Harry Miller: Ohio State offensive lineman says he is medically retiring from football, citing mental health struggles

Updated 1225 GMT (2025 HKT) March 11, 2022

Ohio State Buckeyes offensive lineman Harry Miller says he is medically retiring from football.

(CNN)Ohio State offensive lineman Harry Miller says he is «medically retiring» from football, citing struggles he has faced with mental health.

Miller says he attempted to take his own life before the start of last season and praised Ohio State head coach Ryan Day for the immediate support he provided when the offensive linesman opened up to him about it.«I would not usually share such information,» Miller wrote in a two-page Twitter letter. «However, because I have played football, I am no longer afforded the privilege of privacy, so I will share my story briefly before more articles continue to ask, 'What is wrong with Harry Miller.'»That is a good question. It is a good enough question for me not to know the answer, though I have asked it often."Miller says Day put him in contact with two doctors who provided him with support. After a few weeks, Miller tried playing football again with «scars on my wrists and throat.»Read More

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— Harry Miller (@h_miller76) <a href=«https://twitter.com/h_miller76/status/1502014501624991747?ref_src=» https: edition.cnn.com>March 10, 2022 «Maybe the scars were hard to see with with my wrists taped up,» he continued. «Maybe it was hard to see the scars through the bright colors of the television. Maybe the scars were hard to hear through all the talk shows and interviews. They are hard to see, and they are easy to hide, but they sure do hurt.»There was a dead man on the television set, but nobody knew it."Miller says at the time he «would rather be dead than a coward» and feared reaching out because of the reaction he had seen to