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Kosta Karageorge, 22, a non-scholarship reserve defensive
lineman in his first year on the football team, had been
reported missing several days before he was found dead in
Columbus, Ohio, with a gunshot wound to the head in late
November.
"There is no evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy but
there are nonspecific findings consistent with subacute to
remote prior concussive injury," the Franklin County Coroner's
office said in a statement.
The coroner listed the cause of death as suicide from a
penetrating gunshot wound to the head.
His mother had told police Karageorge, who also wrestled for
Ohio State, suffered several concussions and had been confused
at times.
Karageorge's death raised questions about whether physicians and
athletic trainers properly treated the player, and whether they
had noticed any lingering effects of head trauma.
(Reporting by Kim Palmer; Writing by Jon Herskovitz and Mohammad
Zargham)
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