Ex-NFL star Vernon Davis advocates for athletes to use Q-Collar: 'It's a way to keep everyone safe'

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Vernon Davis is a two-time Pro Bowl tight end who played 14 seasons in the NFL before he called it quits following the 2019 season with Washington.

Davis cited his five concussions as one of the reasons why he called it quits. He only played four games in 2019 after playing 14 games in 2018 and all 16 games the two seasons before that.

In his post-playing career, the 38-year-old former first-round draft pick is now advocating for NFL players and all athletes in contact sports to wear the Q-Collar around their neck which helps reduce the movement of the brain during head impacts on the playing field.

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Vernon Davis #85 of the Washington Redskins warms up before a game against the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium on Nov. 22, 2018, in Arlington, Texas.  The Cowboys defeated the Redskins 31-23. (Wesley Hitt/Getty Images)

"It’s a way to keep everyone safe. That’s how I like to look at it," Davis told Fox News Digital in a recent interview. "It’s a safety mechanism for everyone who’s involved with physical activity. It squeezes your jugular veins so that the blood is leaving your brain and coming back down towards your heart. The more fluid you have in your brain the less likely you are to have some kind of trauma. If you think about it, the fluids in there can protect your brain.

"There’s a lot of studying being done, and that’s why I fell in love with the Q-Collar and the company, because of the research and development they put in to really discover these things and to make a difference in this world. And I honestly feel like it protected me during my time with Washington. Had I found out