Concussions in American Football:

  • 199 concussions were reported in the 2015 NFL season [1]
  • 166 concussions were in college level football in 2015 [2]

Statistics

  • Damaging impact: acceleration of the head over 80g
  • Average head acceleration during concussion-causing collisions is 105 g for the NFL
  • 34.7% of all collisions that cause concussions occur to the front of the helmet [3]

 

[1] “Frontline: Concussion Watch.” [Online]. Available: http://apps.frontline.org/concussion-watch/. [Accessed: 08-Apr-2016].

[2] S. M. Duma, et. al., “Analysis of Real-time Head Accelerations in Collegiate Football Players” Journal of Sport Medicine, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 3–8, Jan. 2005.

[3] Rowson and S. M. Duma, “Development of the STAR Evaluation System for Football Helmets: Integrating Player Head Impact Exposure and Risk of Concussion,” Annals of Biomedical Engineering, vol. 39, no. 8, pp. 2130–2140, Aug. 2011.