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Former NFL Star Billy Price Faces Life-Threatening Surgery

10/4/2025

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In April 2024, former NFL player Billy Price suffered a life-threatening pulmonary embolism requiring emergency surgery.
He retired from the NFL due to risks associated with blood thinners.
Price played 69 NFL games, starting 45, after being drafted 21st overall in 2018.
He helped Ohio State win a national championship and earned the Rimington Trophy.

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Story summary

In April 2024, former NFL player Billy Price suffered a life-threatening pulmonary embolism requiring emergency surgery.
He retired from the NFL due to risks associated with blood thinners.
Price played 69 NFL games, starting 45, after being drafted 21st overall in 2018.
He helped Ohio State win a national championship and earned the Rimington Trophy.