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At least one in four former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 was found to have had CTE, according to a new study.
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At least one in four former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 was found to have had CTE, according to a new study.
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At least one in four NFL players has CTE when they die, according to a new study that examined the brains of former pro players. CTE is a brain disease thought to be caused by years of sustained head trauma and can only be diagnosed after an autopsy of the brain. Amna Nawaz spoke with Dr. Chris Nowinski of the Concussion and CTE Foundation, and a co-author of this study.
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215 of 235 donated brains showed signs of CTE Condition can only be diagnosed after death Symptoms include problems with memory and mood At least one in four former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 was found to have had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), according to a study released on Tuesday. Out of the 878 former players who died during that time frame, 235 donated their brains for study, researchers said, with 215 of those donated brains found to have CTE, a degenerative disease that can only definitively be diagnosed after death. CTE is associated with repeated blow...
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A new study says at least one in four ex-NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had a degenerative brain disease but the true figure could be much higher.
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AIPROPX has consolidated 6 reports from 6 outlets into a single canonical entry on “At least 25% of NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had CTE.” The covered outlets are based across 3 regions — US, Other, and UK.
The earliest report in this entry came from BBC News (Aug 25, 2026, 11:54 UTC); the most recent came from CNN (Aug 26, 2026, 00:52 UTC).
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