Austintown Fitch product Billy Price announced his retirement from the NFL because of the potential of complications from a blood clot.

Price mad the announcement on Instagram .

"On April 24 I had emergency pulmonary embolism surgery to remove a saddle clot that was entering both of my lungs . As a healthy 29 year old, an unprovoked pulmonary embolism with no further medical explanation is terrifying. I am truly thankful to be alive today."

Price played in 69 career games with the Cardinals, Giants and Bengals and was drafted by Cincinnati.