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more on Coxson and his retirement, from Washington Post.  turns out the GB Packers were fight him over $5,000!  can you believe that?

Adrian Coxson, an undrafted free agent rookie out of Stony Brook, had hoped to catch on with the Green Bay Packers after signing with the team in May. But after getting carted off the Packers’ practice field on Aug. 1 following a huge hit, the wide receiver is now changing his career plans.

Coxson, who suffered a Grade 3 concussion on the third day of training camp in his rookie season, is retiring at the age of 23.

“I’m retiring because I’m still having symptoms and my health is more important to me than the game of football,” Coxson said in a telephone interview with the National Football Post. “It’s been recommended to me by two neurologists and two doctors to retire from football. The next hit to my head could possibly kill me or be life damaging. This last one could be life damaging. It has taken a great toll on me. This concussion was a bad one. A Grade 3 concussion is real serious.”

The Packers released Coxson on Aug. 17, citing “failure to disclose physical condition” as the reason. But Jonathan Herbst, Coxson’s agent, told ESPN.com that they disputed that claim and reached an injury settlement with the team, which also allowed him to keep the $5,000 signing bonus he received earlier this year.

“I think he’s making the right decision,” Herbst told ESPN on Monday. “His health is more important than football.”

Coxson told the National Football Post that he has no regrets.

“I take pride in that, I take pride in being able to function right now from this injury,” he said. “I’m concerned about my health and I’m concerned about how healthy I am and I want to get to as close to 100 percent as I can get. I’m concerned about the outcome of this whole injury. It was a bad one.”