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Former Seahawks punter Jon Ryan diagnosed with skin cancer

There’s some unfortunate health news to report on former Seattle Seahawks punter Jon Ryan.

Speaking on Michael Ball’s Growing the Game with Ballsy podcast, Ryan revealed that he’s been diagnosed with skin cancer.

“It’s a scare – when you get a call that you have some type of cancer, especially in my family,” Ryan said (via Global News). “My father passed away from cancer, my mother had thyroid cancer when she was younger.”

According to Ryan, he discovered a mark on his neck that eventually grew back even bigger and was determined to be cancerous.