Fins' Davis out of hospital, in concussion protocol

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  • Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNAug 27, 2023, 05:15 PM ET

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      Marcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Observer won the APSE award for breaking news and the South Carolina Press Association award for enterprise writing in 2018.

Miami Dolphins rookie wide receiver Daewood Davis has been discharged from the hospital after spending the night at Baptist Medical Center in Jacksonville and has been placed into concussion protocol, coach Mike McDaniel said Sunday.

Davis was carted off the field on a spinal board after taking a hit to the head during the Dolphins' preseason finale against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Saturday but was conscious and able to move all his extremities.

McDaniel said Davis would continue to be monitored.

"He's doing better than last night in terms of strength and stuff, McDaniel said. "Like I said last night, there were certain things that we were worried about that were avoided ... There's certainly a lot of guys that are very, very, very happy and relieved to see him."

Multiple Dolphins players were injured during Saturday night's game; defensive back Elijah Campbell, who was challenging for a starting safety job, injured his knee and was taken back to the locker room on a cart. McDaniel said Campbell avoided an ACL tear but still suffered a "substantial injury that will take him into the season."

Running back Salvon Ahmed was escorted to the locker room and evaluated for a concussion; he cleared testing but is still considered day-to-day. McDaniel said quarterback Mike White cleared concussion protocol Friday after spending most of the week progressing through it.

White and 2022 seventh-round pick Skylar Thompson have competed for the Dolphins' backup quarterback job, but McDaniel said he will not publicly announce the winner until the players have been informed.

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