In addition to his work as a singer/songwriter, Utecht has also become a prominent spokesman for organizations that study traumatic brain injury. He participated in the recent White House Concussion Summit and won a public leadership award from the American Academy of Neurology.
Utecht, who won a Super Bowl ring with the Colts in 2006, has experienced common post-concussion symptoms like amnesia, dizziness and sudden mood changes.
“It’s really become a mission to help people who are suffering with brain disease,” he told the Star-Tribune. “I didn’t begin to care about my mind until I began to lose my mind. You don’t really make it a priority until it begins to be affected.”
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