Seahawks cornerback Kalan Reed may be forced to retire after suffering a serious neck injury, agent Harold Lewis tells NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport (on Twitter). The Seahawks already placed Reed on injured reserve, but it sounds like this will be a career-ender as well.
Reed went down in the Seahawks’ preseason game against the Vikings earlier this month and injured his third and fourth vertebrae in the process. Doctors have since advised him that attempting to play again would put him in serious jeopardy, especially since he experienced numbness afterwards.
Reed entered the league in 2016 as a seventh-round pick of the Titans. He appeared in seven games over two seasons in Tennessee before hooking on with Seattle’s practice squad last year. Last year, he earned a promotion to the varsity squad, but did not see the field. This year, he was hoping to make the 53-man cut, but he’ll have to focus on other endeavors from here on out.
We wish Reed the best in his recovery.
him being a low pick and he was trying to make the 53 man I don’t see him as one to push the issue . he’s not getting paid enough for him to risk it . hopefully he will find his calling else where and beable to move on from playing.
Wishing him a full recovery. I’m sure that $720k salary while on IR will help him kick start whatever he pursues next.
Silver Lining
Or are they going to release him on injury designation?