Former Washington State Quarterback Tyler Hilinski Had Stage 1 CTE

In a new Sports Illustrated story on former Washington State quarterback Tyler Hilinski, who committed suicide in January, it is revealed that the 21-year-old had chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

The Greg Bishop story provides a glimpse at how Hilinski's family has been adjusting to life since his death, and how one of the factors behind moving on for the family was finding out what potentially caused Hilinski to take his own life.

After getting his brain tested, the family learned Tyler was suffering from the lowest level of CTE.

Greg Bishop writes:

They cleaned out his locker, hoping to find Tyler’s phone. They never did and that tormented them, the care he took to dispose of the one thing…