Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell has provided a positive update on linebacker Jack Campbell after the player suffered a frightening injury during Sunday afternoon’s game.

The All-Pro linebacker lay motionless on the field at Detroit’s Ford Field after attempting to tackle Minnesota Vikings star TJ Hockenson.

Campbell was placed on a backboard and taken to hospital, with his wife and baby son at his side. He remained there overnight.

The Lions initially declined to comment further, but the team issued an update on Monday afternoon.

In a statement posted on X, the Lions said: ‘Jack Campbell continues to rest and recover at a local hospital.

‘Preliminary indications are positive and out of respect for Jack and his family we will not share further information at this time.’

Shortly after the team’s statement was released, Dan Campbell offered further details during a press conference.

He said: ‘On Jack, I know that there was a release we put out. It’s positive. So, your prayers are working. Please continue to do that. But it is positive news on Jack.’

Campbell added: ‘I got to see him last night. It was good. It was positive. You know, I got to see his parents [and] talk to his wife. Everybody is in good spirits.’

Asked whether any of Campbell’s Lions teammates had visited, the head coach replied: ‘A lot of people went over there but not everybody got to see him.

‘He was running some tests, things of that nature. So, you know, at some point it gets hard to have everybody in there’.

As Campbell was taken from the field on a backboard, players from both Detroit and Minnesota knelt in a show of support.

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Lions star Aidan Hutchinson appeared particularly shaken as he and his teammates attempted to continue playing after Campbell’s serious neck injury.

As the defensive captain, Hutchinson was tasked with rallying his teammates before play resumed. He delivered an emotional speech while visibly close to tears.

Emotional footage from the locker room has also emerged, showing Dan Campbell leading the Lions in prayer for the injured linebacker.

In footage released by the Lions, Campbell said: ‘I’m gonna lower this mood a little bit.

‘I do not have any more information on Jack. We don’t know anything else at this point. So here’s what I wanna do. We’re gonna take a knee. Now I wanna pray for Jack, and let’s keep in our thoughts and prayers’. 

The Lions opted to omit the prayer itself from the footage however, as he prepared to take the knee, head coach Campbell appeared overcome with emotion – with a red face and tears seemingly streaming down his face. 

The footage resumed following his prayer, showing quarterback Jared Goff breaking down the locker room huddle. 

‘Hey, I love you boys. Stick together. I know that [it’s] tough with Jack. Stick together, lean on each other. Alright?’, Goff said.

The former Iowa star was drafted by the Lions with the No. 18 overall pick in 2023. 

Last season, Campbell was an All-Pro selection after becoming the first NFL player in seven years to have 150-plus tackles and at least five sacks and three forced fumbles.

The Lions signed Campbell last May to a four-year, $81 million contract extension that runs through the 2030 season.

His injury comes in the middle of a huge year on and off the field, with him and his wife Megan having welcomed their first child to the world, a boy called Cooper, back in February.

The Learjet pilot heard reciting the Lord’s Prayer moments before the fatal Florida crash was a devoted Christian who “went home to be with the Lord,” his church said.

Captain Jeff Gregory, 55, was a married father of three and a dedicated member of Limerick Chapel in Pennsylvania. Both of his parents had worked at the church, close friend David Peters told the Sun.

The church informed congregants by email that Gregory was among the nine people confirmed dead in Sunday’s devastating crash.

“Jeff went home to be with the Lord when the plane he was flying crashed,” the church said in its message.

Gregory’s faith was evident during the jet’s final moments, after the private aircraft plunged 27,000 feet in roughly one minute before erupting into flames near a mobile home community.

Audio transmissions captured Gregory reciting the Lord’s Prayer while his 20-year-old co-pilot, Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras, screamed that they were going to die.

Gregory had dreamed of becoming a pilot since childhood and “loved wearing his leather bomber jacket,” Peters said. The former neighbor described him as “very diligent and dependable.”

“I know he worked hard to become a pilot, and it was something he truly loved and poured his life and heart into,” Peters told the Sun.

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Gregory is survived by his wife, Cheryl, 53, and their three children.

The plane was headed to the Bahamas when it nose-dived Sunday afternoon near the Florida community of Greenacres, carving a fiery crater into the middle of a street.

The other victims were identified as multimillionaire technology executive Adam Robinson, 44; his wife, Helen Sharp; and their children, Emma, 4, and Charlie, 2. Robinson’s brother confirmed their identities Monday.

Friends Rachael Reed and Charmi Fehr, along with nanny Anita Maria Apellido Cetina, were also aboard the aircraft.

Federal investigators have not yet determined what caused the crash.

Authorities said Monday that the aircraft was flying through temperatures near minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit, began accumulating ice and encountered severe turbulence.

The jet began breaking apart before impact, sending debris across an area spanning roughly half a mile, the National Transportation Safety Board said at a press conference.

Investigators also have not established whether the Learjet was equipped with a cockpit voice recorder, commonly known as a black box, or whether the device survived the crash.

The University of Idaho student who survived the massacre and came face-to-face with a masked man believed to be Bryan Kohberger is asking a Latah County judge to temporarily halt an order authorizing the release of videos and photographs that could reveal her identity. In a firsthand affidavit, she described how the trauma has upended her life.

“I worry that even appearing in the background of someone’s photo could lead to more people recognizing me or identifying where I am,” Dylan Mortensen wrote in the affidavit to Judge Megan Marshall, urging her to reconsider the release order.

Mortensen said she now uses an alias for delivery orders, at work and even when meeting people for the first time.

“Since November 2022, my family and I have had to move nine times in an effort to protect our privacy and safety,” she wrote. “Reporters and strangers investigating the case on their own have shown up outside our homes, followed family members, and invaded our privacy in ways that have made it difficult to feel safe.”

Mortensen was among the first people to speak with police after officers arrived at 1122 King Road in Moscow on Nov. 13, 2022.

After the murders, which occurred around 4 a.m., she saw a masked man inside the home and texted another surviving roommate about what she had witnessed. She did not call 911.

Police were not contacted until around noon, after Mortensen and the other survivor, Bethany Funke, reached out to friends who came to the house. One of those friends discovered the bodies of roommate Xana Kernodle, 20, and her boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, also 20.

“Along with losing four of my friends and experiencing something incredibly traumatic, I have spent nearly four years dealing with public attention, harassment, threats, and constant speculation about my involvement in what happened. People who have never met me have formed opinions about my character, questioned my actions, and accused me of things I had absolutely nothing to do with.”

Responding officers also found 21-year-olds Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves dead on the home’s top floor.

“Along with losing four of my friends and experiencing something incredibly traumatic, I have spent nearly four years dealing with public attention, harassment, threats, and constant speculation about my involvement in what happened,” Mortensen wrote. “People who have never met me have formed opinions about my character, questioned my actions, and accused me of things I had absolutely nothing to do with.”

She later added, “It is difficult to feel completely comfortable in public when I am constantly considering whether someone knows who I am and what they might believe about me.”

According to her attorney, the remaining protection for Mortensen is the blur covering her face in redacted police videos and photographs. Releasing unblurred versions, the lawyer argued, would be an “unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.”

Mortensen’s attorney, Robyn McPherson, filed a motion to intervene last week after Marshall approved the release of records previously held by an independent media company, EWU Media LLC. McPherson is also asking the judge to reconsider the Oct. 20 order and stay its enforcement while the petition and any appeals are resolved.

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The reconsideration motion asks Marshall to require Moscow authorities to identify the withheld records, submit them for a private “in-camera” judicial review and prepare a detailed index. McPherson argues that Mortensen cannot fully assert her privacy rights without knowing what the records contain.

McPherson said Moscow’s city attorney told her the documents were expected to include interviews, photographs and videos of Mortensen.

EWU submitted a public records request on Aug. 28, 2025, but the request was at least partially denied. The entity then asked the court to compel the city to release the records, and Marshall agreed to do so last month.

In a separate court filing, McPherson wrote that she submitted the motion several days after learning that Moscow’s city attorney did not intend to challenge the decision.

“D.M. seeks reconsideration of the October 20 order only on the issue of whether disclosure of the records withheld by the City [of Moscow] would constitute ‘an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy,’” McPherson wrote.

She also argued that city lawyers failed to provide the files in question to the judge before her decision came down.

McPherson is asking for her client to join the case to pursue a stay on the release of additional images and reconsideration of Marshall’s order. She argued neither Moscow officials nor other intervenors — the families of Chapin and Madison Mogen — have been aligned with her specific privacy interest.

Kohberger pleaded guilty in July 2025 and then tried to take back his plea earlier this year. The case is still playing out in front of a different judge.

Marshall, who was the original magistrate judge overseeing Kohberger’s case before his arraignment in May 2023, granted the additional release of public records on Oct. 20.

A hearing on the matter is scheduled for Nov. 12.

Kohberger is due to return to court for a hearing on his petition for post-conviction relief on Dec. 10.

Colin Farrell was once associated with a hard-partying lifestyle, frequently appearing on the nightlife circuit while battling addictions to alcohol and drugs.

But the actor made major changes after his eldest son, James, now 23, was diagnosed with Angelman syndrome at the age of two.

The rare genetic condition affects the nervous system and can lead to severe physical and intellectual disabilities.

Knowing that James would probably need constant care and supervision throughout his life, Colin confronted his addiction and left his former bad-boy reputation behind. He has credited his son with “saving his life” and described fatherhood as his greatest achievement.

“One of the things James taught me was to find within myself a desire to live, even if at first it was simply because I wanted to be around for him,” he previously said.

He added: “You really do take nothing for granted. There’s a deep sense of fear — I’ve run through hospitals with James in my arms while he was having a seizure — but there’s also an even deeper sense of love and respect.”

Colin, 50, shares James with his former girlfriend Kim Bordenave. He also has a younger son, Henry, 17, with his ex-partner Alicja Bachleda-Curús.

James was born in 2003, and Colin checked into rehab in 2006 after completing filming on Miami Vice.

James was a “big, big part of me putting the bottle down,” Colin previously told People magazine.

“I was in no condition to be a friend, never mind the father of a child with such demanding needs. If it wasn’t for my sobriety, I wouldn’t be able to be there for James, share in the wonder of his life or support him in the way I feel I can,” he said.

James recently appeared publicly with his father in the trailer for the forthcoming documentary The Slightest Touch.

Colin has frequently discussed the profound influence James — who was initially diagnosed with cerebral palsy before doctors identified Angelman syndrome — and Henry have had on his life.

Speaking to Gabrielle Donnelly, he said: “Both my boys have taught me. I feel they’ve raised me more than I could ever raise them. That may sound twee, but it’s true.

“The man I am today has a great deal to do with my parents and my upbringing, of course, but it also has very much to do with what my boys have asked of me.”

Discussing James, who is non-verbal, Colin said: “James is incredibly strong, brave and determined.

“He works so hard to develop physical abilities that most of us master by the time we are two or three. But he’s lovely. He’s funny as f***, cheeky as anything.

“He has a smile that could light up Manhattan. He has such a beautiful spirit and is great fun to be around.”

The star spoke about James’ diagnosis for the first time at the 2007 Special Olympic Games in Shanghai, China. 

He gushed: ‘He has enriched my life… but I don’t want to minimise the trials that so many families go through; the fear, consternation, frustration, and pain… 

‘When you’re the parent of a child with special needs, it’s important to feel that you’re not alone.’

He also added that he wanted the world to be ‘kind’ to his son.

Shortly before James turned 18, Colin and Kim filed to obtain a conservatorship of him, noting he still needed help with tasks like getting dressed and making meals. 

He later went on to reveal that he and James’s mother make sure to share in the smallest victories and enjoy the milestones whatever age they happen – including James’s first words aged six, being able to feed himself at 19, and getting his seizures under control.

When James turned 21, Colin and Kim agreed that it was time for him to live where he could be taken care of professionally.

It was his and Kim’s horror at the lack of suitable facilities that inspired him to found the Colin Farrell Foundation, an organisation dedicated to helping families who have members with intellectual disabilities. 

In 2024, the actor launched the Colin Farrell Foundation in honour of his son in California, with the goal to roll it out across the US and eventually Ireland, where he is originally from.  

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The foundation aims to raise support for adult children with intellectual disabilities and aiding education and advocacy programmes. 

While Colin leads the foundation, he is also supported by CEO Paula Evans, who previously established FAST – The Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics.

Colin previously explained how many sufferers of the rare syndrome are often misdiagnosed with cerebral palsy due to both conditions having similar symptoms. 

He told People: ‘[James] couldn’t sit up. He wasn’t crawling. I think he was a year and a half when we took him to get really checked out, and he was diagnosed as having cerebral palsy.’ 

Cerebral palsy is the name for a set of conditions affecting movement and co-ordination stemming from a problem with the brain that takes place before, during or soon after birth. 

Difficulty speaking, swallowing or seeing – along with learning difficulties – can also be symptoms. 

Colin said: ‘It was a common misdiagnosis, because it shared a lot of the same characteristics. And that was a downer for sure.’ 

The Oscar nominee revealed that, when James was only about two and a half years old, a paediatric neurologist suggested he be tested for Angelman syndrome.

Recalling the moment he received the diagnosis, he shared: ‘I remember the first two questions I asked were, “What’s the life expectancy and how much pain is involved?”

‘And the doctor said, “Life expectancy, as far as we can tell, is the same for you and for me, and pain, no”.’ 

A doctor had noticed an unusual symptom that prompted him to test for Angelman syndrome.

Colin explained: ‘One of the characteristics of Angelman syndrome is outbreaks of laughter. And the doctor saw that James was laughing a lot and doing this movement [he waves his hands],’ the father-of-two shared.

Angelman syndrome is also characterised by seizures, which Colin said is ‘one of the things that parents struggle with greatly’.

He added: ‘Thankfully, James hasn’t had a breakthrough seizure now in about 10 or 11 years, but I’ve been in the back of ambulances, I’ve been in the hospital with him. 

‘I’ve done Diastat [a sedative] up his rectum to get him out of a seizure that lasted longer than three minutes. Finding the right amount of medication that doesn’t have adverse effects — that’s all very tricky business.’

James’s condition is severe enough that he is nonverbal and requires the help of a live-in caregiver to accomplish his day-to-day tasks.

When James was four, Colin went public with his Angelman syndrome, saying his son had demonstrated ‘amazing courage’ in the face of his condition.