Former North Carolina Tar Heels left tackle Ryan Hoffman was found to have chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, in a study conducted by Boston University and Concussion Legacy Foundation researchers.
Juliet Macur of the New York Times reported the news Tuesday, indicating Hoffman's family was notified of his postmortem CTE diagnosis this past Friday. Macur also reported what Hoffman's sister, Kira Soto, said about the findings in a phone call from Monday:
I wanted to know exactly what happened to my brother, and I just knew football did it.