25% of deceased ex-National Football League players had Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
A new BMJ study published on August 25 2026 and entitled Prevalence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) at death in National Football League players: retrospective population based cohort study, 2008-21 BMJ 2026; 394 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2026-100418 found that about 25% of former NFL players who died