NFL Legend Barry Sanders Announces Update On Health Scare

It's been a year since NFL legend Barry Sanders scared the football world by announcing he had suffered a health scare. But in a new TV special he revealed exactly what it was.

In an interview with CBS Sports, Sanders revealed that he he had, in fact, suffered a heart attack during a recruiting visit for his son. He admitted that he thought it was just heartburn at first before he noticed it was persisting.

"I couldn't believe it, honestly," Sanders said. "I thought it was like heartburn, but it just kind of persisted." 

Sanders admitted that the idea of having a heart attack never even crossed his mind. He said that he's currently educating himself on the warning signs for the future and said that it's been enlightening to learn about heart health through the TV special he's been working on.

"Of all things, I don't know why, that just never entered my mind," Sanders said. "I'm learning through this process that there aren't necessarily any warning signs, unless you do what we're encouraging people to do, which is to go the doctor, get tested for LDLC levels, or bad cholesterol. That's the only way to find out if you have high cholesterol. It's not something you're going to be able to feel. You don't have to fit a certain physical profile.