Former NFL Player Blames Concussions for Memory Loss
Former NFL player Benjamin Utecht, 30, career ended too soon after suffering multiple concussions.
He suffered at least five concussions during his football career: two during college at the University of Minnesota, two with the Indianapolis Colts and one with the Cincinnati Bengals. The last one, during training camp in 2009, ended his NFL career.
Those concussions 
have caused him to now suffer from frightening gaps in his memory.
He attends meetings and never recalls receiving (and responding to) the cancellation notice eight hours before. He also doesn’t remember standing up in a close friend’s wedding even after looking at the photos.
He’s also worried about how the concussions will affect him as he gets older. Will he experience early-onset dementia? Or will he suffer more issues with amnesia, headaches or behavioral changes?
Research shows that after you’ve had three concussions, your chances of more concussions goes up exponentially. He thinks that he may have retired sooner if he knew that then.
“A concussion doesn’t heal like a shoulder or knee injury. This is your personality. It’s your character. It’s your soul,” Utecht said. It changes you forever.
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