Meiko Locksley, one of 152 athletes diagnosed with CTE before even reaching the age of 30 as part of the Boston University CTE Center’s 2023 study, never made it past college football and began exhibiting signs of the disease in his 20s.

An NFL employee was seriously injured during the mass shooting at the Manhattan office tower that houses the league’s headquarters.

The Manhattan high-rise shooter, a former high school football player, left a note referencing the brain disease CTE and appeared to have targeted the NFL’s offices, authorities said.