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In the 2010 season for the Canadian Football League, there have been 50 reported concussions; 44.8 percent of players reported having a concussion or concussion-like symptoms, 16.9 percent had confirmed that they had a concussion, and 69.6 percent of all players who suffered from concussions that year suffered from more than one. [92]
Concussions are also an issue outside of professional football. In a 2010 study by Purdue University and Indiana University, an estimated 43,000 to 67,000 football players suffer a concussion every season. However, because many injuries go unreported, the true number may exceed 100,000.
It is estimated that as many as 1.6–3.8 million concussions occur in the US per year in competitive sports and recreational activities; this is a rough estimate, since as many as 50% of concussions go unreported. [19] Concussions occur in all sports with the highest incidence in American football, ice hockey, rugby, soccer, and basketball. [4]
While the number of concussions suffered on kickoffs in 2024 matched the eight suffered in 2023, per NFL.com's Judy Battista, that number remained stagnant amid a 57% increase in kickoff returns.
In announcing injury data for the 2024 season Thursday, the NFL said that concussions had decreased to a "historic low" as helmet safety continued to rise. Concussions were down 17 percent from ...
NFL players suffered the fewest concussions in a season in 2024 since the league began tracking data nine years ago. The total decline from 2023 was 17%, including all practices and games in both the preseason and regular season. League executive Jeff Miller and NFL chief medical officer Dr. Allen Sills cited several reasons for the drop-off.
The NFL saw its fewest number of concussions in the preseason since tracking started in 2015. There were 44 concussions in practices and games, a decrease of about 24% from last year.
Reeves Wiedeman described the response to Tagovailoa's 2024 concussion and subsequent return to play as "The End of the NFL’s Concussion Crisis" in an article of the same title. He noted that despite increased coverage of and public awareness surrounding NFL play and CTE, that the league's popularity had increased, with revenue growing from ...