John Metchie III, the Houston Texans’ 22-year-old wide receiver, has been diagnosed with leukemia and expects to miss the upcoming season, he announced Sunday.
Metchie, a rookie drafted out of the University of Alabama, said he has Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia, “the most curable form of leukemia.”
“I am currently receiving great medical care, am in good spirits and I expect to make a recovery at a later point in time,” he said in a statement released through the team.
