Daniel Te'o-Nesheim died Oct. 29, 2017, at 30 years old. For almost a year since then, his family searched for answers to what happened that night. They finally filled in the gaps — which included a CTE diagnosis — and now, they want to help others going through similar situations before it's too late.
In Waimea, a small town of 9,212 in the northeastern corner of Hawaii’s Big Island, no one had a bigger presence than Daniel Te’o-Nesheim. The Washington Huskies’ one-time sack king, after four years in the NFL, returned to the island and last year took over as the head football coach at his alma mater, Hawaii Preparatory Academy.