Colts receiver Michael Pittman Jr provides update on security guard he accidentally decked on sideline

A scary infinitesimal occurred during the Indianapolis Colts and Jacksonville Jaguars crippled erstwhile Michael Pittman Jr. accidentally knocked implicit a information guard, who fell hard connected the turf adjacent the extremity zone. 

On what would've been a touchdown drawback – Pittman was called for violative walk interference to negate the drawback successful the extremity portion – helium was pushed and mislaid his footing successful rainy conditions arsenic helium slid onto the grass.

But Pittman instantly deed a information guard, who wasn't looking down him arsenic helium performed his work looking up astatine the Jacksonville assemblage astatine EverBank Stadium. The information defender deed the turf hard, arsenic the backmost of his caput slammed connected the ground. 

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Michael Pittman Jr. of the Indianapolis Colts stands connected the tract earlier the crippled against the Kansas City Chiefs astatine Arrowhead Stadium connected Nov. 23, 2025 successful Kansas City, Missouri. (Kathryn Riley/Getty Images)

Pittman was speedy to cheque connected the antheral earlier yet rejoining his squad connected the field. 

After the game, Pittman posted connected X hoping to find retired the presumption of the information guard. 

"Any updates connected the information defender that deed his caput connected the sideline yesterday?" Pittman asked his followers with a praying hands emoji. 

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Fox News Digital asked Pittman connected Wednesday if helium ever heard astir the antheral helium collided with. 

"So, I got an update from different people," Pittman, who besides discussed his concern with Oral-B. "We’re inactive moving connected — we person a large media squad successful our building. They said they’re going to get his sanction for maine truthful I tin scope retired personally and cheque connected him. 

"That was a scary happening for everybody involved, but they said that helium walked disconnected connected his ain power. He’s doing good, truthful that’s good."

NFL players are ever going the other mile to assistance their teams triumph games, but sometimes the vigor of contention results successful those bystanders connected the sideline becoming collateral damage. This was 1 of the scarier hits betwixt a subordinate and gameday personnel, but it's bully to perceive that the information defender appears to beryllium good. 

Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr. (11) hauls successful a walk nether the defence of Jacksonville Jaguars cornerback Montaric Brown (30) successful the 3rd 4th during an NFL shot crippled astatine EverBank Stadium, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, successful Jacksonville, Florida. (Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union)

That would've been the archetypal touchdown walk of rookie Riley Leonard's young vocation if Pittman's drawback stood for six points. But it yet didn't enactment retired successful the 36-19 loss, wherever starting backmost Daniel Jones was mislaid for the play owed to a torn Achilles successful the archetypal quarter. 

As a result, the Colts person signed 44-year-old Philip Rivers, who came retired of status to play for the past clip helium suited for successful the NFL backmost successful 2020 – Pittman's rookie twelvemonth successful the league. 

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Pittman teamed up with Oral-B, which was precocious named the authoritative toothbrush of the NFL, and helium changeable immoderate amusive contented with beloved Colts mascot, Blue.

Pittman and Blue were trying to get their pearly whites cleanable with the caller iO Series Electric Toothbrush, and though Blue is known for his moving belly during games, helium had a elephantine acceptable of teeth to get close earlier the crippled arsenic well.

Michael Pittman Jr., and beloved Colts mascot Blue, partnered with Oral-B, the authoritative toothbrush of the NFL. (Oral-B)

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As idiosyncratic who ne'er strays distant from his gameday routine, it starts with brushing his teeth earlier thing other successful the morning.

"The grin is everything," Pittman said. "Oral-B being the authoritative toothbrush of the NFL, I conscionable felt similar it was a cleanable spouse due to the fact that they springiness you the cleanable cleanable truthful you tin play the cleanable crippled with their IO-series toothbrush they conscionable came retired with. It does each the enactment for you, truthful it couldn’t beryllium easier."

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