Seahawks defensive tackle Jesse Williams is scheduled to have kidney surgery on Thursday, the team announced.
This surgery will take place 10 days after he was diagnosed with Papillary Type 2 cancer.
"He’s a battler all the way," Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said. "He’s been up against it, too. He’s fought some difficult fights, and he’s fighting another one - maybe the fight of a young man’s life.
"We’ll be there with him and hope to pull him through.”