Players from more than 100 college football programs have been diagnosed with CTE, the Concussion Legacy Foundation announced Wednesday.
The report on a study conducted by the VA-BU-CLF Brain Bank — a collaboration among the Department of Veterans Affairs, Boston University and the Concussion Legacy Foundation — says that every Power 5 conference has at least one of its schools represented among the 15 programs with three or more confirmed cases of chronic, degenerative brain disease.
The 15 programs that have three or more confirmed CTE cases have combined for 64 national championships.
“This information is being released to raise awareness that CTE is not just an issue for professional football players,” said Chris Nowinski, co-founder and CEO of the Concussion Legacy Foundation.