Former NFL player Demaryius Thomas posthumously diagnosed with CTE

Doctors confirmed that former NFL wide receiver Demaryius Thomas, who was found died in his home in December, had been suffering from stage 2 CTE.

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, or CTE, is associated with symptoms including paranoia and depression. Doctors are Boston University's CTE Centre diagnosed Mr Thomas's condition posthumously.

The cause and manner of Mr Thomas's death have not been released by the county's medical examiner.

He was 33-years-old when he died.