ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit Reveals How Minor Calf Injury Turned Into Serious Health Scare, Leaving Him on Lifelong Medication

Kirk Herbstreit reveals the health scare that started with a calf problem

ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit is opening up about a health scare that started with what he thought was an injury to his calf and became something far more serious. During an appearance Thursday on “The Pat McAfee Show,” Herbstreit said doctors discovered that blood clots had traveled from his calf through his bloodstream and into his lungs, The Spun said.

ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit Reveals How Minor Calf Injury Turned Into Serious Health Scare, Leaving Him on Lifelong Medication

Kirk Herbstreit always seems calm, composed, and firmly in control, just as you’d expect from someone who has spent years in the spotlight. But there’s a side to his story fans rarely see. While discussing Jalen Hurts’ Week 6 absence due to a blood clot in his leg, Kirk Herbstreit revealed on The Pat McAfee […]

‘I Thought I Was Having a Heart Attack’ — Kirk Herbstreit Revisits Scary Experience With Blood Clots After Jalen Hurts’ Concerning Diagnosis

Kirk Herbstreit, the game analyst for Prime Video’s Thursday Night Football, opened up Thursday about the blood clots that reached his lungs in 2022 and connected his ordeal to Philadelphia Eagles QB Jalen Hurts. Herbstreit’s scare dates to the spring of 2022. In April that year, he said in a social media video that doctors […]