Damar Hamlin, the Buffalo Bills safety who collapsed on the field Jan. 2 during a game against the Cincinnati Bengals, was released from the intensive care unit at a Cincinnati hospital on Monday and has returned to Buffalo, the doctors caring for him at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center announced during a news conference.

Hamlin, 24, has continued to improve since suffering cardiac arrest on the field last week. He was transferred to a hospital in Buffalo for ongoing care, but the doctors said that Hamlin is no longer in critical condition and met several requirements for transport, including no longer needing intensive nursing care or intensive respiratory therapy.

“He still has a little bit of a ways to go in terms of his ongoing recovery,” We are thrilled to where he is today. He is up, he is walking around, he’s got an amazing genuine sense of humor

Hamlin had his breathing tube removed last Friday and has been able to walk, though he is still regaining his strength and will continue to undergo tests and monitoring. The doctors said it is still too premature

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