Max Duggan is an American football quarterback for the TCU Horned Frogs. Check out his heart surgery and heart condition in this article.

Max Duggan : Heart surgery | Heart condition

As a senior, Duggan has helped to lead TCU to a 12-0 undefeated season. On October 15, in a battle of undefeated teams against Oklahoma State, Duggan threw for 286 yards and 2 touchdowns to lead TCU to a 43-40 double overtime victory, marking the Horned Frogs third straight win over an AP ranked opponent.

At the conclusion of the regular season, Duggan was named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year and the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Winner, as well as a finalist for the Heisman Trophy.

Duggan attended Lewis Central High School, where he won the Iowa Gatorade High School Player of the Year Award.

A 4-star prospect ranked the nation’s number 5 dual threat quarterback, he committed to TCU to play college football.

Max duggan heart surgery 

According to a feature published in Texas Monthly on Friday, Duggan overcame a Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome diagnosis prior to the 2020 COVID-19-affected season.

The doctors found the heart issue in a physical just before the season began that required the quarterback to undergo a nine-hour heart procedure. 

Max Duggan : Heart surgery | Heart condition

“[The surgery] put catheters through my neck and groin,” he said to Texas Monthly. “I had a nine-hour procedure.

And then two days later, I had a blood clot from the surgery, so I had to go into emergency surgery right after that. It kind of just puts a stop in your life.”

Duggan didn’t play at the beginning of the 2020 season, but came off the bench to throw three touchdown passes in a 34–31 loss that September.

From there, Duggan seized the starting quarterback job and has been the Horned Frogs’ signal caller ever since.

Duggan threw for 251 yards with one touchdown and one interception in Saturday’s loss, while adding 110 yards and a touchdown on the ground.

TCU didn’t quite secure the victory, but likely will end up in the playoff anyway thanks in large part to their quarterback who has overcome so much.

Heart condition 

A four-star recruit from Council Bluffs, Iowa, Duggan started as TCU’s quarterback as a freshman in 2019.

TCU finished that season 5-7 under head coach Gary Patterson, but the foundation for years to come was merely being laid.

Max Duggan : Heart surgery | Heart condition

Then came the 2020 season. Given the coronavirus pandemic changed protocols, Duggan was required to get a health screening prior to the season in August 2020.

 

That included an EKG, which records a heart’s electric signals. Doctors found that Duggan had Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, a condition that causes the heart to beat abnormally fast for periods of times.

It’s potentially life-threatening, as 24-year-old pro surfer Kalani David died from a seizure caused by the condition in September.

Duggan needed surgery. He needed another surgery after a blood clot formed, too.

“It put catheters through my neck and groin,” Duggan told Texas Monthly. “I had a nine-hour procedure.

And then two days later, I had a blood clot from the surgery, so I had to go into emergency surgery right after that. It kind of just puts a stop in your life.”

Two months later, Duggan came off the bench to throw three touchdowns in his team’s season opening loss to Iowa State. A week later, he marched into Austin and took down the ninth-ranked Texas Longhorns.

By Rishabh

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