Hard and heavy is not actually better to avoid traumatic brain injury playing football. The Apache helmet shows why.

Football helmets have come a long way since the days of the leatherheads, but there's obviously still some work to be done ...

Ex-MIT linebacker Kodiak Brush helps design the Apache helmet, earning the highest safety rating ever from Virginia Tech.

The helmets will be custom made to perfectly fit each athlete ... Allie Engelken, said that football helmets are the single most expensive piece of individual equipment needed to play football.

It was once unusual for college football players ... "Sneak peek at Dillon Gabriel's custom helmet," Executive Director Jim Nagy wrote. Gabriel said on Tuesday that he is excited about one ...