Benie Wells is seeking treatment for a brain injury he belives was caused by playing football.

Wells said he had been absent from his radio show in Columbus, Ohio as he sought medical advice and treatment in California. Wells has experienced headaches and some speech and memory problems.

"I have some plaque separation," Wells, 29, told his co-host Tim Hall on "The Tim and Beanie Show.' "And when you have that plaque separation, it shows that you experienced some sort of traumatic brain injury. Obviously that traumatic injury for me would come from playing football. Not only that. They had some cells tacked on to that separated plaque that I needed to get under control.

"I'm still not out of the woods yet, but it's coming. I'm hopeful."

Wells played for Ohio State from 2006 to 2008.

Wells spent four seasons in the NFL with the Cardinals.