3 months after going into cardiac arrest during a prime-time game, Damar Hamlin has made a decision about his future
Has Damar Hamlin’s NFL career come to an end? Not if he has anything to say about it.
The Buffalo Bills safety announced Tuesday that he plans to make an NFL comeback just hours after his team said he’d been cleared to play.
“I’ve been beating statistics my whole life, so I like my chances here,” Hamlin said during his press conference at a Bills facility in Orchard Park, New York, according to NFL.com.
Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin speaks to reporters at the NFL football team’s facility in Orchard Park, N.Y., Tuesday, April 18, 2023, saying he plans to resume his football career after being cleared to play more than four months after going into cardiac arrest and needing to be resuscitated on the field during a game at Cincinnati.
John Wawrow, Associated Press
Before Tuesday, the future of Hamlin’s NFL career had been in question, as the 25-year-old continued to recover from the major medical emergency he experienced during a Jan. 2 prime-time game.
Hamlin collapsed and went into cardiac arrest on the field after being involved in a tackle and ultimately spent several days in the hospital regaining strength.
