Minnesota Vikings linebacker Cameron Smith will be forced to miss the 2020 season after learning he needs open-heart surgery to address a problem exposed through a COVID-19 test.
Smith revealed Saturday he learned of a severe heart condition after evaluating positive for the coronavirus.
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” Earlier this week I found out I need open-heart surgery to fix a bicuspid aortic valve that I was born with. I discovered this out after I tested favorable for COVID and had to have additional screening done as procedure.
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Smith, 23, would have been entering his second season with the Vikings. Minnesota selected him in the 5th round of the 2019 draft out of USC.
” Earlier this week I found out I require open-heart surgery to repair a bicuspid aortic valve that I was born with. This will unfortunately end my 2020 season, it is really a true blessing that we discovered this as my heart is severely enlarged and would not have lasted much longer. I found this out after I tested positive for COVID and had to have more testing done as procedure.
” There is a surgery that will permit me to continue to play football as quickly as I am recovered and cleared and I didnt believe two times about going with that one. By no means am I all set to be done playing football, there is still so much more I want to accomplish on the field.
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He appeared in 5 video games for the Vikings. He tape-recorded 8 overall tackles in those games.
