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 results from comparable head accidents that he is skilled up to now have lingered “for years.”

“This is a silent creeper,” Lewis stated of post-concussion signs, “that can haunt you for the rest of your life slowly.”

Lewis, sadly, is aware of all about head trauma — the previous Baltimore Ravens operating 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 “woke up not really recognizing myself.”

The 43-year-old — one in every of 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 more smart and understand that you might have a family,” Lewis stated, “that you have other people that are more important than this game.”

Tagovailoa appeared to undergo a head harm initially towards the Buffalo Bills 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.