Josh Allen has made a living chasing down quarterbacks. But for the past seven months, he’s been chasing something much more personal—his son’s life.
When the Jacksonville Jaguars announced in late December 2024 that Allen would miss the final game of the season for “personal reasons,” fans assumed injury. The truth was far heavier: his son, Wesley, had just been diagnosed with Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia.
What followed wasn’t covered by ESPN or blasted across NFL Live—it was a fight lived in hospital rooms, not stadiums. The Pro Bowl defensive end and his wife, Kaitlyn, spent sleepless nights at Nemours Children’s Health in Jacksonville, holding Wesley’s hand while chemo dripped into his tiny arm.