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COLORADO SPRINGS (KXRM) — In its third year of helping soon-to-be college students with scholarships, the Jackson in Action 83 Foundation, in partnership with Mr. Handyman and Mr. Electric, announced four winners Friday morning. Mesa Ridge High School seniors Melanie Chatman, Kayla Martinez and Joshua Ramberg, as well as Widefield High School senior Demetrius Brown, […]

The former NFL wide receiver passed away in February.

NFL Star Vincent Jackson Laid to Rest In Private Funeral, Body to Be Cremated Vincent Jackson Laid to Rest In Private Funeral ... Body to Be Cremated Breaking News Getty Vincent Jacksons closest friends and family members said goodbye to the NFL star at a small private funeral service on Wednesday -- and now his body will be cremated, per his wishes. The former NFL star was found ...

Former NFL wide receiver Vincent Jacksons brain was donated for research to discover whether he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy. The neurodegenerative disease has been linked to concussions and subconcussive impacts.

Earlier this week 12-year NFL veteran Vincent Jackson was found dead in a hotel room. Now it’s being reported that his body will be donated to scientists researching CTE. Monday, Jackson, a popular wide receiver who played for the San Diego Chargers and then the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before his retirement in 2018, was found dead in a hotel room in Brandon, Florida. The 38-year-old reportedly suffered from alcoholism and the concussion-linked brain disease, chronic traumatic encephalopathy...

Jackson, a three-time Pro Bowler with the San Diego Chargers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, was found dead in a Florida hotel room Monday. He was 38.

The brain of former NFL receiver Vincent Jackson is going to be donated for CTE research, a spokesperson for his family confirmed to CBS Tampa affiliate WTSP-TV. Evidence of CTE has been found in the brains of numerous athletes in sports that feature hard contact among their participants. The spokesperson, Allison Gorrell, told multiple news outlets […]

New details of Vincent Jacksons death were released by the medical examiners office Thursday, the same day a Jackson family spokesperson confirmed his brain was donated to Boston Universitys CTE Center.

Vincent Jacksons Family Donates NFL Stars Brain For CTE Study Vincent Jackson Family Donates NFL Stars Brain ... For CTE Study Vincent Jacksons family is now taking steps to determine if the former NFL star suffered from CTE before his tragic death ... by donating his brain to researchers. A spokesperson for the wide receivers family told multiple media outlets this week the 38-year-olds brain was given to experts at ...

REVEALED: Staff at Florida hotel entered tragic ex-NFL star Vincent Jacksons room twice but thought he was sleeping, so only raised the alarm on the third day Ex-NFL receiver Vincent Jackson may have died days before he was declared deceased at his Tampa-area hotel room earlier this week, it has been revealed On both Saturday and Sunday, hotel staff entered the room, where they saw the 38-year-old Jackson slouched over on the couch, apparently asleep By Monday, after seeing Jackson in the same ...