Colts and LB Darius Leonard agree to 5 year contract extension

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Originally Posted by YDFL Commish

If Darius ever had a concussion I don't remember it. He surely couldn't have had more than one concussion?

He had a pretty severe concussion in his second year with the Colts. He was out 3 weeks because he couldn't clear the concussion protocols. At that time, he indicated in interviews that he previously had concussions from playing football.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...er-concussion/

Via Jim Ayello of the Indianapolis Star, Leonard said he grew concerned when his “severe” concussion symptoms lingered into a third week, and his first thoughts were not about football.

“The first week, I wasn’t thinking about wife and kids, that stuff,” Leonard said. “I was like OK, ‘I’ve had a concussion before. I’ll get over it.’ Second week, I was like, ‘Ahhh, you know, it’s all right.’ The third week, that’s when I really started thinking, ‘Wait a minute. I got a wife and kid. I’ve had a headache for three weeks now.

“Will I ever be the same? I mean you have those thoughts in the back of your head.”

The headaches stopped last week, but he admitted it was frustrating that brain injuries don’t have a timetable, the way a broken arm or a sprained ankle might. He was also away from his teammates, as he wasn’t able to be at the facility because his symptoms returned when he went outside.