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Owens is only 22 and is under medical care about to resume his education at the University of Central Arkansas. However he can never play a contact sport again. Before the concussions he was an A student and a three-sport star and the lead trumpeter in his high school band, who could do mathematics in his head without a calculator or writing down the intermediate steps. After the concussions his grades fell drastically. He dropped out for this semester because he could not memorize material for tests. He is also one of four plaintiffs in a class-action suit that claims the NCAA has been negligent regarding awareness and treatment of brain injuries to athletes. The legal action comes after a five-year flurry of awareness of brain injuries in contact sports and follows lawsuits filed this year by dozens of former NFL players who claim the league was negligent in its handling of brain