Former Kansas State safety Jarrod Cooper is dealing with severe migraines, depression, seizures and cognitive dysfunctions associated with multiple concussions from the sport he still loves.
DANVILLE, Calif. — Jarrod Cooper has every right to despise football.
Playing the game for almost half his life has left the former Kansas State safety dealing with severe migraines, depression, seizures and cognitive dysfunctions associated with multiple concussions from the sport he still loves.
Cooper’s downward spiral at age 37 illustrates the personal devastation former players are facing at a time when the NFL’s top health and safety executive has finally acknowledged a connection between football and degenerative brain disease.