BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Bills running back Damien Harris has been released from a Buffalo-area hospital and is resting at home and "seems to be good in spirits," coach Sean McDermott said Monday.
McDermott said that Harris is doing as "well as can be expected" and has a neck sprain and is in the league's concussion protocol.
Harris was taken off the field in an ambulance and transported to the hospital after suffering a neck injury in Buffalo's 14-9 victory over the New York Giants.
Harris was rushing the football on third-and-1 from the Buffalo 34-yard-line in the second quarter when he took a hit to the neck area into the back of Bills right guard O'Cyrus Torrence and into the arms of Giants linebacker Bobby Okereke. Harris then took steps to try to continue running as Okereke brought him to the turf.
Harris lay on the field for several minutes as medical personnel and Bills athletic trainers tended to him. The entire Bills sideline came out to surround and support him. Left tackle Dion Dawkins shared that he made sure Harris was breathing but had to then take steps away as Harris received care, while offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey spoke on Monday about his experience watching the events unfold from the coaches' box above the field.
"You feel so helpless up there, obviously, and you're worried about your guys," Dorsey said. "Obviously, Damien's such a great player for us and human being, and so it's hard to see something like that happen. So, you feel very helpless and you wanna be down there with them, but they're just hard situations to be in."
Harris gave a thumbs-up sign with his left hand from the stretcher as he was loaded into the ambulance.
The carry Harris was injured on was his first of the game and his only offensive snap of the contest. He was also the team's lead kickoff returner Sunday night.
Harris, 26, is in his first season as a Bill after signing in free agency following four years with the Patriots. Entering Sunday's game, Harris, who was selected in the third round of the 2019 draft out of Alabama, had recorded 22 carries for 93 yards and a touchdown, in addition to two receptions for 16 yards.
"I think he's just extremely thankful to God for him being in the situation that he's in as opposed to what he was several hours ago on that field," McDermott said Monday. "So, just really just resetting and trying to get some rest and just slowing things down a little bit here."
McDermott also provided an update on quarterback Josh Allen, who injured his right throwing shoulder earlier in the second quarter against the Giants, but finished out the game, saying he is sore, but he's "going to be all right" and is "day to day."
Rookie tight end Dalton Kincaid, who did not play on Sunday, also remains in concussion protocol.