Vikings' Udeze battling a form of leukemia

[Claws for Concern]

Minneapolis TV stations are reporting this and Yahoo.com has it on the Vikings' team page about the Vikings' defensive lineman from USC ...

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=AkTaC.WFOG5eT8J5kSbUiVSM2bYF?slug=txvikingsudeze&prov=st&type=lgns


Here's a longer AP version:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=Ajjdpdnax0ZSHZXvjBaSktw5nYcB?slug=ap-vikings-udeze&prov=ap&type=lgns

 

[rube]

As a Lions fan and fellow NFC North'er ... I say get well soon Kenechi. We hope to see you back out there beating the crap out of our terrible Lion offensive tackles very soon!

 

[Rosie]

That they're not saying how serious it is, and that he had a clean bill of health after his season-end physical in December makes me wonder just how bad it is.

Childress: 'Thoughts And Prayers' With Udeze

Best wishes and lots of prayers to Kenechi and his family.