​It’s been more than a week since former Iowa football player Jack Campbell was carted off the field of an NFL game with a neck injury.A lot has happened since Campbell gave his first update in a statement released by the Lions on Nov. 4. Here’s the latest on his recovery.Jack Campbell injury updateThe Cedar Falls native remains hospitalized at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.Detroit placed Campbell on injured reserve the day before its 19-9 victory against the Miami Dolphins on Nov. 8. The move requires Campbell to miss at least four games, though there is no timetable for his return.In his Nov. 4 statement, the 26-year-old said he has full movement in his lower body and is making progress in his upper body. Lions owner Sheila Ford Hamp spoke with the team after the Dolphins game and said she had visited with Campbell days earlier.”He was worried about all of you,” Ford Hamp said. “Well, I know he’s not now. I know he’s as proud of you as I am.”More: Iowa football to gift Northwestern game ball to Jack CampbellDuring the Lions-Dolphins broadcast, CBS sideline reporter Melanie Collins said Lions head coach Dan Campbell had visited the former Hawkeye in the hospital during the week and reported that he was improving and determined to return to the field.”Are you surprised by anything from Jack?” Dan Campbell said postgame. “That’s Jack. Jack is all about the goal in front of me, and, ‘I’m going to attack that goal, and I’m going to destroy that goal, and I’ll move onto the next thing.'”The Lions rallied around Campbell ahead of Sunday’s win. Coaches and players talked throughout the week about wanting to win their sixth game of the season for No. 46, and several arrived at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami wearing Campbell’s jersey. “Jack, we love you, brother,” Lions All-Pro defensive end Aidan Hutchinson told Collins on the CBS postgame broadcast. “We know you’re watching. Miss you, man.”Campbell’s rise to one of the NFL’s top linebackersThe Detroit Lions selected Campbell with the No. 18 overall pick in the 2023 NFL draft after he spent four seasons at Iowa, where he twice earned first-team All-Big Ten honors.His breakout season came in 2025, when Campbell led the Lions and finished second in the NFL with 176 tackles. He played all but eight of the team’s 1,105 defensive snaps while setting career highs in sacks (five), forced fumbles (three) and fumble recoveries (two). He was named to his first Pro Bowl and also earned first-team All-Pro honors.More: 2 Hawkeyes in the NFL made the 2025 All-Pro team. What to know.The franchise rewarded him in May 2026 with a four-year, $81 million contract extension. Campbell and his wife, former Iowa and Drake women’s basketball player Megan (Meyer) Campbell, welcomed their first child, Cooper, in July 2026.The Detroit News Nolan Bianchi contributed to this report. Cooper Worth is a service/trending reporter for the Des Moines Register. Reach him at cworth@gannett.com or follow him on X @CooperAWorth.This article or