NFL legend Marshall Faulk has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. The Southern football coach shared his diagnosis on the “Caring Neurologist” podcast this week, per The Advocate’s Toyloy Brown.
The 53-year-old Faulk is a former Super Bowl champion running back who is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. As a member of the then-St. Louis Rams, Faulk was the NFL’s MVP in 2000.
Faulk said he’s doing well physically and mentally and has been navigating the disease for roughly 18 months. He realized there was a problem when he was playing golf.
“The rigidity in my hand, just sometimes after I play a lot or I practice a lot,” Faulk said via The Advocate. “I just thought it was, you know, normal nerves when putting and stuff like that.”
Faulk considers himself grateful to have it detected early and is thankful it can be managed through treatment.
“The little tremors that I get, you know, they are what they are,” Faulk said. “I just pay attention to my gait, you know, while I walk, when I’m working out, my ability to balance. It’s still where it is.”
Faulk was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2011 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2017.
