Study estimates 75% of NFL players who died in recent years had signs of CTE

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Uploaded: 2026-10-29

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[0:00] A new study published by JAMAMA Network

[0:02] Open reveals 75% of former NFL players

[0:05] who died between 2008 and 2023 were

[0:08] suffering from a degenerative brain

[0:10] disease known as CTE. CTE is found in

[0:13] people who have suffered repeated hits

[0:15] to the head and can only be diagnosed

[0:17] after death. The disease has commonly

[0:20] been discovered in athletes as well as

[0:21] first respo

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