A star player for the Philadelphia Eagles professional football team was sucker-punched in the face in a vicious, unprovoked attack that ...
A star player for the Philadelphia Eagles professional football team was sucker-punched in the face in a vicious, unprovoked attack that apparently knocked him unconscious during a bar brawl in his native South Dakota.
Dallas Goedert, who plays tight end for the Eagles, is said to be doing fine after the altercation at Zoo Bar in Aberdeen on Saturday, NJ Advance Media reported.
An NFL source told ESPN that Goedert was taken to a hospital after the incident. One person involved in the brawl has been arrested.
Moments before he is punched, Goedert is seen confronting another patron during an altercation
Goedert is a promising tight end for the Eagles. He was drafted in the second round of the 2018 NFL draft by Philadelphia
Police were called to the scene around 1am on Saturday after receiving reports of 'people [who were] busting glasses and have busted heads,' according to the Mitchell Republic.
Calls to the Zoo Bar went unanswered. DailyMail.com has also contacted the Eagles seeking comment.
Goedert has so far declined to give a statement as of early Sunday evening. DailyMail.com has reached out to the player seeking a response.
Calls to the Aberdeen Police Department went unanswered on Sunday.
The Brown County Sheriff's Office said on Sunday that it did not have publicly available information about a suspect taken into custody in Aberdeen early Saturday morning.
One of Goedert's teammates commented on the incident on his social media page.
Avonte Maddox, a cornerback for the Eagles who is Goedert's best friend and roommate, tweeted: 'Yeah, lucky I wasn't there. Would have been some problems, deada**.'
Calls to the Zoo Bar in Aberdeen, South Dakota (above), went unanswered on Sunday
Avonte Maddox, a cornerback for the Eagles who is Goedert's best friend and roommate, tweeted: 'Yeah, lucky I wasn't there. Would have been some problems, deada**.'
Goedert, 25, is going into his third season with the Eagles.
Last year, he played in 15 games during which he caught 58 passes for 607 yards. He also scored five touchdowns.
Goedert and fellow Eagles tight end Zach Ertz combined to form one of the most prolific tandems in the league last season.
In 2018, the Eagles drafted Goedert in the second round after he played collegiately at South Dakota State.
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