Many members of the DC area sports media have shared a GoFundMe created by former Washington football player and fan-favorite Mike Sellers. According to his wife, Jane, Sellers has received nine treatments over the last six months for a heart condition.
Sellers became the youngest player to ever sign a deal with the Canadian Football League (CFL) when he played for the Edmonton Eskimos at 19 years old in 1995. He signed with Washington in 1998 and played with the team for three seasons before leaving for the Browns in 2001. He returned to Washington in 2004, where he remained until the age of 36 in 2011.
Per the GoFundMe, his wife Jane Sellers states the following, “Mike still has a couple more treatments to reach a stable healthy lifestyle. The goal for this fundraiser is to support our family for the rest of 2024. Reaching our goal, will provide our monthly and medical bills. As his wife, I choose to be the one to take care and nurse him back to being the fun loving, caring father, husband, brother, son, friend and coach. I will dedicate my life to making sure my family continues to live a healthy life. With that being said, I will have to take leave from my job as a Para Professional for our local high school in Riverview Florida.”