KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chicago Bears defensive back Douglas Coleman III was taken off the field at Arrowhead Stadium on a stretcher Thursday night during a preseason game against the Kansas City Chiefs.
Coleman was injured early in the third quarter while attempting to tackle Chiefs wide receiver Cornell Powell. Coleman took Powell’s arm to his head, and he fell to the ground.
He was walking unassisted and took a flight back to Chicago on Friday morning. He was released from the hospital after undergoing an evaluation overnight.
It was a scary scene as players from both teams took a knee while medical staff attended to Coleman, immobilizing him on a board and then putting him on a stretcher and a medical cart. Bears players and coaches came off the sideline to support Coleman as he was being taken away.
Coach Matt Eberflus said Coleman moved his limbs and gave the Bears a thumbs-up.
“That was really uplifting to our football team,” Eberflus said of Coleman’s signal.
Coleman, 26, played in the Canadian Football League in 2022 and 2023. The Bears signed him to a futures contract in January.
The Bears had multiple players suffer injuries in the preseason finale, which they won 34-17.
Offensive lineman Larry Borom suffered a right ankle injury on the offense’s second drive and exited the field on a cart. Eberflus said Borom would have scans done on the ankle Friday.
It was a significant injury in a game without starters because Borom was in line to be the Bears swing tackle this season, backing up left tackle Braxton Jones and right tackle Darnell Wright. Borom also can play both guard positions.
Borom, a 2021 fifth-round pick, started 23 games and played in 39 over the last three seasons for the Bears.
Wide receiver Nsimba Webster also left the field on a cart after he injured his groin in the second quarter. And running back Ian Wheeler suffered a knee injury, Eberflus said.