Packers rookie wide receiver Malachi Dupre left the team's preseason game on a stretcher early in the fourth quarter Thursday.
Dupre does have movement and feeling in all his extremities, the Packers said on Twitter. He was taken to the hospital.
WR Malachi Dupre has movement and feeling in all his extremities. He has been taken to a hospital for further evaluation #PHIvsGB
— Green Bay Packers (@packers) August 11, 2017
Dupre dropped to the field after a big hit from Eagles safety Tre Sullivan in the fourth quarter.
The entire stadium is incredibly silent right now as medics tend to @MalachiDupre following a huge hit by Tre Sullivan
— Charlie Sokaitis (@CharlieSokaitis) August 11, 2017
While he was being taken off the field, he did give a thumbs up to the crowd.
Stabilized his neck on the stretcher, but Dupre did give the thumbs up on his way out. https://t.co/EekIn9VlCc
— Kelly Price (@thekellyprice) August 11, 2017
Dupre was drafted by the Packers in the seventh round out of LSU. No word yet on exactly what the injury is.
