A Monday night game collision with Tee Higgins nearly took Damar Hamlin's life. It also cemented Hamlin's bond with Bengals receiver Tyler Boyd.
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"The same reason I hang with him, they hang with him," Hamlin said of Boyd."I don't call a lot of people my big brother. I don't call nobody my big brother. That's somebody I really consider a big brother." "Damar will pick your brain to get better -- 'What do I have to do? What can I do?" said Chris LaSala, an associate athletic director at Pitt who has been with the program for 27 years."And Tyler was an unbelievable guy for us here at Pitt."
"His brotherhood is tremendous," Mosley-Smith said."He's the anchor to a lot of things. He's the anchor to a lot of people."career at Pitt, the Bengals selected Boyd in the second round of the 2016 draft. Despite his status as a pro, he made it a point to maintain ties to his hometown. In 2022, Tee Higgins traveled to Pittsburgh to volunteer at Boyd's camp. It was the first time one of his Bengals teammates had participated. It was also the first time Hamlin and Higgins met.
As Higgins grappled with his role in the play, Hamlin's mother, Nina, reached out to Higgins and let him know it wasn't his fault. Hamlin miraculously returned to the Bills, made their 53-man roster in August and saw his first regular season action on Oct. 1 against the Dolphins in Orchard Park, New York. training in Austin, Texas, ahead of the upcoming season when Boyd reached out. It was about a trip to Cabo, a final getaway before the Bengals reported to Cincinnati for training camp.
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