Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field after making a tackle in the first quarter of his team’s Monday Night Football clash with the Cincinnati Bengals.
CPR was administered before he was removed from the field and transported to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, where he is in critical condition, according to an NFL press release and reports from multiple Cincinnati media outlets.
Within an hour of Hamlin’s collapse, the NFL postponed the game.
Hamlin played collegiately at the University of Pittsburgh and is 24.
Safety Damar Hamlin #3 of the Buffalo Bills walks off the field at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on Dec. 1, 2022. (Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)
On a second-and-3 play from the Cincinnati 39-yard line with 5:58 remaining in the first quarter, Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins caught a pass from quarterback Joe Burrow for a 13-yard gain. Hamlin made the tackle and initially stood up but then fell to the ground before receiving CPR and then leaving the field in an ambulance….