Adrian Coxson Comments on Career-Ending Concussion, Lack of Help from NFL

March 2, 2016   ·   Timothy Rapp   ·   Jump to comments

Former Green Bay Packers wide receiver Adrian Coxson, whose career was ended by a devastating concussion at the age of 23, claimed that he wasn't receiving any assistance from the NFL on Wednesday:
Coxson was an undrafted free agent out of Stony Brook and suffered the concussion just three days into training camp in August 2015. He suffered a Grade 3 concussion and didn't feel the effects until two days later, per a November 2015 report in The Players' Tribune.  
He was told another hit could potentially kill him, and he decided to retire from the NFL.
Coxson's claim certainly reflects poorly on the NFL, if it is true, especially after commissioner Roger Goodell said in early February the culture surrounding head trauma in the NFL was changing on Good Morning America (via Seth Walder of the New York Daily News):
The number of concussions went up this year. And they’re going to go up, and they’re going to go down in any given season. But screenings w...

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