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ATLANTA (KSEE/KGPE) — Former Fresno State antiaircraft backmost Morice Norris, a Sanger High School product, who is successful his second-year with the Detroit Lions successful the NFL, suffered a scary wounded Friday night, successful the opening of the 4th fourth of the Lions preseason opener against the Falcons.
Norris came up from his information presumption to marque a tackle connected Falcons moving backmost Nathan Carter, with 14:50 near successful the 4th quarter. He launched himself guardant astatine Carter, and appeared to bang his caput against the close limb of Carter, which snapped Norris' caput back.
Norris stayed down connected the tract aft the play, and the different players connected the tract instantly called for the stretcher. Norris' legs appeared to beryllium going done spasms, arsenic helium was being treated by the trainers connected the field.
After 20 minutes of being attended to, successful which players from some teams took knees and gathered for prayers, Norris was taken disconnected the tract successful an ambulance, and transported to a section hospital.
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.”
According to a station connected X from Lions bushed writer Nolan Bianchi, Detroit caput manager Dan Campbell began his postgame property league by saying determination was a affirmative update connected Norris, saying "he's breathing, he's talking, he's got immoderate movement, and now, they're moving immoderate tests."
The Lions led 17-10 erstwhile played was stopped.
Norris went to Sanger High School, chiefly focusing connected hoops until his elder year, earlier giving shot a try, and starring the Apaches successful interceptions arsenic a senior.
He spent the 2018 and 2019 seasons astatine Orange Coast College, a inferior assemblage successful Orange County, California, and aft not playing during the COVID season, helium got a shot tryout astatine Fresno State, and yet worked himself into a starter astatine nickelback for the Bulldogs arsenic a inferior and senior.
As a elder successful 2023, helium was named a Second squad All-Mountain West performer, arsenic helium finished with 59 tackles (42 solo), 9.5 TFLs, 3.5 sacks, 1 forced fumble, 2 interceptions and 10 walk breakups, which ranked him 3rd successful the Mountain West successful passes defended.
He went undrafted successful the outpouring of 2024, but was signed arsenic a rookie escaped cause by the Lions.
He spent astir of 2024 connected their signifier squad, but got moved to the progressive roster for the last 2 games of the regular season, and posted 3 tackles successful the Lions Divisional Round nonaccomplishment to the Commanders successful the NFL playoffs.
