Mosi Tatupu Suffered from CTE

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Jesse Mez, MD, neurology

Former New England Patriots running back Mosi Tatupu, who died of a heart attack in 2010 at age 54, suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a disease that has been linked to football-related head trauma.
 

Expert quote:

Dr. Jesse Mez, a researcher at BU’s CTE Center, conducts interviews with friends and family of deceased players in order to confirm the diagnosis of CTE. Mez told the Globe that “it’s striking how different [Tatupu] became.”

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