3.5 million sports injuries each year According to the American Academy of Pediatrics injury playing interscholastic sports playing interscholastic sports prone to injury millions of children and teens injure themselves John Hopkins Medicine According to the American Academy of Pediatrics TBIs among children millions of children and teens injure themselves Johns Hopkins Johns Hopkins Medicine (2017) 3.5 million Injuries are more common in football injury playing interscholastic sports millions of children and teens injure themselves more than 3.5 million injuries every year falls, overexertion and collisions injury playing interscholastic sports millions of children and teens injure themselves millions of children and teens injure themselves