# Players Health

> Players Health is a Minneapolis-based sports insurtech that combines a digital risk-management platform with tailored insurance products so youth, amateur and collegiate sports organizations can keep athletes safe and stay compliant. Founded in 2015 by former pro football player Tyrre Burks, the company pairs safety assessments, background checks, incident tracking and HIPAA-compliant education with sports-specific coverage. It supports more than 40,000 sports organizations and over 5.5 million athletes, and in December 2024 closed a $60 million Series C led by Bluestone Equity Partners.

- **Founded:** 2015
- **Headquarters:** Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- **Founders:** Tyrre Burks (Founder & CEO)
- **Team size:** ~74 employees (Apollo estimate)
- **Products:** Risk OS, Athlete Safety Solutions, Insurance Products, Critical Injury Protection Insurance, Financial Services
- **Notable:** Onboarded more than 5.5 million young athletes over nine years of operation, Supports over 40,000 sports organizations, Wrote roughly $80M in insurance premiums and issued 15,000+ policies in 2024

## Products & services

- **Risk OS** — A sports risk-management platform that runs risk assessments, tracks compliance, injuries and misconduct, and surfaces AI-powered risk recommendations for sports organizations.
- **Athlete Safety Solutions** — Background checks, coach training, incident reporting, mandatory-reporter tools and a HIPAA-compliant library of videos and templates for athlete wellbeing.
- **Insurance Products** — Sports-specific coverage including general liability, accident and injury policies tailored to youth, amateur and collegiate sports organizations.
- **Critical Injury Protection Insurance** — With Zurich North America, coverage for colleges, collectives and NIL athletes that pays out when an injury causes an athlete to miss a significant portion of the season.
- **Financial Services** — Payment and financial tools that let sports organizations manage coverage and compliance costs on the same platform.

## Achievements

- Onboarded more than 5.5 million young athletes over nine years of operation
- Supports over 40,000 sports organizations
- Wrote roughly $80M in insurance premiums and issued 15,000+ policies in 2024
- Raised over $96M in total funding, including a $60M Series C in December 2024
- One of the few Black-owned insurtech companies to reach this scale
- Launched first-of-its-kind NIL injury insurance with Zurich North America in 2026

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Launched Critical Injury Protection Insurance for the NIL era of college sports with Zurich North America, distributed exclusively through Players Health and integrated with Teamworks.
- **2025-01** — Sportico profiled the company's growing pains and rapid expansion in college sports.
- **2024-12** — Closed a $60M Series C led by Bluestone Equity Partners, bringing total funding to over $100M.

## Links

- Website: https://playershealth.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/playershealth
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/playershealth
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/playershealth
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/playershealth

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Last updated: 2026-07-18