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Aug 25, 2026

At least 25% of former NFL players who died between 2016-2021 had CTE, study finds

A new study examining former NFL players who died recently found that at least one in four had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), the brain disease long linked to repeated head impacts in football.

Aug 25, 20262 sources

Jul 24, 2026

ICE deports Daniel Adongo, first Kenyan-born NFL player, for visa overstay and arrests

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported Daniel Ogama Adongo, 37, a former Indianapolis Colts linebacker who was the first Kenyan to play in the NFL, on June 20 after he overstayed his visa and had multiple arrests. Adongo, a former rugby star, played for the Colts from 2013 to 2015.

Jul 24, 20265 sources

Top claims

▪Of the more than 330 NFL players who died between 2008 and 2021 and whose brains were donated to the UNITE Brain Bank at Boston University, 93% were diagnosed with CTE
▪To establish a baseline, researchers compiled a denominator list of 1,712 deceased players who had appeared in at least one NFL game since 1949 using CDC death certificates
▪A study published in The BMJ on August 25, 2026, found that at least 25% of former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)

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Deportations1 Drug Approval and Clinical Trials1 Immigration1 Immigration enforcement1 Mental health1 Neurodegenerative disease1 Public health1

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