Reports: Peyton Hillis in ICU after swimming accident off Florida coast

PENSACOLA, Fla. – Former NFL running back Peyton Hillis is doing better Friday after being hospitalized in critical condition from a swimming accid...

January 12, 2023
3:26 AM

PENSACOLA, Fla. – Former NFL running back Peyton Hillis is doing better Friday after being hospitalized in critical condition from a swimming accident off the coast in Pensacola, according to his family.Hillis was placed in an intensive care unit Thursday as doctors relayed to his family the 36-year-old was 'having some problems with his kidneys and his lungs' following the ordeal, according to a Facebook post by his uncle Greg Hillis. It was since confirmed that Hillis had been involved in a 'swimming accident' in Pensacola and was unconscious in the ICU as of Thursday night, as reported by Alyssa Orange with KNWA-TV in Arkansas.

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