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uffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen has described experiencing a “spiritual awakening” after his teammate Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field while suffering a cardiac arrest mid-game.
When Hamlin went into cardiac arrest during the Bills’ January 2 matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals, people all over the world bowed their heads in solemn prayer.
While the offer of “thoughts and prayers” for a frightening situation is commonplace, those thoughts and prayers seem to have taken root in this instance.
Allen opened up about a “spiritual awakening” that has occurred in his team’s locker room and in his own heart since the incident.
“God is real,” Allen declared due to his personal experience.
Allen, 26, makes a regular appearance with NFL Network co-host Kyle Brandt on the podcast “Kyle Brandt’s Basement.”
On the January 10 episode, the two discussed Hamlin’s continued recovery and God’s role in it.
“I said this in my press conference the other day,” Allen told Brandt.
“[There was] just kind of a spiritual awakening really for me and … for a lot of other people that maybe didn’t have the strongest belief or wasn’t one of the biggest, strongest Christian followers.”
