Former Cleveland Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar shared some positive medical news on the evening of Nov. 16.
Kosar took to social media platform X to share that he was scheduled for an early-morning liver transplant on Nov. 17.
‘Good news is in!!! We are set for 5 AM,’ he wrote. ‘Thank you all for the thoughts, prayers, and support — it truly means the world to me. U Matter.’
Cleveland Magazine reported last year that Kosar, 61, was diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver – one of the later stages of liver failure – and Parkinson’s disease. He has had his name on the liver transplant list since late last spring.
The news of a new scheduled transplant came four days after Kosar told his social media followers that his previous chance at a transplant procedure was delayed after doctors found the donor organ to be infected.
Throughout the week leading up to his Nov. 17 scheduled transplant, Kosar made several social media posts announcing that he had undergone multiple procedures to deal with internal bleeding.
The Browns icon led Cleveland to three AFC championship game appearances over his nine years with the team – from 1985 to 1993. Kosar still has the third-most wins (53) and has the third-most passing yards (21,904) of any quarterback in Browns franchise history.