The brain of former NFL star, Frank Wycheck, was found to have severe damage from Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE).

His daughters said they had challenges understanding both the physical and mental changes from their father, who died at 52 in 2023, thinking he was just missing the spotlight of his career.

Former NFL tight end Frank Wycheck had stage III chronic traumatic encelphalopathy when he died in December 2023.

The family of late Tennessee Titans legend Frank Wycheck announced the tight end tested positive for chronic traumatic ...

“The family of late Tennessee Titans great Frank Wycheck announced the former tight end tested positive for Stage III Chronic ...

A 2023 report from the Boston U. CTE Center found brain damage in 345 of 376 deceased NFL players. In a 2018 study they did of a general population, one case of CTE was found in 162 autopsies.

Brown, 64, had been fighting for years to get paid by the landmark NFL concussion settlement, which promised to compensate every former player with dementia or a brain disease linked to head trauma.

26—Decades ago, a writer likened Donald Frank's life to an NFL fairy tale ... that he had the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which has been found in the ...

(AP) — Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry suffered from a chronic brain injury ... CTE, is caused by multiple head impacts, regardless of whether those blows result in a concussion diagnosis. A ...

At 17, a similar injury ... Sports Brain Bank at the University of Pittsburgh. At the Brain Bank, we study the long-term effects of repeated head trauma, including chronic traumatic encephalopathy ...