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Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a type of brain damage that has been found in 345 of 376 deceased former National Football League (NFL) players, according to a 2023 report by the Boston University CTE Center, which has led the effort to diagnose CTE cases.
Youth athletes make up 70% of football players in the United States. Every year there are 23,000 nonfatal traumatic brain injuries stemming from playing football that required an emergency visit to the hospital. Of those visits, 90% of them are children between the ages of 5–18 years old. [101]
Pages in category "Players of American football with chronic traumatic encephalopathy" The following 82 pages are in this category, out of 82 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
OJ Appiah, a senior linebacker at Archer High School in Georgia, is in the intensive care unit after reportedly suffering a traumatic brain injury during a game.
A 2013 study of high school and college football players split fatalities into two types: direct fatalities, defined as those caused by "trauma from participation in a sport resulting in a brain injury, cervical fracture, or intra-abdominal injury" and indirect fatalities, defined as those resulting from external factors such as "cardiac ...
People who experienced a serious traumatic brain injury had an 83% greater risk of developing Parkinson’s, ... “Football is such a big part of American society,” he said. “We need to know ...
Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa's concussion in Week 2 was the third of his NFL career. His injury history since the start of his college career at Alabama has been rough. Since 2017 ...
Most documented cases of chronic traumatic encephalopathy have occurred in many athletes involved in contact sports such as boxing, American football, professional wrestling, ice hockey, mixed martial arts, rugby and soccer. [1] [2] Other risk factors include being in the military, prior domestic violence, and repeated banging of the head. [1]