Former Tennessee Titans tight end Frank Wycheck had stage III CTE at the time of his death in December 2023, researchers confirmed, his family said Thursday.

The brain of former NFL star, Frank Wycheck, was found to have severe damage from Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). Wycheck passed away in December 2023 at the age of 52. His family confirmed at the time that they intended to work with CTE researchers in the wake of his passing.

A new study of the brain of Frank Wycheck, the late Tennessee Titans tight end who died in 2023, revealed some illuminating information about the NFL star at the time of his death. A post-mortem study of Wycheck's brain at Boston University's Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center concluded