Demaryius Thomas diagnosed with Stage 2 CTE in posthumous brain study
NFL Demaryius Thomas diagnosed with Stage 2 CTE in posthumous brain study By Glynn A. Hill Updated July 5, 2022 at 6:14 p.m. EDT | Published July 5, 2022 at 3:04 p.m. EDT Demaryius Thomas, who died in December, was diagnosed with Stage 2 CTE. (John McDonnell/The Washington Post) Listen Comment Gift Share Former NFL star Demaryius Thomas was diagnosed with Stage 2 chronic traumatic encephalopathy, his family said in a statement Tuesday, after doctors at Boston University’s CTE Center studied the former wide receiver’s brain. Get the full experience. Choose your plan Thomas was found dead at 33 in December at his home in Roswell, Ga., and while the cause of death has not been determined by the coroner’s office in Fulton County, Ga., his family has attributed his death to seizures , which he suffered following a 2019 car crash. Thomas’s diagnosis is associated with “progressive behavior, cognitive and mood abnormalities.” The former...