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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 Jackson's death were released by the medical examiner's office Thursday, the same day a Jackson family spokesperson confirmed his brain was donated to Boston University's CTE Center.

Vincent Jackson's Family Donates NFL Star's Brain For CTE Study Vincent Jackson Family Donates NFL Star's Brain ... For CTE Study Vincent Jackson's 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 receiver's family told multiple media outlets this week the 38-year-old's brain was given to experts at Boston University for studying shortly after he was found dead on Monday. "Vincent being who h...

REVEALED: Staff at Florida hotel entered tragic ex-NFL star Vincent Jackson's 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 position, staff called 911. He was pronounced dead later that morning. A cause of death hasn't been...