Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa leaves game against Bills with concussion

Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa left the Dolphins’ game against the Buffalo Bills on Thursday with a concussion, the team announced.

After a fourth-down run in the third quarter, Tagovailoa collided head-first with Bills safety Damar Hamlin as he went to the ground. Tagovailoa’s teammates immediately called for trainers as he laid on the field before he eventually walked off under his own power.

Last season was the only year in his career in which Tagovailoa appeared in every game for the Dolphins. In 2022, he played in just 13 games after suffering two concussions.

Against the Cincinnati Bengals on a Thursday night game that season, Tagovailoa suffered his first concussion, exhibiting the fencing response after his head hit the ground on a sack. He was concussed later in the year in a game against the Green Bay Packers.

Tagovailoa is in his fifth season with the Dolphins, who selected him with the fifth pick in the 2020 NFL draft.

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