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Former Oakland Raiders quarterback Ken Stabler has been added to the growing list of NFL players afflicted by the brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. Michael Keck was 25 when he died in 2013. A former football star at Harrisonville High and later Missouri and Missouri State, he left behind wife Cassandra and son Justin.
Adrian Robinson, a former NFL linebacker who committed suicide in May, was found to have the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Robinson played 22 games over two seasons for four different teams, and had been a defensive lineman for Temple University in college. He committed suicide about one month after he signed a Canadian Football League contract. CTE has been found in the brains of other NFL players whoâve committed suicide, including Junior Seau and Dave Duerson. CTE has been linked to repeated blows to the head. Robinson was found to have had several concussions during his time playing in the NFL.