By Des Bieler, The Washington Post
When news broke last week that former Colorado running back Rashaan Salaam had committed suicide at age 42, some wondered if brain injuries were to blame. Salaam was not given an autopsy, so we won’t know if he suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), but his brother said that the 1994 Heisman Trophy winner displayed “all” the symptoms of the disease.
Jabali Alaji told USA Today, in a story published Sunday, that he looked up the effects of CTE in the wake of Salaam’s death. Referring to signs such anxiety, depression, apathy and memory loss, Alaji said, “He had all those symptoms.