Miami Dolphins wide receiver Grant DuBose remains hospitalized after sustaining a head injury during Sunday’s NFL game against the Houston Texans. But the Dolphins offered an encouraging update on the Park Crossing High School alumnus’ condition on Monday.
“He has movement in all extremities and initial tests have revealed positive results,” the NFL team announced. “He remains under the care of doctors for continued observation.”
DuBose lay motionless on the turf at NRG Stadium in Houston as Miami medical personnel worked on him for more than 10 minutes after he went down. DuBose was trying to catch a pass across the middle when he was hit by Texans safety Caden Bullock, who was penalized for unnecessary roughness on the play.
DuBose finally was slipped onto a backboard and wheeled off the field on a stretcher to be taken to Hermann Memorial-Texas Medical Center.
The wide receiver had missed the previous 11 games because of a shoulder injury. Sunday was his first action since Sept. 12.
After playing high school football in Montgomery, DuBose played for Miles’ SIAC championship and NCAA Division II playoff team in 2019. But when the Golden Bears canceled their 2020 schedule because of the coronavirus pandemic, DuBose was left bagging groceries, delivering food orders and working at Walmart and Hyundai Glovis.
When DuBose returned to college football with Charlotte, he caught 126 passes for 1,684 yards and 15 touchdowns in two seasons with the 49ers.
DuBose joined the Green Bay Packers as a seventh-round selection in the 2023 NFL Draft. He spent the entire 2023 campaign on Green Bay’s practice squad without appearing in a regular-season contest.
Waived by the Packers at the end of the preseason this year, DuBose joined Miami as a waiver claim.
