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Ex-Titans tight end Frank Wycheck believes he has CTE

Former NFL tight end Frank Wycheck says he believe he has CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) after a career of repeated blows to the head.

Wycheck says he suffered at least 25 concussions before retiring at 33 after 11 seasons in the NFL with the Tennessee Titans.

"I worry about, I'm scared about the time if I actually get to that point where these guys [who have committed suicide] have snapped," Wycheck told ESPN.com. "What has made them snap? And that is what I am scared of, that there is something that is going to come over me that is going to make me snap.