Newensky is a former college football player with a ph d in nero science who runs the concussion legacy foundation. He works with a group of researchers at boston university looking for something called chronic traumatic in saphilopathy, c t e. Getting hit in the head causes your brain to twist and bruise. So far, nuinski's group has autopsied the brains of a hundred and 11 former anepel players. A hundred and ten had c t e; Seven of eight former canadian football league players had it,. so did nine of 14 pro players. Forty eight of 53 college players, three out of 14 high school players.