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, not moving once he was down.
Players from both teams took a knee as 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.
Coleman, 26, played in the Canadian Football League in 2022 and 2023. The Bears signed him to a futures contract in January.
The Bears did not immediately give an update on Coleman’s condition.
The Bears had multiple players suffer injuries in the preseason finale.
Offensive tackle Larry Borom suffered an apparent right leg injury on the offense’s second drive and needed to ride on a cart off the field.
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, a 2021 fifth-round pick, has 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 was injured in the second quarter.