FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Receiver Andrew Hawkins says he is retiring from the NFL and donating his brain to research.
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The Concussion Legacy Foundation says Hawkins has pledged his brain for research into chronic traumatic encephalopathy,Cheap NFL Jerseys, or CTE. The degenerative disease is known to cause cognitive and behavioral problems in athletes, members of the military and others who sustained repeated head trauma.