Ahman Green has revealed that he was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson’s disease, sharing the news in a conversation with Tyler Dunne on the Go Long podcast.
“Last year, I got diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson’s,” Green said. He described noticing “a little bit of the feet twitching when I’m in my sleep and stuff like that,” and added, “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 said he held off on making the diagnosis public because he wanted his family to hear it first. “I didn’t share it for a long time because I wanted to let my kids know, my family,” Green continued. “… I let them all know first before I told friends, family, somebody like yourself.”
The news drew an immediate wave of support from around the football world. Green’s announcement also came weeks after Chris Johnson publicly revealed an ALS diagnosis.
A Packers legend, Green played 12 seasons in the NFL from 1998 to 2009 and spent eight of those years in Green Bay. He finished with 9,205 career rushing yards, including 8,322 with the Packers, making him the franchise’s all-time leading rusher. He was a 4-time Pro Bowler and a 2-time college national champion.
Green also told Dunne that 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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