Heart-Wrenching Update: Tevin Coleman's Little Fighter on Ventilator

Former gridiron gladiator Tevin Coleman, along with his wife Akilah, just dropped a bombshell health update about their warrior princess, Nazaneen. At only 6-years-old, she's throwing down in the toughest match yet against sickle cell disease—and this round has her hooked up to a ventilator.

"She couldn't do it solo—Naz needed a tag-team with a machine to keep her lungs in the game," Akilah shared with a mix of pride and pain.

Nazaneen’s hospital journey, captured in a heart-tugging social media video, shows her side-by-side with her MVP dad, moments heavy with love and fear. The Colemans’ gut punch of a story shook fans as the little champ received her first-ever blood boost alongside her mechanical breathing ally.

Tevin Coleman: The Calm in the Eye of the Storm

When Akilah's world began to spin out of control, it was Tevin who anchored them both. As she teetered on the edge, in and out of consciousness, Tevin stood solid—both their rock and Nazaneen's. This isn't Coleman’s first showdown with sickle cell; back when he blitzed the fields for the Indiana Hoosiers, he felt the disease's shadows creeping up on him.

"I stepped up to shield my daughter—for her privacy, against all comers," Coleman once confided, speaking about the silent demon they've faced in the dark.

From Draft Dreams to Sickle Cell Nightmare

Snagged by the Falcons in the 2015 NFL Draft, Coleman dashed for 2,340 yards across four electric seasons, even storming the Super Bowl field in 2017. He hit the ground running with the 49ers, appearing in yet another Super Bowl in 2020. After a brief jet with the Jets, he circled back to San Francisco in 2022. But now, it's not the roar of the crowds he hears—it's the silent battle his daughter is waging every day.

Editor: Vitalina Patskan