Former RB Chris Johnson Has ALS | Boomer & Gio
WFAN Daily
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3.8 • 795 Ratings
🗓️ 29 June 2026
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Sad news that Chris Johnson, a former running back for the Tennessee Titans, contracts ALS at the age of 39.
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| 0:00.0 | Unfortunately, though, some news from Adam Schaefter, that is some very sad news, running back Chris Johnson, you know, CJ2K, diagnosed with ALS at the age of 39. |
| 0:17.9 | So just a brutal, brutal diagnosis. |
| 0:22.2 | We all know how terrible that disease is. |
| 0:26.1 | And to be diagnosed, you know, there's very high-profile NFL cases of guys who have told their story. |
| 0:32.8 | Steve Gleason, O.J. Brigants being two two of them and seeing the deterioration of those guys where their |
| 0:40.6 | mind is intact, but obviously their body deteriorates, it's awful. So, yeah, 39 years old for that |
| 0:47.9 | to start to happen. And it's a very also long diagnosis. It takes a while for people to figure |
| 0:52.4 | it out. So I'm sure he's been dealing with something for a while here. |
| 0:55.7 | But, yeah, Adam Schaefter puts out Chris Johnson, former Titans running back is with the Jets, |
| 1:01.3 | ALS diagnosis at the age of 39. |
| 1:03.9 | Man, it's amazing how many players have shown up with this. |
| 1:07.4 | Yeah. |
| 1:08.2 | You've got to wonder about the correlation between playing football and dealing with it and |
| 1:13.7 | dealing with this, right? |
| 1:14.7 | Yeah. |
| 1:15.5 | I mean, I guess it's tough. |
| 1:19.8 | What percentage of NFL players or people who have played football at a high level are getting |
| 1:24.5 | it? |
| 1:24.7 | I don't know. |
| 1:26.4 | I mean, the two guys that I mentioned were the two most high profile ones. |
| 1:31.2 | And I know Steve Gleason had a documentary done about his life and when he started getting it and all of that. |
| 1:38.2 | But there was that actor just recently, Eric Dane, who was in a bunch of different stuff, even, I think it was even in |
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