Ex-NFL Star Jamal Lewis Warns Tua, Head Injuries ‘Can Haunt You For Rest Of Your Life’

Ex-NFL star Jamal Lewis says Tua Tagovailoa must be very, very cautious together with his well being going ahead after struggling a concussion final week … telling TMZ Sports activities results from comparable head accidents that he is skilled prior to now have lingered “for years.”

“This can be a silent creeper,” Lewis mentioned of post-concussion signs, “that may hang-out you for the remainder of your life slowly.”

Lewis, sadly, is aware of all about head trauma — the previous Baltimore Ravens working again sustained a number of concussions in his profession … together with one in 2009 that he says was a horrifying expertise.

The ex-tailback says he was knocked out throughout a sport, and did not really feel fairly proper following the hit for months. At one level whereas attempting to recuperate, he says he “wakened probably not recognizing myself.”

The 43-year-old — one in all solely eight folks to ever rush for greater than 2,000 yards in an NFL season — is now telling Tagovailoa to make use of him as a cautionary story … and actually deal with his head earlier than returning to the sphere.

“You gotta be extra good and perceive that you just might need a household,” Lewis mentioned, “that you’ve different folks which are extra necessary than this sport.”

Tagovailoa appeared to undergo a head harm initially towards the Buffalo Payments on Sept. 25.

After telling docs it was his again, not his head, that bothered him, he was allowed to return to the sport after which play once more 4 days later towards the Cincinnati Bengals.

In that sport, he was slung to the bottom and knocked out for a number of moments. He was rushed to the hospital, and has since been away from the Dolphins recovering.