Following a helmet-to-helmet collision during Sunday’s game against the Houston Texans, Miami Dolphins wide receiver Grant DuBose was admitted to the hospital overnight, the Dolphins announced Monday.
In the third quarter, DuBose attempted to make a catch, but Texans rookie Calen Bullock struck him in the head before his head struck the ground hard. NFL.com reports that following the collision, DuBose seemed to clench his fists, exhibiting the “fencing response,” a typical reaction following a traumatic brain injury. For more than ten minutes, he remained still while emergency medical staff rushed to treat him.
Before strapping his arms and legs down and placing him on a spine board, they ripped off his jersey and fitted him with a neck brace. When he was brought off the field on a stretcher, he seemed to be still and had a tube in his mouth.
Bullock was called for hitting a helpless receiver with needless roughness.
DuBose spent the night at a hospital in Houston for assessment after being ruled out due to a brain injury, the Dolphins announced Monday. Although his first tests showed encouraging results and he is mobile in all extremities, he is still being monitored by specialists.
The Dolphins appeared to be praying as they knelt in a circle while he was being treated on the field. While DuBose was still down, head coaches Mike McDaniel of Miami and DeMeco Ryans of Houston shared an embrace.
“I just feel bad that I even put him in that situation to have gotten hit,” Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa stated at a press conference. “It was tough to move on, you know, after that happened.”
The Texans prevailed 20–12.
DuBose played in his first game after suffering a shoulder injury early in the season. Last season, he was selected in the seventh round of the draft.
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