Ex-NFL star Mike Williams ‘is still ALIVE and remains on life support in hospital’ despite reports he had died in freak construction accident at age of 36… and his family is ‘weighing up options’
- It was reported on Tuesday night that Mike Williams had died in a freak accident
- His family say he is still alive and remains on life support in a Tampa hospital
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Former NFL star Mike Williams ‘is still alive and remains on life support in hospital’ following a freak accident on a construction site – despite local media reports that he had died on Tuesday night.
News spread quickly of the 36-year-old’s tragic passing after being reported by local media in Buffalo, but it now appears that was premature and the ex-wide receiver is still fighting for his life in hospital in Tampa, Florida.
The mother of his eight-year-old daughter, Tierney Lyle, spoke to reporters outside St Joseph’s Hospital after visiting him on Wednesday, according to a report in the Tampa Bay Times.
She said: ‘They were waiting on me and (his daughter). We’re here and still trying to figure it out.
‘He was asleep when we went in there and he woke up when he heard our voices and his daughter’s voice. And he looked around, and he blinked and he was crying but he can’t move.’
Former NFL wide receiver Mike Williams is reportedly still fighting for his life in hospital
Williams, pictured during the 2014 Hall of Fame Game, was claimed to have died after an accident while working on a construction site – but his family says he is still on life support
Williams earned a total of $11.8m during his five-year NFL career, before calling it a day in 2016
Lyle confirmed that Williams was injured in a construction accident in Hillsborough County last week, and revealed that the plan is to remove him from his life support, but that hasn’t yet happened.
Further details of the accident were revealed on a GoFundMe page, purportedly set up by Williams’ father, Wendell Muhammed.
The page – which was created in a bid to help Williams’ father travel to the hospital in Tampa Bay – claims that a steel beam fell on his head, causing a massive head injury.
Williams’ father went on to explain that the ex-NFL star suffered swelling on his brain and spinal cord, as well as complete paralysis in his right arm and below the waist.
Williams shakes hands with Bills owner Terry Pegula (right) before a game vs the Vikings
Williams makes a catch at Soldier Field while playing against the Bears in September 2014
Before his pro football career, Williams was a star of the college game with Syracuse, where he played for three seasons.
In his NFL career, he made 223 receptions, scoring 26 touchdowns with 3,089 receiving yards.
He earned a total of $11,848,250 during his time in the NFL, predominantly with the Bucs, who drafted him in the fourth round in 2010 and handed him a four-year contract.
The Syracuse college star, who played for the Kansas City Chiefs, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Buffalo Bills across five years in the NFL, called time on his football career in 2016.
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