Osi Umenyiora on spending 5 days in a coma and his new life perspective + his work with NFL International Pathway Program
NFL: Good Morning Football
iHeartPodcasts and NFL
4.3 • 655 Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
On the latest NFL Players: Second Acts podcast, Peanut and Roman are joined by Super Bowl champion and international NFL ambassador Osi Umenyiora Harper for a powerful, wide‑ranging conversation about survival, gratitude, and the global rise of the NFL. Osi opens up about the medical emergency that put him in a coma for five days, and the clarity he gained on the other side. The guys dive into Osi’s groundbreaking work with the NFL International Player Pathway (IPP) program, his mission to expand the game across Africa and Europe, and the ripple effect of the NFL’s international games. It’s a vulnerable, inspiring, and global‑minded episode with one of the most influential voices in football today.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human. I was literally on TV, on air, during my broadcast, and I just, I'm feeling really, really sick. I was like, what's going on? And so I got off, went home, and by the time I got home, I was just delirious. I was in complete shock. I didn't know what was throwing up everywhere. It was really bad. Got rushed to the hospital. |
| 0:21.8 | In the hospital, you know, they ran their test and then they were like, okay, we're going to have this emergency surgery. Open me up and that's when they found what was going on. And then at that point, I just blacked out. So I was in a coma for, I think it was like five days. I was in a coma, and went through a lot of tough situations. |
| 0:38.5 | They had to resuscitate me and everything, man. |
| 0:40.3 | So it was a five days. I was in a coma and went through a lot of tough situations. |
| 0:38.4 | They had to resuscitate me and everything, man. |
| 0:40.2 | So it was a really tough situation. |
| 0:48.2 | What's up, everybody? |
| 0:49.4 | I'm Peanut Tillman, and this is the NFL player's second act podcast. |
| 0:54.0 | And with me me as always my |
| 0:55.4 | Chercicoe host Roman Harper. What's up, baby? What's up, man? You put the coat back on? I did put the... They don't have to know that. But thank you. Yes, I did. I got cold a little bit last episode. Oh, my God. And I'm just here. I'm super excited about our next guest. I've watched this young man since college. |
| 1:13.4 | Not a lot of people can say that. I'm just here. I'm super excited about our next guest. I've watched this young man since college. |
| 1:13.4 | Not a lot of people can say that, but I watched him in college because he was my brother's teammate. |
| 1:19.3 | So at Troy, Troy State at the time, now Troy University. Go ahead, Peanut. |
| 1:24.2 | He's an all-pro pass rusher for 12 seasons. He's a two-time Super Bowlye. He's an all-pro past, blah, all-pro pass rusher for 12 seasons. |
| 1:29.1 | He's a two-time Super Bowl champion. |
| 1:31.3 | He's an NFL analyst in the United Kingdom, and he is an ambassador for NFL Africa program. |
| 1:38.1 | Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the pod. |
| 1:39.8 | OZ. Humane Yorah! |
| 1:49.5 | Appreciate that, right? Had to get that in there one thing you didn't mention was I used to be a sole NFL force fumble single season record holder and then |
| 1:55.2 | you know there's a guy somewhere around here I'm not going to say any names who kind of |
| 2:00.1 | snuck up on me, man. |
| 2:01.6 | Tied the record. |
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