Eagles reserve running back Ja’Quinden Jackson back with team after leaving field in ambulance
The entire Eagles sideline came on the field to support Jackson before he was stretchered into an ambulance.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Eagles running back Ja’Quinden Jackson was stretchered into an ambulance on the field after the opening kickoff of Saturday night’s preseason game against the New England Patriots.
Jackson, 24, went down on his back during the play and appeared to go into a fencing position. Medical trainers placed Jackson onto a backboard, and then a stretcher, before he was wheeled into the back of an ambulance that drove onto the field.
Later in the first quarter, the Eagles announced that Jackson has strength and movement in all of his extremities. He was taken to a local hospital for further evaluation.
Early Sunday morning, the Eagles said Jackson returned to Philadelphia with the rest of the team.
“It’s always a tough thing to [see] and we’re always praying for him,” Eagles running back Carson Steele said after the game. “But he was supposed to be out there a lot tonight, too, as well. He’s a great athlete, great player. Just had to go out there and do it for him and do it for the rest of the team as well.”
The Eagles signed Jackson on Aug. 10. The 2025 undrafted free agent out of Arkansas spent his rookie season on the Jacksonville Jaguars’ practice squad.
