Damar Hamlin .
The Bills safety appeared on the Bills’ kickoff coverage team after Buffalo opened the scoring in their matchup with the Dolphins at Bills Stadium on Sunday afternoon, .
It marked Hamlin’s first action in a regular season game since his terrifying near-death moment last year.
Hamlin, 25, suffered cardiac arrest on “Monday Night Football” on Jan. 25 during the first quarter of a game against the Bengals and needed to be resuscitated on the field.
The game was subsequently canceled a🥀s Hamlin was rushed by an ambulance to the hospita꧅l, where he spent a week in critical condition and on a ventilator.
Hamlin’s recovery helped him become a hero around the league.
The Bills announced in April that Hamlin was cleared to play.
He was a healthy scratch for the Bills’ first three games this year.
But safety Jordan Poyer’s injury paved the way for Hamlin to make the active roster, though he’s only expected to play on special teams.
Prior to taking the field, Hamlin shared a special moment wit🅰h his teamꦉmates.
He join🦹ed them in the pregame huddle be🔜fore they ran out of the tunnel.
Hamlin was the la𓆏st Bills player to exit the tunnel before kickoff.
He ran the lengt🎐h of the field with his arms spread before taking off his helmet in the end zone and standing before a cheering crowd.
Hamlin previously returned to the field in the preseason against the Colts, play🌄ing 24 snaps and making three tackle🍷s.
“Yeah, man, it felt good. It for surely felt l💝ike a little weight off my shoulders,” Hamlin said following that game. “Amazing. It just makes me feel like I’m back in that elemeꦑnt.”
A former sixth-round pick𝔉 out of Pittsburgh, Hamlin emerged as a starter last year and recorded 91 tackles and ಌone forced fumble.
