Chiefs' Thompson awake after seizure and cardiac arrest

Kansas City Chiefs protect lineman BJ Thompson is "awake and responsive" aft suffering a seizure and cardiac apprehension successful a squad meeting.

Thompson, 25, was taken to infirmary connected Thursday pursuing a Chiefs meeting.

"He's headed successful nan absolute correct direction," said Rick Burkholder, nan Chiefs' vice president of sports medicine and capacity connected Friday.

"Our players, our information staff, everybody involved, coaches and staff, they were phenomenal successful handling nan crisis."

The Chiefs cancelled a scheduled believe convention aft nan aesculapian emergency, pinch caput coach Andy Reid and players delaying media sessions until Friday.

Thompson, selected successful nan 5th information of past year's NFL Draft, played successful 1 crippled for nan Super Bowl winners past season.

He was portion of nan Chiefs squad that visited nan White House to observe their Super Bowl title past week.

The Chiefs are presently successful their off-season training programme and will statesman a mandatory mini-camp connected Tuesday.