Meiko Locksley, one of 152 athletes diagnosed with CTE before even reaching the age of 30 as part of the Boston University CTE Center’s 2023 study, never made it past college football and began exhibiting signs of the disease in his 20s.

The NYC mass shooter blamed football for his actions. But Dr. Bennet Omalu, the man who discovered CTE, says that excuse doesn’t hold up.

After killing four and taking his own life, Shane Tamura — a former football player at two L.A.-area high schools — left behind a suicide note, authorities say, alleging he had the brain disease CTE.