Undrafted rookie wide receiver retires from football following concussion
Rookie wide receiver Adrian Coxson, who was taken off the Green Bay Packers’ practice field in an ambulance with a head injury on Aug. 1, announced on Monday that he is retiring from football.
Coxson suffered the injury on the third day of training camp. He had extreme dizziness, and his injury was later diagnosed as a Grade 3 concussion.
“I’m retiring because I’m still having symptoms and my health is more important to me than the game of football,” Coxson told the National Football Post. “It’s been recommended to me by two neurologists and two doctors to retire from football. The next hit to my head could possibly kill me or be life damaging. This last one could be life damaging. It has taken a great toll on me. This concussion was a bad one. A Grade 3 concussion is real serious.”
The Packers released Coxson on Aug. 17.
