Former Pittsburgh Steelers running backs Jerome Bettis and Merril Hoge will donate their brains to science after they die in an effort to help doctors better understand CTE and how it can be treated and prevented by modern medicine in the future.
Bettis and Hoge were two of several notable names at the grand opening of the National Brain Bank at the University of Pittsburgh Thursday, making the pledge to donate their brains to help future athletes.
Bettis and Hoge were two tough runners who spent years in the NFL. Bettis spent 13 years in the NFL, 10 of them with Pittsburgh, and is remembered as one of the most powerful backs in football history.