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Ex-BYU football greats agree to participate in infrared light therapy study

December 15, 2025

By Lee Benson, Deseret News: Former BYU linebacker Larry Carr’s tireless crusade to save football and football players — and anyone else with a brain injury — received a big shot in the arm last month. Two shots, actually.

First, the scientific publication Journal of Neurotrauma — a respected publication not known for being an easy grader — accepted a research paper that reports positive results from a season-long study involving BYU football players using the infrared light therapy known as transcranial photobiomodulation (tPBM): a treatment that Larry swears rehabilitated his brain and saved him from suicide seven years ago.

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