(CNN) — The Miami Dolphins say large receiver Grant DuBose “has motion in all extremities” after he was carted off the sector Sunday following a success to the top in the course of the staff’s 20-12 street loss to the Houston Texans.
“After sustaining a head damage in yesterday’s recreation, Grant DuBose remained at an area Houston hospital for analysis in a single day,” the Dolphins wrote on X, previously generally known as Twitter.
“He has motion in all extremities and preliminary assessments have revealed optimistic outcomes. He stays below the care of docs for continued remark.”
DuBose was taken to the hospital after the incident and the Dolphins stated he’s in a “secure situation.”
The Miami wideout was chopping throughout the center of the sector within the third quarter and tried to catch a move from Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa when DuBose took a helmet-to-helmet hit from Texans rookie security Calen Bullock.
Bullock was flagged for pointless roughness on the play.
DuBose was down on the sector for greater than 10 minutes as medical personnel needed to minimize off his jersey, unscrewed his facemask and place a neck brace on him earlier than he was carted off NRG Stadium in Houston.
Gamers from each groups gathered collectively – some had been seen praying – as DuBose obtained on-field care.
The CBS broadcast stated DuBose was nonetheless receiving care from the Harris County emergency medical workers whereas being loaded into an ambulance.
Tagovailoa stated after the sport that DuBose is “doing properly” and is “recovering.”
The quarterback additionally puzzled if he might have carried out something in a different way together with his move to DuBose.
“I’m my hardest critic in the case of ball placement – in the case of realizing the place to go together with the ball,” Tagovailoa stated after the Dolphins loss. “I simply really feel dangerous that I even put him in that scenario to have gotten hit.
“It was robust to maneuver on after that occurred. … Everyone knows I’ve gone via one thing very related and that’s no enjoyable. You by no means wish to be put in any of these conditions, however you additionally perceive that this can be a bodily sport.”
DuBose is now at Memorial Hermann hospital in Houston, in response to CBS.
After the sport, Dolphins’ head coach Mike McDaniel gave a standing replace on the injured large receiver. “There’s been some optimistic suggestions associated to some head and neck imaging,” McDaniel stated. “He’ll keep right here in a single day, and we’ll discover out extra by (Monday.)”
Bullock stated afterward that he had no intention of wounding DuBose or anybody else. “Prayers to him and his household. I hope he’s good,” he stated.
“I used to be simply seeing the ball and I used to be breaking on the ball. It simply occurred to be a kind of kinds of performs,” he stated.
“It’s very tough for a defensive participant as a result of we try to consider defending them, however we additionally bought to guard ourselves too,” Bullock stated. “They’ll hit us mistaken. It’s angles. You pondering an excessive amount of making an attempt to guard everybody on the sector, however generally it doesn’t occur like that. On the finish of the day, it’s nonetheless a violent recreation.”
CNN has reached out to the Dolphins for remark.
The Dolphins simply activated the 23-year-old DuBose for Sunday’s recreation after being on the injured record with a shoulder damage.
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