Dolphins' Matos still in hospital for observation

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- Dolphins violative lineman Bayron Matos remained nether reflection astatine the Ryder Trauma Care Center astatine Jackson Memorial Hospital connected Thursday, 1 time aft helium was transported determination by chopper from grooming campy with an undisclosed injury.

The Dolphins said successful a connection that Matos "has question successful each extremities and is successful unchangeable condition," but they did not supply immoderate different details of his injury. The squad besides did not accidental however agelong Matos would beryllium nether the attraction of doctors.

"It's a truly heartbreaking portion of the game," chap Dolphins violative lineman Austin Jackson said of the injury, which occurred successful the last minutes of Day 1 of grooming camp. "Very tough."

The 24-year-old Matos was calved successful Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and played his assemblage shot astatine New Mexico and South Florida. He was undrafted successful 2024 and signed with the Dolphins arsenic a escaped cause done the NFL's International Player Pathway Program, an inaugural that gives athletes from countries extracurricular the U.S. a accidental to play successful the league.

Matos, who signed a reserve/future declaration successful January, had spent clip with Miami's signifier squad implicit the past year.

Matos lone started playing shot a fewer years ago. He grew up playing shot and basketball, and aft moving to Tennessee for precocious school, popped up connected the radar of hoops coaches. Matos coiled up redshirting and playing 1 play for New Mexico earlier transferring to South Florida, wherever helium continued playing hoops and walked onto the shot team.

The 6-foot-7, 334-pound Matos started disconnected arsenic a antiaircraft lineman and peculiar teams subordinate earlier switching to violative line.