Dexter Manley, a star with the Washington Redskins in the 1980s who was a part of the franchise’s first two Super Bowl-winning teams, has been hospitalized battling the coronavirus, his daughter told the Washington Post.

Manley, 61, is on oxygen in a Washington, D.C.-area hospital to help with breathing problems he began experiencing two weeks ago. The man once dubbed “The Secretary of Defense” tested positive for the virus on May 2

“I just think he is scared.” Manley’s daughter Dalis told the Washington Post, adding that doctors said Dexter has pneumonia.

Dalis Manley told the paper her dad, who had been regularly wearing a mask, believes he may have contracted the virus when he visited a convenience store without a mask on.

After initially experiencing shortness of breath and a fever which ranged from 101 to 104 degrees, he recently began coughing.

Manley’s son Dexter II told the paper his dad “hasn’t gotten worse, but they’re worried about his breathing,” while someone else close to the family who spoke to Manley’s doctors said Manley is “stable and resting comfortably,” adding doctors said Manley “is a big strong guy and is not in imminent danger.”

Fourteen years ago, Manley — who battled drug issues during his NFL career, failing multiple league drug tests — underwent 10 1/2 hours of brain surgery to treat a Colloid cyst that was putting pressure on his brain.

A member of the Super Bowl XVII and Super Bowl XXII champion Redskins, Manley had 97.5 career sacks and was an All-Pro in 1986.