Denver Native (Carol)
08-07-2014, 02:35 PM
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — As the weeks of the 2013 season rolled by, Derek Wolfe's hulking body shriveled away — and with it, his mental health.
The muscle definition was gone from his chest and shoulders. His waist narrowed as he lost the girth around his midsection. When his weight dipped to its lowest point in nearly a decade, all the way down to 258 pounds, it felt like he was looking at a human bobblehead in the mirror.
"My head looked real big. I just looked weird. Extremely weird," Wolfe said.
Wolfe was equally unrecognizable when he flipped on video of himself in practice and games. He saw a man wearing the No. 95 jersey, but that guy lacked the strength, power an on-field fire that made the Broncos draft him with their top selection in the 2012 draft.
rest - http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/broncos/2014/08/06/derek-wolfe-depression-seizure-spinal-contusion-denver-comeback/13672387/
The muscle definition was gone from his chest and shoulders. His waist narrowed as he lost the girth around his midsection. When his weight dipped to its lowest point in nearly a decade, all the way down to 258 pounds, it felt like he was looking at a human bobblehead in the mirror.
"My head looked real big. I just looked weird. Extremely weird," Wolfe said.
Wolfe was equally unrecognizable when he flipped on video of himself in practice and games. He saw a man wearing the No. 95 jersey, but that guy lacked the strength, power an on-field fire that made the Broncos draft him with their top selection in the 2012 draft.
rest - http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/broncos/2014/08/06/derek-wolfe-depression-seizure-spinal-contusion-denver-comeback/13672387/