Jets wide receiver Quincy Enunwa, who missed the majority of the 2019 season with a neck injury, provided an injury update when he spoke to reporters during end-of-season interviews.
Enunwa has been diagnosed with spinal stenosis. He will not need to undergo surgery, but it remains to be seen what the receiver’s future in football looks like.
Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spaces within your spine, which can put pressure on the nerves that travel through the spine, according to MayoClinic.org. It’s the same condition that ultimately ended the career of New York Mets third baseman David Wright.
“Some days the pain could be moderate and manageable. Some days it was too much to be thinking about baseball,” Wright said when he announced his retirement in 2018. It’s debilitating to play baseball.”
Enunwa, however, is hoping this condition won’t end his football career just yet.
“Hopefully I can stay and play well and put up numbers that I want to put (up) for this team, it would be a beautiful thing for me. … but right now it’s just about coming back healthy and handling the situation in a proper way,” Enunwa said.
He added that, “It’s unfortunate what’s going on, there’s not much I can really do about it, though. It’s one of those things where I was kind of like born this way I guess, that’s what I found out. … It’s not really one of those things that I can control too much.”
Enunwa’s entire Jets career has been marred with injuries. Despite that, he is still optimistic that he will be able to return next season. He’s looking at this as just another roadblock that he will need to hurdle.