Michigan cornerback Will Johnson, who missed the second half of the Wolverines’ season with a turf toe injury, has suffered a hamstring injury that will keep him out of the school’s pro day later this month.
Sources told ESPN’s Jordan Reid that the injury isn’t considered serious but that Johnson will not participate in the school’s on-campus pro day March 21. Johnson is now scheduled to have a private workout April 14.
Johnson played in six games this past season — he has not played in a game since October — and finished the year with 14 tackles. He returned both of his interceptions for touchdowns in 2024, and his 128 yards on interception returns still led the Big Ten.
Johnson, who also did not work out at the combine last week, is the No. 11 player overall in Reid’s latest mock draft and is the No. 9 player overall on ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr.’s latest Big Board.
Johnson said of his injury at the combine that it “sounds like just a toe, but I had tore some ligaments in my toe, so I couldn’t run, couldn’t plant, couldn’t do anything … for a while, really until mid-January.”
Johnson also added at the combine that, up until he went to Indianapolis, he had not suffered any setbacks in his training. This latest injury happened after the combine ended.
Johnson was named the Defensive MVP of the 2023 College Football Playoff title game when the Wolverines closed out the 2023 season with the national championship. Michigan was 8-5 this past season.
Johnson is the second-rated cornerback on ESPN’s consensus draft board, behind only Colorado‘s Travis Hunter, but Johnson said in Indianapolis that he believes “I’m the best corner in the draft.”
