Bombshell new study finds three quarters of ex-NFL stars who died between 2008 and 2023 had CTE
A new study has claimed 75 percent of former NFL players who died between 2008 and 2023 had the neurodegenerative brain disease known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.
The study was published Wednesday in JAMA Network Open by researchers at Boston University, Mass General Brigham and the Concussion & CTE Foundation.
Some of those same researchers also published a paper in August that estimated one in four former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 also had CTE.
CTE is a disease that can only be diagnosed after death, meaning research on the subject depends on brains donated by players or their families.
More to follow.
A new study has claimed 75 percent of ex-NFL players who died between 2008-2023 had CTE
