Former NY Jet Wesley Walker
Remember Wesley Walker? Sure you do. How can anyone here in New York forget the way the former Jets receiver used to make sprinting past defenders look so easy, so effortless.
These days Walker is 53 years old, nearly 20 years removed from his last game in the NFL. And effortless would be the last word his family and friends would use to describe his daily quality of life.
Like so many retired football players, Walker said he is paying a steep price for all those hits he took during his career, which lasted 13 years until 1989. But what makes Walker different from many former football players, however, is that he said he doesn’t specifically know what’s wrong with him. Or how to fix it.
According to Walker, he is in pain, constant pain that stays with him every waking hour. So much so that if he’s not at his job as an elementary school gym teacher in Kings Park, he said he often prefers to be at his Dix Hills home, in his bed, under his electric blanket, watching a movie. READ MORE
