JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars-Miami Dolphins preseason sport was once blocked with 8 mins, 32 seconds too much upcoming Dolphins receiver Daewood Davis was once carted off the farmland as a result of an trauma.

The Jaguars had been prominent 31-18 when the sport was once referred to as.

Davis, 24, went indisposed upcoming being accident by way of Jaguars linebacker Dequan Jackson. Davis lay immobile at the farmland era being attended to by way of clinical staff from each groups. He was once immobilized on a backboard and carted off the farmland.

Gamers from each groups accumulated round Davis as he was once being handled at the farmland, and head coaches Mike McDaniel and Doug Pederson met with officers for a number of moments earlier than the sport was once suspended.

“Obviously, not anything you want to see,” Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence mentioned. “Obviously, a tough scene. The game we all love to play, and to see a guy go down like that … I know we’re all thinking about (him).”

Dolphins extensive receiver Tyreek Hill mentioned his first response was once to put together certain Daewood was once shifting. He went out onto the farmland to test on him, now not worrying whether or not he was once allowed to or now not.

“There was no way there were going to stop us from checking up on our brother, making sure he was alright,” he mentioned.

After Saturday, the Dolphins posted on their social media channels that Davis was once “taken to Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville for further evaluation. He is conscious and has movement in all extremities.”

“A lot of guys respect him, he’s very well respected in the locker room. He’s a great player, he’s a great teammate,” Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa mentioned of Davis. “He’s a great person. It just would’ve hard to have gone back out after seeing something like that.”

McDaniel concurred.

“He’s a great spirit, first an foremost. He’s magnetic. He’s got a cool personality to him,” McDaniel mentioned, preventing again tears. “He’s a guy that people really root for — that tells you a lot about a person.”

McDaniel added that it was once “without a shadow of a doubt” the correct resolution was once made to droop the sport, and Jaguars trainer Doug Pederson yes.

“As a head coach, you start looking at your team. You start looking at their team. You start looking at body language and where guys are mentally,” Pederson mentioned. “We got player reps involved and New York involved. It’s the right thing to do at that time. This game is all about player safety. I know it’s a preseason game and some guys are fighting for spots and all that, but at the same time we want to make sure that everybody’s 100 percent.”

The Dolphins had been “hurting but relieved,” McDaniel added, to be told Davis’ clinical situation. The trainer additionally advised journalists that Davis was once anticipated to stay on the health center in a single day.

ESPN Group of workers Editor Marcel Louis-Jacques contributed to this record.