Former Tennessee Titans defensive tackle Josh Evans, who was a starter on the franchise’s Super Bowl XXXIV team, is asking for prayers as he battles cancer.
According to David Boclair of Sports Illustrated, Evans was discovered to have tumors on his kidneys, gall bladder, intestines and pancreas back in January. After getting treatment for that, doctors hoped they had removed all of the cancer, but it has now spread to his liver and spine.
Evans isn’t giving up and plans on fighting despite the dire diagnosis, and is asking for prayers as he continues to undergo treatment, according to Jim Wyatt of Titans Online.
“I’ve been scared — I’m scared now,” Evans said in a telephone interview. “I’m fighting hard, man, I promise you that. It ain’t easy. But I’m fighting, and I’m praying I can get through this and I can get myself together. I am not going to give up, regardless of the news I get.
“And I want everybody out there talking to God for me, if they will. Please pray for me. Talk to God for me.”
Evans went undrafted out of Alabama-Birmingham before joining the Houston Oilers as a free agent in 1995.
He played six seasons for the franchise and totaled 1.5 sacks and 18 combined tackles in four playoff games during the Titans’ Super Bowl run.
Evans retired in 2005 after playing the last three seasons of his career with the New York Jets.
