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TBI Recovery Rate In The NFL Improves!

The NFL had 182 concussions this season which was down 17% from 2023.

The NFL this season recorded its fewest number of concussions since it began tracking the data in 2015, the league announced Thursday.

The total of 182 concussions during games and practices in both the preseason and regular season represented a 17% drop from 2023. The previous low for the same time period was 187 in 2022, not counting the 2020 season when COVID protocols canceled the preseason.

Sills and Jeff Miller, the NFL’s executive vice president overseeing player health and safety, attributed the 2024 drop to a series of factors that included helmet quality and the mandatory use of Guardian Caps for most players during training camp and regular-season practices. The concussion rate dropped by 43% on the league’s newly designed kickoff, but there was the same total number of concussions on kickoffs in 2024 (eight) as in 2023 because the rule created more overall returns.

The NFL, meanwhile, began mandating the use of Guardian Caps in practice for players at certain positions in 2022 and expanded it to include all positions except quarterbacks and specialists in 2023. 

(espn.com)