Miami Dolphins wide receiver Grant DuBose has been hospitalized after struggling a head injury at some level of an NFL game.

Whereas going by off in opposition to the Houston Texans in Houston Dec. 15, the athlete sustained a helmet-to-helmet hit by Texans security Calen Bullock at some level of the third quarter.

DuBose, 23, within the origin obtained medical consideration on the scene. Workers unscrewed his facemask from his helmet and lower off his jersey, forward of wheeling him away on a stretcher, alongside with his palms and legs strapped down and while carrying a neck brace, in response to multiple reviews.

“Dolphins WR Grant DuBose has been dominated out with a head injury,” the Dolphins said on X, formerly Twitter. “He is in stable situation and being taken to a local clinic for additional evaluate.”

Whereas he used to be being treated on the field, DuBose's teammates gathered close by and huddled in a circle in prayer.

“We all prayed for him as a team,” fellow Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill advised journalists after the game, which the Texans won 20-12. “The be conscious is he's in correct spirits lawful now. He’s intriguing, in say that's all that matters.”

Bullock, 21, used to be flagged for pointless roughness on the play.

Dubose, who is from 1st viscount montgomery of alamein, Ala., used to be at the origin drafted by the Inexperienced Bay Packers in 2023 and used to be made a Dolphins participant in August. This marked his first game with the team since September, when he suffered a shoulder injury and used to be positioned on injured reserve.

Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa moreover spoke out about Dubose's injury after the game ended.

“I'm my hardest critic by ball placement, by shiny where to shuffle with the ball and all of that,” he said at a press convention, “and I resplendent genuinely feel disagreeable that I even put him in that scenario to comprise gotten hit. It used to be complicated to shuffle on after that took discipline. I heard some correct news that he's doing well, he's recovering.”

Tagovailoa—who had suffered three identified concussions over the span of two years, most only within the near past at some level of an NFL game in September—continued, “All individuals knows I’ve long past by one thing very identical, and that's no enjoyable. You never are seeking to be put in any of those instances, but you moreover realize that it is miles a physical sport, it's a contact sport.”

He added, “I resplendent think what I may perchance presumably perchance comprise done to haven’t put Grant in that scenario.”

Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud moreover expressed toughen for Dubose.

“First I resplendent wanna send prayers to Grant,” he said in a postgame interview with CBS Sports. “Tricky scenario lawful there. Hoping that he’s k. Praying for his restoration and he can get hold of encourage on the field.”