Bills OL Alec Anderson taken to a hospital for heat-related issues following practice
PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills backup offensive lineman Alec Anderson was transported by ambulance to a hospital after experiencing heat-related issues following practice on Tuesday.
The Bills provided no other updates on Anderson, who appeared to have difficulty getting up after the team’s post-practice stretching period.
Several Bills players and coach Sean McDermott were gathered near the ambulance after Anderson was loaded into the vehicle. Offensive lineman Kevin Jarvis was seen flashing a thumbs-up sign to his teammate through the ambulance window.
The Bills said in a statement that their medical team, general manager Brandon Beane and McDermott spoke with Anderson by phone and he was in good spirits. The 24-year-old is expected to be released from the hospital Tuesday afternoon.
The Bills had just completed their sixth day of training camp in suburban Rochester, New York. Temperatures were in the mid-80s.
The practice was one of the team’s longest of camp in going just over two hours. Players practiced in light pads and shorts a day after the team’s first full-padded session.
The Bills have a day off on Wednesday before resuming camp on Thursday.