Former NFL Star Peyton Hillis in ICU After Saving His Youngsters from Drowning

Former NFL neatly-known person Peyton Hillis is reportedly in intensive care after saving his children from drowning.

A member of the family acknowledged Thursday that his neatly being is enhancing after the accident in Pensacola, Florida but that he’s serene unconscious. Peyton’s children are reportedly safe.

“I upright wanted to let everybody know on Razorback Nation that Peyton is doing better,” Peyton’s uncle, Greg Hillis wrote on his Fb web sigh.

“He’s serene in intensive care and having some complications with his kidneys and his lungs however the doctors utter he’s enhancing.”

“I upright wanted to head off any rumors that will maybe be began,” Greg endured. “I’m definite he would desire everybody to take dangle of that he appreciates all of the prayers thrown up on his behalf!!!”

Fox 24 anchor Alyssa Orange, who covers the Razorbacks, reported that Hillis, 36, used to be helicoptered to the neatly being facility after the reported seaside tragedy.

“He stays unconscious within the ICU,” she wrote Thursday on her Twitter web sigh after an initial part from Greg Hillis. “Family asks to please pray for him and a rapidly recovery.”

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The light running benefit conducted within the NFL from 2008-2014 with the Denver Broncos, Cleveland Browns, Kansas City Chiefs and Sleek York Giants. He additionally graced the mask of the Madden ’12 video sport and has since taken up performing.

Hillis is reported to be currently dating actress Angela Cole, his co-neatly-known person from the indie thriller The Hunting, and shares two young other folks with his ex-wife Amanda Hillis.

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Followers accept as true with flooded the ex-baller’s Instagram web sigh with prayers, hearts and total neatly wants.

“Praying for you monumental dawg, you did what any father would fabricate… rep better rapidly,” one fan wrote.

“Praying for you and your loved ones,” but every other follower commented. “You wants to be proud … your kids are safe 🙌”

In an Instagram put up from last 365 days, Hillis is shown taking part in a football video sport with his 9-365 days-dilapidated son.

“That you just too can bewitch the man out of the sport… but you must maybe also’t bewitch the sport out of the man,” the dad-of-two wrote. “Grateful to take dangle of I will serene kick someone’s a** in football… even though it is my 9 365 days dilapidated son.”

Soundless closely following the sport, the Arkansas native came out with a podcast called Within the Backfield, the utilization of his educated files of the sport for commentary. Admitting that his common team is the Cleveland Browns, who he conducted for “within the backfield” from 2010-2011, Hillis told WKYC Channel 3 in 2020 about his cope with for the franchise and what it feels devour “to be a Brown.”

“The Browns sum me up as a person. I cope with that they’re dilapidated college,” he acknowledged, noting he loved residing in Cleveland. “All the things about them is the epitome of who I am. There may possibly be one thing about being a Brown that upright envelops your soul, it makes you feel just like you must maybe be appreciated. It be the most effective remedy session you must maybe ever be in.”

PEOPLE has reached out to all parties for affirmation and updates on the tragedy.