Hall of Fame running back Marshall Faulk has revealed that he is battling Parkinson’s disease.

The 53-year-old, who is now head coach at Southern University in Louisiana, spent more than a decade in the NFL, winning both a Super Bowl and an MVP award. 

He is widely considered one of the finest running backs of all time and was later inducted into both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame.

But on Thursday, Faulk told ‘The Caring Neurologist’ podcast that he has been battling the disease for the past 18 months.

Parkinson’s is a disorder of the nervous system that impacts movement and worsens over time and Faulk revealed that he initially noticed some issues with his hand while playing golf.

The 53-year-old mentioned it to his doctor, who told him: ‘You need to go get checked.’ 

Hall of Fame running back Marshall Faulk has revealed that he is battling Parkinson’s disease

The 53-year-old is widely considered one of the finest running backs of all time

Thankfully, Faulk said, the disease was diagnosed early and he is now receiving treatment for the condition. Besides some stiffness in his hands, his condition has not worsened.

‘The little tremors that I get, they are what they are,’ he said. ‘I just pay attention to my gait, you know, while I walk, when I’m working out, my ability to balance. It’s still where it is.’

The legendary running back, who played the Indianapolis Colts and the then-St Louis Rams between 1994 and 2005, said he has not discussed his diagnosis family or friends.

‘If it comes a time to where my lifestyle changes, then I will,’ he explained. ‘Then that conversation could be had. I’m functioning. I’m good. You know, I just I think I caught it early. I’m in a good place.’

Faulk took his first head coaching job at Southern in late 2025, having previously served as Colorado running backs coach under Deion Sanders. 

Earlier this year, meanwhile, Green Bay Packers legend Ahman Green revealed he was diagnosed with early onset Parkinson’s disease after first noticing troubling symptoms during his sleep.

The 49-year-old former running back, who remains Green Bay’s all-time leading rusher, opened up about his health battle on the Go Long podcast with host Tyler Dunne, sharing that he was officially diagnosed in January 2025.

Green explained that he began suspecting something was wrong when his body started twitching uncontrollably at night, a symptom his wife noted had actually been happening since shortly after he retired from the NFL in 2009.

‘Last year, I got diagnosed with early onset Parkinson’s,’ Green revealed. ‘I had a little bit of the feet twitching when I’m in my sleep and stuff like that.

‘I knew something was going on long before that. I just got a hold of some doctors that I was able to get in contact with. Get the diagnostics, get the testing. And finally got it tested last – it was January of 2025.’

Alongside physical twitching, the four-time Pro Bowler admitted he has struggled with short-term memory loss, as well as walking and talking in his sleep.

Green explained that he chose to keep his diagnosis private for over a year so he could communicate the devastating news to his immediate family first.