CTE numbers

Of the 202 deceased football players whose brains were examined by Dr. Ann McKee, 111 played in the NFL and 110 of those were found to have chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the degenerative disease believed to be caused by repeated blows to the head. Forty-four linemen — offensive and defensive — were found to have CTE. The brains were from players who died as young as 23 and as old as 89: