Marcus Davenport showed up at the University of Texas at San Antonio — which played its first game
in 2011 — weighing less than 200 pounds, having switched positions late
in high school and viewing
football as a means to a good education rather than a
potential lifelong pursuit.
Despite an increase
in media attention, as well as national and local efforts to educate athletes on the
potential dangers of traumatic brain injuries, a new study found that many
high school football players are not concerned about the long - term effects of concussions and don't report their own concussion symptoms because they fear exclusion from play.