The NFL has been deploying its new impact-monitoring mouth guards and cleat-tracking technology during training camps and preseason games. Both are pilot programs being done in conjunction with the NFLPA to see if injury prevention insights can be gleaned from the data.
As part of its $60 million Engineering Roadmap to promote health and safety initiatives, the league’s engineers developed a new sensor technology to gauge head impacts by severity and location, among other metrics. SportTechie was the first to report on its development and testing last year, when the first trial was being conducted with the University of Virginia football team.