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Liam Llewellyn

NFL star lands $12m contract with team that discovered his cancer during physical

An NFL star has signed a bumper contract worth $12m with a team that made an alarming yet pivotal discovery.

Tight end Foster Moreau has signed with the New Orleans Saints on a three-year deal which includes $8 million guaranteed and $3 million in incentives, his agent Joe Linta who informed ESPN. After undergoing a medical with the Saints in March, the 26-year was shockingly diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma.

This is a form of cancer that begins in the white blood cells and affects the body’s immune system, and is a type of lymphoma less common in individuals. The discovery came as a huge shock but the Saints have now given him a contract with his treatment working well and Linta revealing his client plans to play this season.

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