Former NFL wide receiver Mike Williams has been taken off life support and remains responsive after suffering complications from an accident at work last month, per
Nick Veronica and Jonah Bronstein of WIVB 4.
Williams was hit in the head with a beam while doing electrical work on Aug. 21 and suffered a laceration that later became infected, one of his friends told WIVB 4. He was hospitalized on Sept. 1 and placed into a medically-induced coma.
Williams was taken off a ventilator on Thursday "but is surviving and remains responsive," Tierney Lyle, the mother of the former NFLer's daughter, told WIVB 4.
"We need prayer warriors to continue praying and spread the word," Lyle said.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected Williams in the fourth round of the 2010 draft out of Syracuse, where he ranks ninth in career receptions (133) and eighth in receiving yards (2,044). He's also tied with Marvin Harrison for second in receiving touchdowns (20).
He spent the first four seasons of his career with the Bucs before being traded to the Buffalo Bills in 2014.