Hurts played a full game with a clot already known. Team doctors cleared him, and it was the second scan, four days later, that kept him out of the Panthers game.
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Jalen Hurts Injury Timeline 2026: 10 Clot Scares Compared
An extra ultrasound found Jalen Hurts' clot on Oct 10, and he still played in London the next day. Fans heard about it only on Oct 15, after a second scan showed the clot had moved.
- No. 1: Brandon Ingram (Lakers, 2019)
- 10 places
- 7 AIs
01Final list
7 AIs each built their own list of ten independently. Here is one result that is easy to check: every place has a reason, a source, and the list of AIs that included it.
A bright badge means this AI put the entry on its list. A dim badge means it did not.
- 1
Brandon Ingram (Lakers, 2019)
A sore shoulder that cost him two games turned out to be an arm DVT. The Lakers announced it the next day and ended his season. Sources differ on 18 or 19 games missed.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Qwen. Did not include: Meta, DeepSeek, Ernie.In their lists: Claude: 9 · ChatGPT: 1 · Gemini: 3 · Qwen: 5
What each AI noted 4
- Claudeplace 9
A DVT in the right shoulder ended his 2018-19 season in March, and he went on to a long career.
Source ↗ - ChatGPTplace 1
Two games of shoulder soreness became a season-ending arm DVT after further testing.
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 3
A persistent 'sore shoulder' prompt for an extra vascular scan discovered arm DVT, leading the Lakers to halt his season instantly and resolve thoracic outlet compression.
- Qwenplace 5
Arm tingling turned into a season-ending surgery for structural blood flow issues.
Source ↗
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Kimmo Timonen (Flyers, 2014)
After a calf clot was found, an extra chest scan found clots in both lungs. The Flyers made it public on Aug 5, the reported day of diagnosis.
Included it: ChatGPT, DeepSeek. Did not include: Claude, Meta, Gemini, Qwen, Ernie.In their lists: ChatGPT: 3 · DeepSeek: 10
What each AI noted 2
- ChatGPTplace 3
A chest scan prompted by a calf clot found clots in both lungs.
- DeepSeekplace 10
Blood clots in his leg and lungs sidelined him most of the season.
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Jalen Hurts (Eagles, 2026)
An extra ultrasound found a clot nobody had felt. He was cleared and played Oct 11, and fans were told 5 days after the first finding. The clot is called superficial, not a DVT.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Qwen, DeepSeek. Did not include: Meta, Ernie.In their lists: Claude: 1 · ChatGPT: 9 · Gemini: 2 · Qwen: 1 · DeepSeek: 1
What each AI noted 5
- Claudeplace 1
He asked for calf treatment on Oct 8, played a full game in London with a clot already found, and a second scan three days later showed it had moved.
Source ↗ - ChatGPTplace 9
The first ultrasound found a small superficial calf clot five days before fans were told; he played once in between.
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 2
An abundance-of-caution ultrasound revealed calf thrombosis that moved within four days, prompting an immediate shutdown before a potentially fatal pulmonary embolism could develop.
- Qwenplace 1
A minor Week 5 step-on turned into a moving superficial clot caught by a precautionary ultrasound.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 1
Cleated calf, small clot, moved in six days — out indefinitely.
Source ↗
5 of 7 - 4
Zack Wheeler (Phillies, 2025)
An Aug 6 shoulder MRI was called clean. After new heaviness in the shoulder, a clot was diagnosed Aug 16 and the Phillies announced it the same day.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, Qwen. Did not include: Meta, Gemini, DeepSeek, Ernie.In their lists: Claude: 4 · ChatGPT: 4 · Qwen: 4
What each AI noted 3
- Claudeplace 4
A heavy shoulder during one game led to tests that found a clot in the upper arm, and rehab began within days of the clot-dissolving procedure.
Source ↗ - ChatGPTplace 4
An earlier shoulder MRI was called clean; changed symptoms led to a clot diagnosis the morning after his next start.
Source ↗ - Qwenplace 4
An ace pitcher's arm fatigue hid a clot near the collarbone until thrombolysis.
Source ↗
3 of 7 - 5
Victor Wembanyama (Spurs, 2025)
He only said his arm didn't feel completely normal after the All-Star Game, and a shoulder DVT ended his season with 30 games left. The Spurs never released the diagnosis date.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, Qwen. Did not include: Meta, Gemini, DeepSeek, Ernie.In their lists: Claude: 6 · ChatGPT: 2 · Qwen: 2
What each AI noted 3
- Claudeplace 6
He only said his arm 'didn't feel completely normal' after the All-Star break, and a shoulder clot ended his season.
Source ↗ - ChatGPTplace 2
He played in the All-Star Game, then a shoulder DVT ended his final 30 regular-season games.
Source ↗ - Qwenplace 2
A shoulder ache ended a Rookie of the Year campaign before the playoffs.
Source ↗
3 of 7 - 6
Merrill Kelly (Diamondbacks, 2023)
An ultrasound found a leg clot on June 25, just before a team flight, and he went on the injured list June 27. Accounts differ: swelling, or routine checks.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT. Did not include: Meta, Gemini, Qwen, DeepSeek, Ernie.In their lists: Claude: 2 · ChatGPT: 5
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Damian Lillard (Bucks, 2025)
The Bucks disclosed a calf DVT and the blood-thinner treatment, then said on April 17 that it had resolved. The diagnosis date and the scan used were never published.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, Qwen. Did not include: Meta, Gemini, DeepSeek, Ernie.In their lists: Claude: 3 · ChatGPT: 8 · Qwen: 3
What each AI noted 3
- Claudeplace 3
The Bucks said so openly: a calf DVT, blood thinners started at once, and 'out indefinitely'.
- ChatGPTplace 8
The Bucks held him out for a calf DVT, then reported it resolved and he was off blood thinners by April 17.
Source ↗ - Qwenplace 3
Right calf swelling was caught just before a massive playoff run.
Source ↗
3 of 7 - 8
Chris Kreider (Rangers, 2017)
His arm swelled before the game and he still played seven shifts. Hospital tests found a clot, which was made public the next day, and he missed 24 games after rib-resection surgery.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT. Did not include: Meta, Gemini, Qwen, DeepSeek, Ernie.In their lists: Claude: 10 · ChatGPT: 6
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Jiri Kulich (Sabres, 2025)
A CT scan done after the Nov 1, 2025 game, because of dizziness and fuzzy memory, found a clot. It shrank only about 20% in five months. The date of the team's statement is not published.
Included it: Claude, DeepSeek. Did not include: ChatGPT, Meta, Gemini, Qwen, Ernie.In their lists: Claude: 5 · DeepSeek: 9
What each AI noted 2
- Claudeplace 5
A scan to rule out a concussion found a clot that had grown since a March hit, and it shrank only about 20% in five months.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 9
A 21-year-old felt 'off' after a hit; a CT scan found a blood clot.
2 of 7 - 10
Chris Bosh (Heat, 2016)
A CT scan found at least one more clot, but the Heat's Feb 17 statement left the clots out, so the delay can't be counted. His 2015 lung clots were a separate scare.
Included it: ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek. Did not include: Claude, Meta, Qwen, Ernie.In their lists: ChatGPT: 10 · Gemini: 5 · DeepSeek: 2
What each AI noted 3
- ChatGPTplace 10
A CT scan found at least one additional clot, but the public initially heard a calf-strain account.
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 5
Heat clinicians escalated mild rib pain into a thoracic scan that caught pulmonary emboli, later sacrificing a championship core to protect a player from fatal on-court anticoagulation trauma.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 2
All-Star break calf soreness led to a CT scan that found more than one clot — season over.
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02Worth knowing
What the AIs noticed while building the list.
Hurts' clot is called superficial. The one-month restriction people quote applies to DVT or clots in general, so it does not show that clearing him for Oct 11 broke the guidance.
A clean scan is not the end of it: Wheeler's first shoulder MRI was called clean ten days before his clot was diagnosed.
Clots in the arm and shoulder (Wembanyama, Wheeler, Ingram) are often linked to thoracic outlet syndrome and overhead motion, unlike leg clots tied to travel.
Athletes as a group are not at higher clot risk than other people; travel and injury are what add risk.
03Questions people ask
Did Jalen Hurts get injured?
Yes. He was cleated in the calf on Oct 4, 2026, and an Oct 10 ultrasound found a small superficial blood clot.
Source ↗Is Jalen Hurts injured?
Yes. An Oct 14 follow-up ultrasound showed the clot had moved, and the Eagles ruled him out with no return date.
Source ↗Is Jalen Hurts injured today?
Yes. On Oct 15, 2026 the Eagles ruled him out of Sunday's game against the Panthers, and Tanner McKee is expected to start.
Source ↗Why do reports on Hurts' clot differ?
The Eagles called it superficial and did not say whether it was a DVT. Outlets also differ on calf versus leg, and on whether the scan came before or after the London game.
Source ↗04How we counted
In plain words, no formulas.
1The question
Top 10 Star-Athlete Health Scares Caught by an Extra Scan, and How Each Team Handled It
2Why this topic
It puts a team's medical caution and its honesty with fans side by side, which no injury table records, and it answers what people are searching for today about Hurts.
3Where it applies
Global, all professional sports
4What we looked at
- How much the scan found compared with how mild the symptoms were
- Games missed as a precaution compared with the medical risk avoided, judged against published return-to-play guidance
- How quickly and openly the team told the public, measured as days from diagnosis to the first team statement
- Philadelphia Eagles statement via NFL.com — Dates in the Hurts case: injury, both ultrasounds, clearance to play, first public statement and the ruling for the next game
- Sports Medicine Today: Blood Clots in Athletes — How clots are detected, and general return-to-play advice of at least one month away from activity after a clot diagnosis
- Current Sports Medicine Reports (review) — How blood clots in athletes are treated, and how return to play is decided case by case
- American Heart Association — Clot risk in athletes and what adds to it, such as travel and injury
- Team releases and league injury reports (NBA, MLB, NHL) — Date of diagnosis, date of the first team statement and games missed for each athlete
5Who ranked
7 AIs, each building its own list of ten independently and naming a source for every place: Claude, ChatGPT, Meta, Gemini, Qwen, DeepSeek, Ernie.
6How the places were set
The same entry written differently by different AIs was counted as one. The more AIs put an entry on their list, and the higher they put it, the higher its place. "AI agreement" shows how many of the AIs had it on their own list. Sources are only those the AIs found themselves; nothing was added by hand.
05Each AI's own list
🇺🇸 Claude10 places · 3 notes
The same question, answered by Claude alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Jalen Hurts (Eagles, 2026)
He asked for calf treatment on Oct 8, played a full game in London with a clot already found, and a second scan three days later showed it had moved.
Source ↗ - 2Merrill Kelly (Diamondbacks, 2023)
Routine checks, not a collapse, turned up a calf thrombosis, and he was back pitching the same year.
Source ↗ - 3Damian Lillard (Bucks, 2025)
The Bucks said so openly: a calf DVT, blood thinners started at once, and 'out indefinitely'.
- 4Zack Wheeler (Phillies, 2025)
A heavy shoulder during one game led to tests that found a clot in the upper arm, and rehab began within days of the clot-dissolving procedure.
Source ↗ - 5Jiri Kulich (Sabres, 2025)
A scan to rule out a concussion found a clot that had grown since a March hit, and it shrank only about 20% in five months.
Source ↗ - 6Victor Wembanyama (Spurs, 2025)
He only said his arm 'didn't feel completely normal' after the All-Star break, and a shoulder clot ended his season.
Source ↗ - 7Ausar Thompson (Pistons, 2024)
First called asthma, then 'illness', then a clot: five games passed before the Pistons named it.
Source ↗ - 8Frederik Andersen (Hurricanes, 2023-24)
What was first treated as a muscle problem turned out to be a clot, and he lost nearly half the season.
Source ↗ - 9Brandon Ingram (Pelicans, 2019)
A DVT in the right shoulder ended his 2018-19 season in March, and he went on to a long career.
Source ↗ - 10Chris Kreider (Rangers, 2017-18)
A clot found in late December was corrected within a week by rib-resection surgery, so he could aim to play again that season.
Source ↗
What Claude noticed
Hurts played a full game with a clot that was already known. Doctors in London judged it safe and asked for a second scan within 72 hours, and that scan is what removed him from the Panthers game.
Kulich's clot likely began with a March 2025 hit, but it was found only after an investigation into symptoms. After five months of treatment it had shrunk only about 20%, so he had a procedure.
Athletes as a group are not inherently at higher risk for clots. Travel and injury are the exposures that add risk.
🇺🇸 ChatGPT10 places · 1 notes
The same question, answered by ChatGPT alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Brandon Ingram, Los Angeles Lakers (2019)
Two games of shoulder soreness became a season-ending arm DVT after further testing.
Source ↗ - 2Victor Wembanyama, San Antonio Spurs (2025)
He played in the All-Star Game, then a shoulder DVT ended his final 30 regular-season games.
Source ↗ - 3Kimmo Timonen, Philadelphia Flyers (2014)
A chest scan prompted by a calf clot found clots in both lungs.
- 4Zack Wheeler, Philadelphia Phillies (2025)
An earlier shoulder MRI was called clean; changed symptoms led to a clot diagnosis the morning after his next start.
Source ↗ - 5Merrill Kelly, Arizona Diamondbacks (2023)
A pitcher with a previous clot felt fine during his start; swelling the next morning prompted an ultrasound.
Source ↗ - 6Chris Kreider, New York Rangers (2017)
He played seven shifts after pregame arm swelling, then worsening swelling sent him to hospital.
Source ↗ - 7Jeurys Familia, New York Mets (2017)
The previous season’s 51-save closer had an arterial clot found in his pitching shoulder.
Source ↗ - 8Damian Lillard, Milwaukee Bucks (2025)
The Bucks held him out for a calf DVT, then reported it resolved and he was off blood thinners by April 17.
Source ↗ - 9Jalen Hurts, Philadelphia Eagles (2026)
The first ultrasound found a small superficial calf clot five days before fans were told; he played once in between.
Source ↗ - 10Chris Bosh, Miami Heat (2016)
A CT scan found at least one additional clot, but the public initially heard a calf-strain account.
Source ↗
What ChatGPT noticed
A normal image can precede a serious finding: Wheeler’s first shoulder MRI was called clean before changed symptoms led to the clot diagnosis.
🇺🇸 Gemini10 places · 1 notes
The same question, answered by Gemini alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Caris LeVert (2021, Indiana Pacers)
A routine multi-team trade physical caught an undetected kidney tumor before any symptoms appeared, and the Pacers honored the trade to fund his surgery and recovery.
- 2Jalen Hurts (2026, Philadelphia Eagles)
An abundance-of-caution ultrasound revealed calf thrombosis that moved within four days, prompting an immediate shutdown before a potentially fatal pulmonary embolism could develop.
- 3Brandon Ingram (2019, Los Angeles Lakers)
A persistent 'sore shoulder' prompt for an extra vascular scan discovered arm DVT, leading the Lakers to halt his season instantly and resolve thoracic outlet compression.
- 4Henrik Lundqvist (2020, Washington Capitals)
A standard preseason cardiac screening revealed an expanding aortic root and severe valve leakage, leading the Capitals to withhold clearance and avert catastrophic aortic rupture.
Source ↗ - 5Chris Bosh (2015, Miami Heat)
Heat clinicians escalated mild rib pain into a thoracic scan that caught pulmonary emboli, later sacrificing a championship core to protect a player from fatal on-court anticoagulation trauma.
Source ↗ - 6Christian Eriksen (2021, Inter Milan)
Post-resuscitation cardiac imaging revealed the necessity of an ICD, prompting Inter to honor Italian medical safety mandates transparently while smoothly enabling his Premier League comeback.
- 7Cuttino Mobley (2008, New York Knicks)
A mandatory post-trade cardiac workup discovered severe hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in an active 33-year-old starter, ending his career on the spot but preventing sudden cardiac death.
Source ↗ - 8Pascal Dupuis (2014, Pittsburgh Penguins)
Fleeting chest pain led Pittsburgh's medical team to order immediate chest tomography, catching a lung clot and sidelining the veteran forward across six months of clinical blood thinning.
Source ↗ - 9Tomas Vokoun (2013, Pittsburgh Penguins)
Pelvic stiffness investigated by vascular Doppler uncovered a life-threatening blood clot spanning from thigh to pelvis, prompting the Penguins to bench him for an entire regular season.
Source ↗ - 10Keyontae Johnson (2020, Florida Gators)
Extensive post-collapse cardiac MRI scans identified acute heart inflammation, prompting medical staff to enforce a 20-month competitive hiatus until specialists safely cleared his return.
Source ↗
What Gemini noticed
The Anticoagulation Contact Barrier: While direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) stabilize thrombi rapidly, collision athletes are benched for 1 to 3 months primarily because internal hemorrhage following direct impact on blood thinners is potentially fatal.
🇨🇳 Qwen10 places · 1 notes
The same question, answered by Qwen alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Jalen Hurts (Philadelphia Eagles, 2026)
A minor Week 5 step-on turned into a moving superficial clot caught by a precautionary ultrasound.
Source ↗ - 2Victor Wembanyama (San Antonio Spurs, 2025)
A shoulder ache ended a Rookie of the Year campaign before the playoffs.
Source ↗ - 3Damian Lillard (Milwaukee Bucks, 2025)
Right calf swelling was caught just before a massive playoff run.
Source ↗ - 4Zack Wheeler (Philadelphia Phillies, 2025)
An ace pitcher's arm fatigue hid a clot near the collarbone until thrombolysis.
Source ↗ - 5Brandon Ingram (Los Angeles Lakers, 2019)
Arm tingling turned into a season-ending surgery for structural blood flow issues.
Source ↗ - 6Taylor Moton (Carolina Panthers, 2026)
Coughing up blood during training camp led to a lung clot diagnosis and IR stint.
Source ↗ - 7Christian Barmore (New England Patriots, 2024/2025)
A rookie's altitude sickness was actually recurring clots in both lungs.
Source ↗ - 8Kenneth Walker III (Seattle Seahawks, 2022/2026)
A pre-draft lung clot was managed secretly, leading to a Super Bowl MVP career.
- 9Trey Smith (Kansas City Chiefs, 2018/2021)
Six blood clots in college didn't stop him from becoming a Super Bowl champion guard.
Source ↗ - 10Anderson Varejao (Cleveland Cavaliers, 2013)
An All-Star center's mild back pain masked a life-threatening lung clot.
Source ↗
What Qwen noticed
Teams are increasingly using 'abundance of caution' ultrasounds for minor impacts, discovering superficial clots that move but don't immediately threaten deep veins.
🇨🇳 DeepSeek10 places · 2 notes
The same question, answered by DeepSeek alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Jalen Hurts (Eagles, 2026)
Cleated calf, small clot, moved in six days — out indefinitely.
Source ↗ - 2Chris Bosh (Heat, 2015)
All-Star break calf soreness led to a CT scan that found more than one clot — season over.
- 3Serena Williams (2011)
She had to fight for the CT scan that found clots in both lungs.
Source ↗ - 4Anderson Varejao (Cavaliers, 2013)
Routine knee surgery led to a life-saving lung clot diagnosis.
Source ↗ - 5Gabby Thomas (2021)
A hamstring MRI found a benign liver tumor — she still made the Olympics.
- 6Keely Hodgkinson (2026)
Her torn hamstring MRI revealed a split tendon — 'my body is built differently.'
- 7Brock Boeser (Canucks, 2024)
A second scan after Game 6 found the clot had moved to a deep vein — he missed Game 7.
Source ↗ - 8Filip Hallander (Penguins, 2025-26)
Precautionary tests found something in his lung after a leg clot — season over.
- 9Jiri Kulich (Sabres, 2025-26)
A 21-year-old felt 'off' after a hit; a CT scan found a blood clot.
- 10Kimmo Timonen (Flyers, 2014-15)
Blood clots in his leg and lungs sidelined him most of the season.
What DeepSeek noticed
The Eagles' own statement says the clot was found Oct. 10, but they didn't rule him out until Oct. 15 — five days later.
Serena Williams had to argue with nurses to get the CT scan that found clots in her lungs.