Former Packers star Ahman Green has revealed that he was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson’s disease, sharing the news in a conversation on Tyler Dunne’s Go Long podcast.
“Last year, I got diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson’s,” Green told Tyler Dunne on his Go Long podcast (h/t Jason Owens of Yahoo Sports). He said he first noticed something was off when “I had a little bit of the feet twitching when I’m in my sleep and stuff like that.
I knew something was going on long before that. I just got a hold of some doctors that I was able to get in contact with.
Get the diagnostics, get the testing. And finally got it tested last-it was January of 2025.”
Green also explained why he waited to speak publicly about the diagnosis. “I didn’t share it for a long time because I wanted to let my kids know, my family,” Ahman Green continued. “… I let them all know first before I told friends, family, somebody like yourself.”
The response online was immediate, with supporters flooding social media after the update. Green’s news arrived weeks after Chris Johnson’s public revelation of an ALS diagnosis, adding to the wave of emotional reactions around former NFL stars facing serious health battles.
Green built his legacy over 12 NFL seasons from 1998 to 2009, including eight years in Green Bay. He finished with 9,205 career rushing yards, and 8,322 of them came with the Packers. He remains the franchise’s all-time leading rusher, and his résumé also includes four Pro Bowl selections and two college national championships.
Green said he is “focused on healthy living, including working out and nutrition in addition to taking medication to combat the symptoms of the disease.”
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