# Peyton Hillis former NFL player off ventilator and recovering **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl\ **Created:** [January 13, 2023, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peyton-hillis-former-nfl-player-off-ventilator-and-recovering/978140 "2023-01-13T00:23:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peyton-hillis-former-nfl-player-off-ventilator-and-recovering/978140/1 "2023-01-13T00:23:21Z")
Peyton saved his two children from drowning on Jan. 5 in Pensacola Beach, Florida. Kids are fine but Peyton had to be airlifted to a hospital. He’s a former Razorback fullback and played for Denver and other teams before retiring with the NY Giants. > **[Peyton Hillis Taken Off Ventilator and 'On the Road to Recovery' After Saving...](https://people.com/sports/peyton-hillis-taken-off-ventilator-on-road-to-recovery-drowning-incident/)** > > Peyton Hillis was taken off a ventilator and is recovering after saving his kids from drowning last week ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peyton-hillis-former-nfl-player-off-ventilator-and-recovering/978140/2 "2023-01-14T19:16:04Z")
That’s great news. Hillis has been a case study of how injuries can completely derail a career. Went from the cover of Madden while playing on a hapless Browns team in 2010 to essentially a backup by 2012. Dude had no hamstrings or mental function by the time he retired.