As revealed in a resurfaced interview with ESPN from 2017 ... who was posthumously diagnosed with CTE, his family revealed this week. 'What has made them snap? And that is what I am scared ...

Because it can only be diagnosed with an autopsy, the neurodegenerative disease is difficult to pin in cases of professional ...

During his lifetime, Wycheck spoke out about his suspicions that he suffered from CTE. In a 2017 interview with ESPN, he detailed "scary" symptoms like migraines, depression and anxiety ...

His family explained in a statement that it paired with Boston University’s Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center to posthumously examine Wycheck for CTE. The disease is an insidious one ...

“If it walks like a duck, it quacks, it has webbed feet and water goes off its back, it’s not a zebra: It’s CTE,” he said in a phone interview. “(Tyrer) would be the poster child for CTE.

Six years before his death, Wycheck said in an interview that he believed he had CTE after suffering what he estimated to be 25 concussions during his playing days. "I worry about, I'm scared ...

He often felt forgotten and ignored and that his situation was helpless.” Wycheck said freely after his NFL career that he believed he had CTE. In a 2017 interview with ESPN, he said that he worried ...

Read More: Frank Wycheck, Former Tennessee Tight End, Dead at 52 During his lifetime, Wycheck spoke out about his suspicions that he suffered from CTE. In a 2017 interview with ESPN, he detailed ...