Packers' rushing leader Ahman Green announces early onset parkinson's diagnosis

 Packers' rushing leader Ahman Green reveals early-onset Parkinson's diagnosis

Ahmad Green per msn.com

Green Bay Packers franchise leading running back Ahman Green announced in a July interview that in 2025 he was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson's disease. 

Green, who is 49, revealed in a late-July 2026 interview on Tyler Dunne's "Go Long Podcast," that he was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson's Disease in January 2025. He revealed that he kept it private initially until his children, family, and friends knew about it. 

"I know unfortunately there's a day we eventually, where our clocks stop ticking. The way I look at it, my clock is going to stop ticking when I want it to stop ticking, " said Green. 

He revealed that symptoms began with foot twitching in his sleep, which his wife noticed not long after his career ended in 2009, per www.thegrio.com. 

Green noted that doctors had confirmed his diagnosis after months of testing. He revealed that he's managing the disease with medication, exercise, and a healthy diet. During the podcast, Green said that he would sometimes sleepwalk but couldn't recall it afterwards. 

Parkinson's disease is a progressive neurological disorder affecting movement. It leads to slow movement and tremors. You lose your sense of memory and cognitive impairment. 

Green played 12 years in his NFL career, having been drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the third round, pick 76 in the 1998 draft. After being traded to Green Bay in 2000, he would be there until 2006 completing his first stint and then a second stint in 2009. 

From 2000-2004, he led the NFL in rushing yards with 6,848. Led the packers in rushing yards for five straight years. Green became the Packers franchise leading rusher in the 2003-04 season when he broke Jim Taylor's record with 8,322 yards, per profootballreference.com. He had 1,851 rush attempts and 54 touchdowns from 2000-2009.