Sad news for New York Giants running back David Wilson as doctors had advised him to stop playing football or risk his health further due to his neck injury.
Wilson has played in the NFL for two seasons and it might seem such a short time for a great athlete, but that's all the time he was given to show off his skills.
Wilson underwent fusion surgery to repair vertebrae and a herniated disk in his neck last January. He returned for practice together with the other Giants player to prepare themselves for the opening season. It was last Tuesday's practice that he caught a pass and ran with his head down into the back of an offensive lineman. The contact caused numbness in Wilson's hands and lower body.
It was during last season that the 23-year-old running back was diagnosed with spinal stenosis, a narrowing of the spinal cord. Because of this, he missed 11 games during the said season.
According to Wilson in a statement release by the Giants "''I don't want anybody to feel sorry for me, or pity me. ''I lived my dream. A lot of people only get to dream their dream. I lived that dream. Now I have a chance to dream another dream and live that, too."
Although Wilson's injury didn't require additional surgery or therapy, he met up with Dr. Russell Warren, the team's physician, and Dr. Frank Cammisa, the chief of spine service at New York's Hospital for Special Surgery and was the advised to quick playing.
Because of this, returned to the Giants' training facility and met with team President John Mara, general manager Jerry Reese and coach Tom Coughlin to inform them of the devastating news.
According to Coughlin "''We had pretty much braced ourselves for not good news, although trying to be optimistic and not trying to go ahead and make some kind of a statement prior to getting that information. ''We were certainly excited thinking that everything was going to be OK with David. But in the back of your mind: How are you going to be affected as a team? It would be irresponsible not to give some thought to that."
Now, the Giants will have to move ahead without having Wilson around.
