing.
Waller is a drug and alcohol addict who got sober after an overdose in 2017 and became an advocate for mental health.
“It was a very scary situation,” Waller said. “I ended up going to the hospital for 3 ½ days. Couldn’t stand up and … use the bathroom or feed myself. It was an experience that would sober somebody up and make them think, at least.
“I say all that because … I go back into my daily life, and it’s pretty clear I almost just lost my life. And I don’t know if I really feel like I would’ve felt great about how my life was going if I died at the time.”
Waller came back from a one-year suspension from the NFL in 2017 to become a Pro Bowl tight end for the Raiders.
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