Miami Dolphins wide receiver Grant Dubose was taken to the hospital in a neck brace after suffering a terrifying head injury Sunday afternoon.
Medics rushed to help the stricken 23-year-old on the field in Houston, cutting off his jersey before putting him in a neck brace as teammates looked on.
The match was stopped for more than 12 minutes while medics worked on Dubose before he was taken off the field and taken to a local hospital.
The injury occurred midway through the third quarter when Calen Bullock made a brutal tackle on Dubose as he tried to catch the ball near midfield.
As Dubose grabs the ball, Bullock slams into his helmet from close range and Dubose then hits his head on the turf.
He lies motionless on his back when the ball is released, before players realize he is seriously injured and call for medics to rush to him urgently.
Medics take Grant Dubose to a waiting ambulance after loading him onto a stretcher
Dubose took a brutal blow to the helmet and medics cut off his jersey as he lay on the turf
Players quickly realized that Dubose was seriously injured just seconds after the goal in the third quarter
Dolphin players watched over Dubose and later knelt in prayer as medics tended to him
After treating him for a few minutes, the doctors opted to cut his jersey off of him on the field, a rare occurrence in the NFL.
While this was going on, Miami Dolphins players huddled together to pray for their teammate, and his condition remains unclear.
After his jersey was cut off, Dubose was loaded onto a stretcher wearing a neck brace and wheeled to an ambulance that had wheeled onto the field.
He was then rushed to a local hospital for further evaluation, and NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported shortly after that the player is in stable condition.
Dubose played college football for Miles and Charlotte before being drafted into the NFL by the Green Bay Packers in the seventh round of the 2023 Draft.
He was released in August and claimed waivers from the Dolphins. Sunday was just the third game of his young NFL career.
The wide out made his league debut against the Jacksonville Jaguars in September, and caught his first pass against the Buffalo Bills a week later.