Dr. Bennet Omalu, whose research established the causal relationship between head trauma and CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) has agreed to perform the autopsy of a Dixon man who recently took his life believing he had brain damage from playing football, according to People.
Jason Hairston, 47, “took his own life” last week according to a post on his company’s website. Hairston played football in high school and college — where he sustained a serious neck injury which fractured his C5 and C6 vertebrae. He later had tryouts with the 49ers and Broncos. He retired from football in 1996 without realizing his dream to play in the NFL.