Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Andre Baccellia was carted off the field late in the first half Sunday at NRG Stadium with a neck injury and will not return.
He is headed to a Houston-area hospital for further evaluation, a team spokesman announced. Baccellia had was able to fully move his extremities, the spokesman announced.
Baccellia, who returned a kick 26 yards with about 1:46 left in the second quarter, went down in a scrum at the 29-yard-line. A stretcher was brought out for Baccellia. When he was carted off the field on the stretcher, he raised his right hand and gave a thumbs-up to the crowd.
Baccellia has played in 18 career games since entering the NFL in 2020 as an undrafted free agent. He has mainly been a practice squad player for the Cardinals, who signed him in 2021.
