Mike Goodson Briefly Hospitalized Following Training Camp Head Injury

Mike Goodson Released From Hospital After Helmet-To-Helmet Hit

Oakland Raiders running back Mike Goodson has been released from the hospital following a helmet-to-helmet hit during practice on Tuesday. According to the team's press release (via Silver and Black Pride), Goodson is doing all right after the injury:

"The Raiders received encouraging news Tuesday night from doctors treating Mike Goodson, who left the practice field with a neck injury, with movement in his extremities, during the team's training-camp practice. Goodson's CT scan and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test were negative. He has returned to the team's training-camp headquarters at the Napa Valley Marriott."

As Levi Damien mentions, it is unknown when Goodson will return to practice, but missing a day or two is not out of the question.

Goodson is in the running to be Darren McFadden's backup this season. His 2011 season with the Carolina Panthers ended in November after a persistent hamstring injury forced him to the injured reserve list.

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Mike Goodson Injury: Philip Wheeler Describes Helmet-To-Helmet Hit

Oakland Raiders running back Mike Goodson was taken to the hospital earlier in the day, after taking a helmet-to-helmet hit from teammate linebacker Philip Wheeler. Goodson was taken off the field on a stretcher and rushed to the hospital in an ambulance, but Goodson's agent Kennard McGuire passed word to the media that Goodson is doing fine.

Wheeler, who delivered the blow, is praying that Goodson isn't seriously injured.

"I thought he was going to get up. He's not a big dude. He's kind of light. I just felt like as soon as I hit him, he fell, he was on the ground, and I didn't think he was that bad off until he said something," Wheeler told Levi Damien of Silver And Black Pride. "He said something. I forgot what he said, that he couldn't get up. That's when I knew he was pretty bad.

"I texted him already and told him that I'm praying for him, that I'm sorry and I didn't mean to do it."

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Mike Goodson Injury: Raiders RB Taken To Hospital After Helmet-To-Helmet Collision

Oakland Raiders running back Mike Goodson left practice on Tuesday in an ambulance after a helmet-to-helmet hit.