At just 33 years old, Super Bowl Champion Demaryius Thomas' death rocked the NFL. In December 2021, Thomas was found unresponsive in his shower, but now the mysterious circumstances of his death have come to light.
In December 2021, Thomas was found unresponsive in his shower, but now the mysterious circumstances of his death have come to light.
The first cases of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative brain disease known as CTE, were found in the brains of former NFL players nearly two decades ago. At Boston University's CTE Center, Dr. Ann McKee said she has diagnosed it in six to seven hundred athletes after death, from amateurs to professionals, in just about any sport associated with hits to the head.
Thomas' parents said they saw him struggle in the year leading up to his eventual death. They knew his 10 seasons in the league riddled his body with physical injuries, but he was suddenly experiencing a deeper pain they couldn't explain. Bobby Thomas explained that his son"was seeking medical help" but wasn't sure if it was working."From my understanding right now, what I've learned, it wasn't helpin' him," he said.
"But the truth is, we don't have any specific treatment for CTE at this time -- these guys suffer in silence and they have a lot of trouble finding anyone in the medical professional field who actually knows what's going on," McKee said."It's an invisible injury." After 10 years in the NFL, primarily with the Denver Broncos, Thomas hung up his cleats and announced his retirement in July 2021.
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