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contract extension in 2012 that would have run through 2018. This was one of the most lucrative contracts ever negotiated for a tight end, including an astounding $12.5 million signing bonus. Hernandez would have ultimately become a two-time winning Super Bowl champion with the Patriots in 2014 and 2016. Un- fortunately, this future did not materialize when the 24-year old Hernandez was arrested in June 2013 for the murder of his friend, Odin Lloyd. In 2015, Hernandez was found guilty of fi rst-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. In April 2017, Hernandez was found dead by strangulation in an apparent suicide in his jail cell.
T Sadly, other NFL players have met similar ends off the fi eld,
such as two-time Super Bowl champion Dave Duerson who shot himself to death at age 50 years old in 2011 and 12-X Pro Bowl linebacker Junior Seau who committed suicide at age 43 years old in 2012. Post-mortem examination of Hernandez’s brain was per- formed demonstrating particularly severe abnormalities consis- tent with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). According to the pathologist of record, the changes observed in Hernandez’s brain were similar to what was seen in the brains of former foot- ball players who were decades older than Hernandez. The term chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) describes
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a neurodegenerative disease of the brain defi ned by brain pathol- ogy including phosphorylated tau deposits in particular brain areas and locations. CTE is observed in individuals who compete in high-impact sports such as boxing and American football. The fi ndings are believed to be caused by repetitive mild traumatic brain injuries. Currently CTE can only be established defi ni- tively after death with pathological examination. Affected individuals with CTE may demonstrate a progressive
condition with non-specifi c and delayed features, including cognitive and/or behavioral problems. Memory diffi culties, re- duced attention, impaired concentration, irritability, violence to self and others, depression, and other mood disorders are ob-
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he story of NFL player Aaron Hernandez is tragic. A suc- cessful tight end drafted in 2010 by the New England Pa- triots, Hernandez signed a fi ve-year $40 million dollar
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