Nathan Kalman-Lamb: “I could barely do school. I would forget what I was talking about mid-sentence. I’d be forgetting everything that happened like ten minutes ago. I would just completely zone out sometimes. It was like I was halfway there. I couldn’t really control it.” t.co/K50sSihmZa

“The 6 months where I was going through concussion symptoms and continuing to engage in football was the worst time of my life. I was depressed. I experienced suicidal ideation. I was ashamed." On former P5 OL Jabo Burrow and the toll of head injury in CFB. www.theguardian.com/sport/articl...

‘I started crying. I lost my breath’: the long toll of concussions in college footballwww.theguardian.com Traumatic brain injuries are common among young players, who are left dealing with them long after their athletic careers are over

“The acute symptoms were worse than anything I've felt since. I was suicidal and experiencing self-hatred. I had developed issues with trusting what my own body was telling me, as I felt there must be something wrong with me." - former P5 OL Jabo Burrow t.co/K50sSihmZa

‘I started crying. I lost my breath’: the long toll of concussions in college footballt.co Traumatic brain injuries are common among young players, who are left dealing with them long after their athletic careers are over

"During the time where I was concussed and still playing, I would sit in my locker and dread my existence. I felt like I was just surviving practice by practice and at any point my brain was going to give out on me.” - Jabo Burrow, former P5 OL t.co/K50sSihmZa

‘I started crying. I lost my breath’: the long toll of concussions in college footballt.co Traumatic brain injuries are common among young players, who are left dealing with them long after their athletic careers are over

Every 2.6 years of participation in football doubles the chances of contracting the degenerative brain condition CTE. Participation in football also increases the chances of developing Parkinson's Disease by 60%, 2.93x higher than that for college players. t.co/K50sSihmZa

‘I started crying. I lost my breath’: the long toll of concussions in college footballt.co Traumatic brain injuries are common among young players, who are left dealing with them long after their athletic careers are over

In 1973, an NCAA lawyer wrote that the warnings of the rules committee about head-first tackling should be ignored because if publicized they could lead to "devastating cross-examination of football coaches at all levels in the future." t.co/K50sSihmZa

‘I started crying. I lost my breath’: the long toll of concussions in college footballt.co Traumatic brain injuries are common among young players, who are left dealing with them long after their athletic careers are over

Many of the players we spoke to for our forthcoming @uncpress.bsky.social book *The End of College Football: On the Human Cost of an All-American Game* shared Burrow's experiences with head trauma in the sport. www.amazon.com/End-College-...

“I could barely do school. I would forget what I was talking about mid-sentence. I’d be forgetting everything that happened like ten minutes ago. I would just completely zone out sometimes. It was like I was halfway there. I couldn’t really control it.” t.co/K50sSihmZa

‘I started crying. I lost my breath’: the long toll of concussions in college footballt.co Traumatic brain injuries are common among young players, who are left dealing with them long after their athletic careers are over

“There’s a handful of times where I was concussed. I was . . . throwing up on the sidelines. And [linebackers’ coach] looked at me, and said, ‘You good?’ And he wasn’t asking, he was telling me. And he was like, ‘Yeah, you’ll be good.’" -former P5 player t.co/K50sSihmZa

‘I started crying. I lost my breath’: the long toll of concussions in college footballt.co Traumatic brain injuries are common among young players, who are left dealing with them long after their athletic careers are over

"The single biggest lasting issue that I tie directly to playing football is related to regulating my emotions... I have been diagnosed with depression and anxiety, and my doctors believe there is a connection between my mental health and my brain injuries.” t.co/K50sSihmZa

‘I started crying. I lost my breath’: the long toll of concussions in college footballt.co Traumatic brain injuries are common among young players, who are left dealing with them long after their athletic careers are over

"I feel like there’s a good chance that I will have CTE… But I won’t find out until I die, which isn’t comforting at all.” - former P5 college football player t.co/K50sSihmZa

‘I started crying. I lost my breath’: the long toll of concussions in college footballt.co Traumatic brain injuries are common among young players, who are left dealing with them long after their athletic careers are over

“I believe that TBIs and football are synonymous, and tackle football as it exists right now is not capable of being played without the risks to your brain." - Jabo Burrow, former P5 OL t.co/K50sSihmZa

‘I started crying. I lost my breath’: the long toll of concussions in college footballt.co Traumatic brain injuries are common among young players, who are left dealing with them long after their athletic careers are over

"The game is fundamentally dangerous. I like to compare it to cigarettes. All they can do is slap a giant disclaimer on every sign-up form... The game is fundamentally flawed in that way, and it is simply dishonest to say otherwise." - Jabo Burrow t.co/K50sSihmZa

‘I started crying. I lost my breath’: the long toll of concussions in college footballt.co Traumatic brain injuries are common among young players, who are left dealing with them long after their athletic careers are over

"The game is inherently dangerous for your brain and the reality is that the sport has spent the last few decades purposefully pushing that fact under the rug. It pains me to say that." - Jabo Burrow, former P5 OL t.co/K50sSihmZa

‘I started crying. I lost my breath’: the long toll of concussions in college footballt.co Traumatic brain injuries are common among young players, who are left dealing with them long after their athletic careers are over

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