Wes Bender Explained

Wes Bender
Birth Date:	2 August 1970
Birth Place:	Boynton Beach, Florida
Height Ft:	5
Height In:	10
Weight Lbs:	242
Position:	Running back
College:	USC
Undraftedyear:	1993
Teams:	Kansas City Chiefs Los Angeles Raiders New Orleans Saints

Wesley Todd Bender (August 2, 1970 – March 5, 2018) was an American football running back in the National Football League who played for the Los Angeles Raiders and New Orleans Saints.^[1] He played college football for the USC Trojans.

Bender died in 2018.^[2] He was one of at least 345 NFL players to be diagnosed after death with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), caused by repeated hits to the head.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: PRO FOOTBALL DAILY REPORT : RAIDERS : Bender Called Up; Bunch Waived. STEVE. SPRINGER. 27 October 1994. LA Times.
2. Web site: Former Burroughs Football Star Wes Bender Dies at 47. Jim. Riggio. 6 March 2018.
3. News: The driving force behind Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) . Concussion Legacy Foundation . July 2, 2023 . July 2, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230702123543/https://concussionfoundation.org/cte-resources/subconcussive-impacts . dead .
4. News: Ken Belson and Benjamin Mueller . Collective Force of Head Hits, Not Just the Number of Them, Increases Odds of C.T.E. The largest study of chronic traumatic encephalopathy to date found that the cumulative force of head hits absorbed by players in their careers is the best predictor of future brain disease. . . June 20, 2023 . July 2, 2023 .