--- description: Kendrick Norton is recovering in a hospital after a car crash early Thursday morning resulted in him having his arm amputated. title: Miami Dolphins Player Kendrick Norton Loses Arm After Car Accident image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt142c50858e1b9cec/6989ff99656a3f1cb4bd88d8/gettyimages-1007432180.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Sports](/section/sports/) ## Sports Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [NFL](/tag/nfl/) ## NFL Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Miami Dolphins Player Kendrick Norton Loses Arm After Car Accident by [Josiah Bates](/author/josiah-bates/) ## Josiah Bates Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Josiah Bates is a criminal justice reporter and a former TIME staff writer. He currently works for The Trace. Jul 5, 2019 4:51 PM CUT  SPARTANBURG, SC - JULY 29: Kendrick Norton (74) defensive tackle Carolina Panthers walks to the practice field at the Carolina Panthers training camp on July 29, 2018 at Wofford College in Spartanburg, S.C. SPARTANBURG, SC - JULY 29: Kendrick Norton (74) defensive tackle Carolina Panthers walks to the practice field at the Carolina Panthers training camp on July 29, 2018 at Wofford College in Spartanburg, S.C.Icon Sportswire—Icon Sportswire via Getty Images by [Josiah Bates](/author/josiah-bates/) ## Josiah Bates Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Josiah Bates is a criminal justice reporter and a former TIME staff writer. He currently works for The Trace. Jul 5, 2019 4:51 PM CUT Kendrick Norton, a Miami Dolphins defensive tackle, is recovering in a hospital after a car crash early Thursday morning resulted in him having his left arm amputated. His agent, Malki Kawa, confirmed the crash on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/malkikawa/status/1146797724873961474 "undefined") and the “multiple injuries” Norton suffered. Kawa asked the public to respect Norton’s privacy while he recovers. According to a spokesperson for the Florida Highway Patrol, Norton, 22, drove his truck into a concrete barrier which led to the vehicle overturning. It’s not clear why Norton’s vehicle hit the barrier. Another vehicle was involved in the crash, but the driver of that vehicle suffered no injuries. The Florida Highway Patrol will continue to investigate, the spokesperson said in a statement sent to TIME. Norton was picked by the Carolina Panthers in the seventh round of the NFL draft in 2018\. He was later traded to the Dolphins in December. He has yet to make an appearance in a regular season game. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5621022/miami-dolphins-kendrick-norton-car-crash-amputation/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5621022/miami-dolphins-kendrick-norton-car-crash-amputation/"},"headline":"Miami Dolphins Player Kendrick Norton Loses Arm After Car Accident","datePublished":"2019-07-05T16:51:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T23:55:16.826Z","description":"Florida Highway Patrol is investigating the crash","url":"https://time.com/5621022/miami-dolphins-kendrick-norton-car-crash-amputation/","keywords":["NFL","Car accident","hospital","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt142c50858e1b9cec/6989ff99656a3f1cb4bd88d8/gettyimages-1007432180.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Josiah Bates","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/josiah-bates/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt142c50858e1b9cec/6989ff99656a3f1cb4bd88d8/gettyimages-1007432180.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"NFL: JUL 29 Panthers Training Camp","caption":"NFL: JUL 29 Panthers Training Camp","creditText":"Icon Sportswire—Icon Sportswire via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/nfl/","name":"NFL"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5621022/miami-dolphins-kendrick-norton-car-crash-amputation/","name":"Miami Dolphins Player Kendrick Norton Loses Arm After Car Accident"}}]}] ```