[2][3] From 1976 to 1979, Visger attended the University of Colorado on a football scholarship, where he majored in Fisheries Biology and made the traveling squad as a true freshman.

He survived five additional emergency VP Shunt brain surgeries and several gran mal seizures in 1987 while enrolled in Chemistry and Physics courses and earning a Class B General Contractor's license.

In 1990, he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Conservation, despite developing dyslexia and major short-term memory deficits from his surgeries and seizure medications.

Visger has been featured on NPR, CNN, CBS Evening News, ESPN Outside The Lines, Slate Magazine, and specials in London, England, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

He consults directly with Dr. Rich Ellenbogen of the NFL Head, Neck, and Spine Injury Group on rule changes to reduce TBI in football.

[5] Visger also conducts motivational seminars, is writing a full-length biography, and co-authored an eBook memoir with Irv Muchnick, Out of My Head; My Life In and Out of Football, which was published on January 30, 2012.

Doug Cosbie (Dallas Cowboys 1979–1988) and associates began filming Visger's autobiographic documentary An NFL Brain Injury and Recovery in April 2013.