Former Bulldog Morice Norris taken to hospital, NFL preseason game ends following injury

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The NFL preseason crippled betwixt the Detroit Lions and Atlanta Falcons has been stopped aft a erstwhile Bulldog was taken disconnected the tract by an ambulance.

According to aggregate reports, Fresno autochthonal Morice Norris suffered an evident caput and cervix wounded during the 4th fourth portion trying to tackle Falcons' moving backmost Nathan Carter.

When play resumed, Falcons backmost Emory Jones took a drawback and past held the shot arsenic players from some teams stood astatine the enactment of scrimmage and the timepiece continued to run. Finally, with 6:31 left, an authoritative announced the crippled had been suspended "per New York."

The Lions accidental Norris was taken to a section infirmary for further evaluation. Per caput manager Dan Campbell, Norris is "breathing, talking and has immoderate movement."

Norris was a linebacker with the Fresno State Bulldogs who started successful 13 games of his elder twelvemonth and was named Second Team All-Mountain West successful 2023.

Norris went undrafted successful the 2024 but aboriginal signed with the Detroit Lions arsenic an undrafted escaped agent. He was past signed to the Lions' progressive roster past December.

The Associated Press and ESPN contributed to this report.

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