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Jets OL Cameron Clark Retires From Football Due to Paralysis Risk, Per Agent

Jets offensive lineman Cameron Clark is retiring from football after suffering a spinal-cord injury in training camp last summer, his agent told ESPN's Rich Cimini.

Clar's agent, Alan Herman, told ESPN that Clark would risk paralysis if he continued to play.

“Based on the advice of Dr. Andrew Hecht, a prominent orthopedic surgeon at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York, Cameron will not be able to continue to play football for the New York Jets,” Herman said. 

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