# New study finds one in four NFL players who died over six years showed signs of CTE

https://mins.news/en/video/32445

- ABC News, 2026-08-26 00:25 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn22k8VTFVs

> A new study found that 25% of former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 may have had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.

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