Dolphins give update on WR Grant DuBose after sustaining head injury vs. Texans

HOUSTON – Miami Dolphins extensive receiver Grant DuBose stays hospitalized in Houston Monday after sustaining a head injury throughout Sunday’s recreation towards the Texans.

The Dolphins posted on their X account that DuBose stayed in a single day for analysis however has motion in all extremities, and preliminary assessments have yielded constructive outcomes. They mentioned he’s underneath the care of docs for continued statement.

“There’s been some positive feedback related to some head and neck imaging,” coach Mike McDaniel mentioned throughout a post-game interview on Sunday. “He will stay here overnight, and we’ll find out more by (Monday).”

The injury occurred within the third quarter when DuBose tried to catch a move and was struck within the head by rookie Calen Bullock.

After the helmet-to-helmet collision, DuBose’s head hit the turf violently, and he displayed what seemed to be a “fencing response,” usually related to traumatic mind accidents. Medical personnel rushed to the sector as DuBose lay immobile, and he was attended to for over 10 minutes.

Bullock was flagged for pointless roughness for hitting a defenseless receiver. Reflecting on the play, Bullock mentioned, “I was praying that he would be OK. I wasn’t trying to go out there and hurt nobody.”

The Dolphins gathered in a prayer circle as emergency responders labored to stabilize DuBose, inserting him in a neck brace and securing him to a backbone board earlier than transporting him off the sector. The emotional second was marked by an embrace between McDaniel and Texans coach DeMeco Ryans.

“It’s very tough to have seen live,” mentioned Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. “I just feel bad that I even put him in that situation to have gotten hit. It was tough to move on after that happened.”

Tagovailoa, who has skilled related accidents in his profession, together with a high-profile concussion that left him hospitalized in 2022, expressed empathy for his teammate.

“We all know that I’ve gone through something similar, and that’s no fun. You never want to be put in any of those situations,” he mentioned.

McDaniel acknowledged the emotional influence of the incident on the staff.

“There’s nothing that I can say or anything,” he mentioned. “It’s unfortunately something you have to go through once in awhile in the game. It’s not easy.”

DuBose, a seventh-round choose final season, returned to motion Sunday after lacking time earlier within the season because of a shoulder injury.

The Dolphins and Texans, together with followers and gamers throughout the league, proceed to hope for a full restoration for the younger receiver.