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The study found that, as reported by athletic trainers, college football players sustain 6.3 concussions for every 10,000 athletic exposures (meaning an individual practice or game), and the rate for high school football players is 11.2. The high school concussion figure is nearly double that of the next-highest sport, lacrosse. The study ...
Concussions are frequent in high school football. Football has the highest rate of concussion among high school sports, with about 11 concussions occurring per 10,000 athletic exposures. [110] About 50 high school or younger football players across the country were killed or sustained serious head injuries on the field since 1997. [111]
In the 2005 high school basketball year, 3.6% of reported injuries were concussions, with 30.5% of concussions occurring during rebounds. [52] Incidence rates for concussions in NCAA men's basketball is lower than NCAA women's basketball, at 0.16 concussion per 1,000 athletes compared to 0.22 per 1,000 athletes respectively.
On Nov. 22, Harrison High's football program donated $250 to the family. Accompanying the donation, the school wrote, "We are sending our prayers and support to you and your family during this ...
Christopher Garcia, a junior at South East High School in LA, was injured during a tackle in an Aug. 23 game. He died this week from a brain injury.
An Alabama high school football player has died a day after he suffered a brain injury during a game.. Caden Tellier, 16, was airlifted to the University of Alabama at Birmingham hospital in ...
A Massachusetts high school football player was hospitalized with a “traumatic brain injury” following a “disturbing” injury during a game on Thanksgiving Day, according to local officials.
NCAA athlete injury rates are higher in men's ice hockey, basketball, and lacrosse. [45] NCAA athlete injury rates were significantly higher in women's cross country than men's cross country. [46] The NCAA injury rates are roughly the same for soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, and both indoor and outdoor track and field, regardless of gender ...