NFL Concussion Report Through Week 10

Dustin Fink

After some tweaking of information gathering, I am making some changes to the Concussion Reports.  There will no longer be a listing on Saturday of the concussion list and their status for the games.  Rather, I will be putting all the information in the Concussion Report to appear on Fridays.  By making this change I feel that I will have a more comprehensive list.  The change was made in response to my feelings that some concussions are being missed by the NFL Official Injury Report, and that the reporters of the NFL are doing a great job of finding information.  Players are not listed on this list unless there are corroborated reports of concussion.  Now for the information…

  • Since Training Camp has opened there have been 96 concussions
    • 48 concussions on offense, 48 on defense
      • By Position; QB (8), RB (8), TE (10), WR (16), OL (6), DL (9), LB (11), DB (28)
      • The exterior players (WR/DB) make up 45.8% of concussions
      • Interior players (OL/DL) make up 15.6% of concussions
  • 7 players (Maurice Leggett, Jay Thomas, Freddy Keiaho, Mike Furrey, Hunter Hillenmyer, Darcy Johnson and Ben Hamilton) have been placed on Injured Reserve due to concussion
  • There have been 88 concussions during the regular season
    • Average of 8.8 concussions/week
    • Average of .58 concussions/game
    • 150 projected concussions at seasons end
    • Incidence Rate (# concussions/average players in NFL/week) is 14.17%
    • Epidemiological Incidence (# concussions/all players a.k.a. 53 man roster) is 8.82%
    • Clinical Incidence (# concussions/play) or chance of sustaining a concussion on any given play is 2.5%

Looking at the stats through Week 10 there are some glaring indications that some small changes could make an impact.

  1. Develop a position specific helmet.
  2. The higher the impact force (speed) the greater chance of a concussion, address rules.
  3. Investigate the impact the interior players are getting on a daily basis (sub-concussive forces) and the cumulative effects.

That is all I have for now but you can click on the continuation of this story for the full list.

Last First Position Team Week
1 Curry Aaron LB SEA -1
2 Sicko Scott TE DAL -1
3 Murphy Louis WR OAK -1
4 Bing Darnell LB HOU 0
5 Grant Ryan RB GB 0
6 Addai Joseph RB IND 0
7 Ware DJ RB NYG 0
8 Clayton Mark WR BAL 0
9 Ghee Brandon DB CIN 1
10 Sorensen Nick DB CLE 1
11 Lacey Jacob DB IND 1
12 Ware DeMarcus DL DAL 2
13 Ryan Clifton DL STL 2
14 Bradley Stewart LB PHI 2
15 Moore Matt QB CAR 2
16 Kolb Kevin QB PHI 2
17 Boss Kevin TE NYG 2
18 Martin Charly WR CAR 2
19 Gay Randall DB NO 3
20 Dahl Craig DB STL 3
21 Prioleau Pierson DB NO 3
22 Bryant Anthony DL WAS 3
23 Davis Will LB ARI 3
24 Follett Zack LB DET 3
25 Witten Jason TE DAL 3
26 Moore Evan TE NYG 3
27 Mitchel Carlton WR CLE 3
28 Redding Corey DL BAL 4
29 Ryan Clifton DL STL 4
30 Trusnik Jason LB CLE 4
31 Manningham Mario WR NYG 4
32 Martin Sherrod DB CAR 5
33 Cooper Riley DB PHI 5
34 Samuel Asante DB PHI 5
35 Cutler Jay QB CHI 5
36 Scheffler Tony TE DET 5
37 Shipley Jordan WR CIN 5
38 Gay Randall DB NO 6
39 Johnson Landon LB DET 6
40 Macintosh Rocky LB WAS 6
41 Bell Jacob OL STL 6
42 Rodgers Aaron QB GB 6
43 Thomas Demaryius WR DEN 6
44 Robinson Dunta DB ATL 7
45 Abdullah Husain DB MIN 7
46 Ryan Clifton DL STL 7
47 Garrard David QB JAX 7
48 Brandon Myers TE OAK 7
49 Cooley Chris TE WAS 7
50 Cribbs Josh WR CLE 7
51 Massaquoi Mohamed WR CLE 7
52 Edelman Julian WR NE 7
53 Jackson DeSean WR PHI 7
54 Cooper Riley WR PHI 7
55 Cox Perrish DB DEN 8
56 Thurmond Walter DB SEA 8
57 Johnson Chris DB OAK 8
58 Fluellen Andre DL DET 8
59 Shaughnessy Matt DL OAK 8
60 Satele Samson OL OAK 8
61 Smith Jason OL STL 8
62 Hall Max QB ARI 8
63 Rodney Pool DB NYJ 9
64 Hasselbeck Matt QB SEA 9
65 Ivory Chris RB NO 9
66 Pitta Dennis TE BAL 9
67 Branch Tyvon DB OAK 10
68 Adams Mike DB CLE 10
69 Allen Asher DB MIN 10
70 Moore DJ DB CHI 10
71 Allen Will DB PIT 10
72 McGraw Jon DB KC 10
73 Hardy Greg DL CAR 10
74 Jean-Giles Max OL PHI 10
75 Stewart Johnathan RB CAR 10
76 Moore Mewelde RB PIT 10
77 Redmond Isaac RB PIT 10
78 Collie Austin WR IND 10
79 Lowery Dwight DB NYJ 11
80 James Will DB SF 11
81 Wright Jason DB ARI 11
82 Sanders Emanuel DB PIT 11
83 Brown Jamal OL WAS 11
84 Clauson Jimmy QB CAR 11
85 Moeaki Tony TE KC 11
86 LaFell Brandon WR CAR 11
87 Ward Hines WR PIT 11
88 Gooden Tavares LB BAL 11
89 Miller Brit RB STL 11
90 Leggett Maurice DB KC 1 IR
91 Thomas Jay DB OAK 1 IR
92 Keiaho Freddy LB JAX 1 IR
93 Furrey Mike WR WAS 1 IR
94 Hillenmyer Hunter LB CHI 2 IR
95 Johnson Darcy TE STL 6 IR
96 Hamilton Ben OL SEA 9 IR

-1 = Training Camp, 0 = Pre-season, IR = Injured Reserve

One thought on “NFL Concussion Report Through Week 10”

  1. Coltin November 20, 2010 / 17:29

    Thanks for this blog post. I’m writing a research paper about NFL player safety and this really helped.

    Reply

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