Carolina Panthers outside linebacker DJ Johnson may be facing yet another obstacle in his young NFL career.
The 25-year-old was carted off from Tuesday’s outing of mandatory minicamp after sustaining what appeared to be a leg injury. Johnson, who had his right knee heavily wrapped, was captured exiting the practice in the following video from Vashti Hurt of Carolina Blitz:
DJ Johnson is being carted off the field and taken back to the locker room. His right knee was bandaged.
Head coach Dave Canales was asked if the team knew the severity of the injury after the session.
“We don’t,” he replied. “We’re gonna get a look at him this afternoon, at some point. They’ll get an MRI, they’ll check everything out. So, I think it was in a special teams drill. Just really hoping for the best with that.”
Carolina traded up to last year’s 80th overall pick to select Johnson, a raw prospect out of the University of Oregon. He went on to play in just 231 defensive snaps as a rookie, amassing all of 16 tackles and zero tackles over 13 appearances.
Update (2:58 p.m. ET):
Dave Canales said edge rusher DJ Johnson, who was carted off on Tuesday, has a calf injury and is shut down the remainder of mandatory minicamp. The Panthers’ coach expects Johnson back full by training camp.
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