Former Miami Dolphins star Nick Buoniconti, who has said that his brain has been damaged by playing football, announced on Friday that he is donating his brain to CTE research upon his death.
CTE is short for chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative neurological disease that has been linked to concussions and brain trauma sustained by players during their careers. CTE can be diagnosed only after death.
Buoniconti, 76, told Sports Illustrated in May that he has suffered dementia and other symptoms of CTE, including memory loss, depression and struggles to perform tasks such as knotting a necktie.