{"id":709581,"date":"2026-06-17T13:38:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T13:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/709581\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T13:38:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T13:38:26","slug":"aldon-smiths-family-to-have-brain-checked-for-cte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/709581\/","title":{"rendered":"Aldon Smith’s Family To Have Brain Checked For CTE"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Aldon Smith<\/a>‘s loved ones are searching for answers after the former NFL star’s death … revealing they are sending his brain to Boston to determine whether he suffered from CTE.<\/p>\n

Smith’s family hired a legal team to help them investigate what may have contributed to his passing<\/a> at 36 years old … and that features several steps, including having his brain examined for damage caused by concussions and other trauma.<\/p>\n

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Smith was found unresponsive<\/a> in his truck on Saturday after delivering pizzas to the homeless<\/a> earlier in the day. A cause of death has not been announced.<\/p>\n

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Pastor Scott Wagers — who interacted with Smith on Saturday — told TMZ the NFLer seemed a little tired, but was otherwise gentle and friendly during their time together.<\/p>\n

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Smith entered the NFL in 2011 as a first-round pick … and emerged as a dominant defensive force. Unfortunately, his off-field issues overshadowed his success, and he was suspended several times over the course of his career.<\/p>\n

Smith’s family claims he experienced numerous concussions during his NFL career … an injury that has been linked to the degenerative brain disease that causes depression, mood swings and more.<\/p>\n

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It can only be diagnosed after death.<\/p>\n

As we previously reported, the San Francisco 49ers were devastated by the news … and praised his talent and ability to light up a room.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aldon Smith‘s loved ones are searching for answers after the former NFL star’s death … revealing they are…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":709582,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[3,349,99,2415,2525],"class_list":["post-709581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-news","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-tmz-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/709582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}