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Colt Brennan’s family reveals new details about late Hawaii QB’s health
By Andrew Olson
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Colt Brennan’s family has revealed that the late Hawaii quarterback had Stage 1 CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) at the time of his death. Brennan’s family shared the findings of a post-mortem examination with the Los Angeles Times and other media outlets.
“We knew Colt was struggling,” Colt’s father Terry told the LA Times’ Jeff Miller. “We just didn’t know everything. He certainly had his challenges… This is just a piece of the puzzle, I guess.”
Brennan passed in May 2021. In September, the cause of death was revealed to be an accidental overdose, with a toxicology report showing fentanyl, methamphetamine, amphetamine and ethanol in his system.
Brennan was a record-breaking quarterback at Hawaii, passing for 14,193 yards and 131 touchdowns in his career. Brennan twice finished in the top 6 of the Heisman Trophy voting, including 3rd in 2007. Brennan ended his college career as the NCAA record-holder for most touchdown passes in a career (131) and single-season (58). Those marks were later topped by Case Keenum (155 career touchdown passes) and Joe Burrow (60 TD passes in 2019).
Brennan was 37 when he passed.
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
