Nearly one in 10 men experience depression or anxiety but less than half will receive treatment for it, according to the Anxiety & Depression Association of America.

Eric Hipple #17 of the Detroit Lions drops back to pass against the Washington Redskins during an NFL football game circa 1983 at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C.. Hipple played for the Lions from 1980-86 and 1988-89. Former Detroit Lions quarterback Eric Hipple knows what it’s like. His mother suffered with depression and it hit him after he had played for the Lions for nearly a decade and was transitioning out of being a professional football player.