Packers All-Time Leading Rusher Ahman Green Announces He Has Parkinson’s Disease #Packers #GoPackGo
Packers All-Time Leading Rusher Ahman Green Announces He Has Parkinson’s DiseaseThe Green Bay Packers opened training camp this week as the team’s official preparations for the 2026 NFL season are under way. However, some bad news came to Packers Nation at the same time as former Packers running back Ahman Green announced he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease. He made the announcement on the “Go Long” podcast with Tyler Dunne.
Green joined the Packers in 2000 in one of the best trades in Packers history. The Packers sent Fred Vinson and a sixth-round pick to the Seattle Seahawks for Green and a fifth-round selection. Green remained on the Packers for the next seven seasons and then briefly rejoined the club in 2009. He enjoyed six seasons of 1,000 or more yards rushing and finished his career as the team’s all-time leading rusher, surpassing Hall of Famer Jim Taylor.
Green gained 8,322 yards rushing as a Packer and caught 350 passes for 2,726 more yards. He scored 54 rushing touchdowns and 14 receiving touchdowns with the Packers. He was inducted into the Packers Hall of Fame in 2014.
Green’s best season came in 2003. He carried the ball 355 times for 1,883 yards and 15 touchdowns. He also caught 50 passes for 367 more yards. That gave him 405 touches for the season, a number that won’t be matched any time soon now that most NFL teams don’t give the football to one running back that often in a season. No other Packers running back has more than 400 touches in a single season.
During Green’s time in Green Bay, he became the focal point of the offense as Favre was slowing down a bit due to age. The team’s offense ran primarily through Green for several seasons and the Packers were a perennial contender.
Favre certainly appreciated what Green brought to the team. “What a playmaker, huh?” Favre told reporters shortly after Green showed what he could do in Green Bay. “There just aren't many guys like him around the league. He's a difference-maker, that's for sure.”
Green now announced he has Parkinson’s Disease which is a degenerative nerve condition with no known cure. There are treatments available that can improve the quality of life of those who have it. Favre also has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease.
Some of the symptoms that Green has been experiencing include difficulty swallowing, muscle weakness and joint stiffness. Other symptoms Green mentioned were short-term memory loss, twitching at night and talking in his sleep.
Green explained how he was diagnosed. “Last year, I got diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson’s,” he told Dunne. “I had a little bit of the feet twitching when I'm in my sleep and stuff like that. I knew something was going on long before that. I just got a hold of some doctors that I was able to get in contact with. Get the diagnostics, get the testing. And finally got it tested last — it was January of 2025.”
Green now faces a very difficult fight. He was already emphasizing a healthy diet, but now that and his treatments become even more important if he hopes to maintain an active lifestyle for as long as possible.
As of now, Green is unsure if the diagnosis is related to his football career and the pounding his body took over the years. He hopes to raise awareness and help others who are struggling with the condition.
“It needs to be up front,” Green said. “It needs to be a topic that's always hit. And it's not the end all. To me, I have a jump ahead of it. Just like anybody discovering that they have some type of cancer in their body, I'm ahead of it right now.”
We wish Green well in his new fight and in everything that lies ahead. He may now be facing the biggest challenge of his life.
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