Dad: Titus Young has brain disorder

The Lions drafted Young in 2011 but released him in February after a drop in productivity and disputes with teammates.

Some of Young’s fellow NFL receivers have expressed concern for him in recent days.

“A guy like Titus, I hear people say his career is over. Well first of all, it’s really not about his career right now, it’s about his life,” Chicago Bears receiver Brandon Marshall said Monday in an interview with ESPN’s “NFL Live.”

Marshall, who has been diagnosed with a personality disorder, has successfully received treatment and is now an advocate for mental health issues in the NFL. He said he tried to get Young into the same treatment program he went through but was unsuccessful.

“Months back, I wanted to get my hands on Titus, just sit down with him and possibly walk him into the doors of the same program I was in,” Marshall told ESPN. “But I think there were some things in the way that kept us both from moving forward. And I am disappointed in that because, since then, it’s just gotten worse and one of the things I stress was without the proper treatment, it’s just going to make things worse.”

Baltimore Ravens receiver Torrey Smith, meanwhile, tweeted Monday that he was praying for Young.

“Prayers up for Titus right now…he is going thru something that seems easy outside looking in to handle…we don’t know his problems,” he wrote on Twitter. “…people do dumb things everyday and mess up great opportunities he’s not the only one..just like them he needs help.”

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

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