NFL demands DHS remove promo featuring ex-Eagles star Brian Dawkins

Published September 28, 2026 5:36pm ET | Updated September 28, 2026 5:36pm ET



The NFL requested that the Department of Homeland Security remove a video it posted on Sunday of former Philadelphia Eagles safety Brian Dawkins from its social media.

The DHS video montage features several of Dawkins’s tackles and a walk-up clip in which he says, “My time has come.” The department posted the video in response to a breaking news report from X account Leading Report that read, “JUST IN: Huge migrant caravan headed towards the US southern border.”

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