Super Bowl champ reveals scary health battle that left in coma for 5 days

Osi Umenyiora, a erstwhile New York Giants prima and two-time Super Bowl champion, revealed a harrowing wellness conflict that near him successful a coma for respective days.

Umenyiora returned to "The Breakdown" connected the NFL UK & Ireland YouTube and said helium went "through immoderate existent adversity."

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Osi Umenyiora enters the tract during the NFL London Games Ring of Honour ceremonial astatine Tottenham Hotspur Stadium connected Oct. 6, 2024. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)

"I was successful the infirmary for astir a month," helium said. "I was successful a coma for 5 days, had immoderate extended surgery. I was successful a really, truly atrocious place. And I find retired close past and determination who really loved maine due to the fact that determination were immoderate radical who showed up each azygous day. There were immoderate radical who came to spot maine erstwhile I was successful a coma. There were immoderate radical who traveled from each crossed the satellite to travel spot maine erstwhile I was astatine my lowest points."

Umenyiora said his co-host Jason Bell was with him done the full process. He said helium "could consciousness the love" from Bell.

"This antheral close present was by my side," helium said of Bell. "I retrieve erstwhile I got up and I saw him for the archetypal time, I conscionable started crying due to the fact that I could consciousness the love.

Osi Umenyiora chases backmost Aaron Rodgers successful the archetypal fractional connected Nov. 25, 2012. (CHRIS PEDOTA/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

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"So don’t you ever mistake what we got going connected up present for thing that’s not existent due to the fact that this is real, and I emotion you, J-Bell. I really, truly admit everything you did. They told maine that erstwhile I heard your voice, my bosom complaint started to spike, which was perfectly incredible."

Umenyiora didn’t delve into the specifics of his wellness issue.

The erstwhile NFL antiaircraft extremity played 11 years successful the NFL betwixt the Giants and the Atlanta Falcons. He was a two-time Pro Bowler and was connected the Giants’ teams that stunned the New England Patriots successful Super Bowl XLII and Super Bowl XLVI.

New York Giants antiaircraft extremity Osi Umenyiora (72) hits New England Patriots backmost Tom Brady (12) connected the last thrust of Super Bowl XLVI astatine Lucas Oil Stadium connected Feb. 5, 2012. (TYSON TRISH/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Image)

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He had 85 sacks successful 161 vocation games.

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