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Cowboys DE Marshawn Kneeland Diagnosed with Stage 1 CTE

Published 7 July 2026

Former Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland, who died by suicide last November, was posthumously diagnosed with Stage 1 chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), researchers announced Tuesday. The diagnosis was made by the Boston University CTE Center after his family donated his brain for research.

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