That's when he decided he better go to a hospital.
"Every time he coughed, he felt like he was going to pass out," said Erin Lightner, the ex-wife of the former Nebraska standout offensive lineman and long-time collegiate football coach.
Keven Lightner, who turned 55 on July 4, has been hospitalized in Lincoln for just more than a week with the most severe case of COVID-19 his nurses have seen regardless of age, Erin Lightner said Tuesday. She said he's on full life support, but his fever is down.
The two remain close as they raise teenagers Kade and Alexis.