Sources: Michigan DB Johnson to overlook professional day with new damage

Michigan cornerback Will Johnson, who missed the second half of the Wolverines’ season with a turf toe damage, has suffered a hamstring damage that can hold him out of the college’s professional day later this month.

Sources instructed ESPN’s Jordan Reid that the damage is not thought of severe however that Johnson is not going to take part within the faculty’s on-campus professional day March 21. Johnson is now scheduled to have a non-public exercise April 14.

Johnson performed in six video games this previous season — he has not performed in a recreation since October — and completed the 12 months with 14 tackles. He returned each of his interceptions for touchdowns in 2024, and his 128 yards on interception returns nonetheless led the Massive Ten.

Johnson, who additionally didn’t work out on the mix final week, is the No. 11 participant general in Reid’s newest mock draft and is the No. 9 participant general on ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr.’s newest Massive Board.

Johnson mentioned of his damage on the mix that it “seems like only a toe, however I had tore some ligaments in my toe, so I could not run, could not plant, could not do something … for some time, actually till mid-January.”

Johnson additionally added on the mix that, up till he went to Indianapolis, he had not suffered any setbacks in his coaching. This newest damage occurred after the mix ended.

Johnson was named the Defensive MVP of the 2023 Faculty Soccer Playoff title recreation when the Wolverines closed out the 2023 season with the nationwide championship. Michigan was 8-5 this previous season.

Johnson is the second-rated cornerback on ESPN’s consensus draft board, behind solely Colorado‘s Travis Hunter, however Johnson mentioned in Indianapolis that he believes “I am the perfect nook within the draft.”