OXNARD, Calif. — Dallas Cowboys tight end Jake Ferguson was hit in the back on Thursday and left practice early.

Ferguson was hurt in a red-zone drill when linebacker Kenneth Murray Jr. made contact with him during a passing play.

Ferguson stayed down on his back for several minutes, with teammates surrounding him, but he was able to get up under his own power.

“I just got to keep my teammate up,” Murray said. “Down in the red zone, everything happens fast, you know, just trying to be on it quick. There’s not a lot of space, not a lot of room.”

Ferguson was examined by a trainer and appeared to be trying to stretch out his back before leaving the field at the start of the next period.

Quarterback Dak Prescott described the hit as two players acting on instincts that are “hard to tur

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