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发帖数: 2555 | 1 Baltimore Ravens offensive lineman John Urschel surprisingly retired from
the NFL on Thursday at the age of 26.
According to CNN's Jill Martin, Ravens head coach John Harbaugh was informed
of the decision on Thursday and released the following statement on Urschel
the past three years and wish him all the best in his future endeavors."
A source told ESPN's Jamison Hensley that the results of a recent chronic
traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) study played a role in Urschel's retirement.
Urschel is pursuing his doctorate at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.
The aforementioned study was published Tuesday in the medical journal JAMA (
h/t CNN.com's Daniella Emanuel). Doctors discovered CTE in 110 of 111 brains
from deceased former NFL players.
Urschel is a mathematician, and he said the head trauma after a 2015
concussion impacted his ability to think, according to Hensley: "I think it
hurt my ability to think well mathematically. It took me about three weeks
before I was football-ready. It took me a little bit longer before my high-
level visualizations ability came back."
The Ravens selected Urschel in the fifth round of the 2014 NFL draft out of
Penn State. The team utilized him primarily as a backup guard, although he
also made appearances at tackle and center. He made 13 starts during his
three-year career. | a*o
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