Jimbo Fisher reveals more specific details of Conner Weigman injury

After breaking news that QB Conner Weigman would likely be done for the 2023 season with a foot injury, Texas A&M head coach Jimbo Fisher offered some insight this week into how the Aggie medical staff discovered the problem.

Initially, Weigman appeared to be a bit banged up after the Auburn win, but when some unexpected discomfort hampered him early in the week, the team decided to have more tests done. Per Fisher, it was a CAT scan that finally revealed the issues for Weigman.

“We had an X-ray and MRI and it was — you saw nothing felt very good and just had some unusual pain that just didn’t make sense, you know what I mean. So they got a CAT scan. In the CAT scan, that showed some bone damage and things like cracks in there.”

After such findings, A&M’s doctors decided some longer-term work needed to be done to fix Weigman’s foot. The news stinks, but Fisher is glad they caught the injuries before Weigman had the chance to worsen them.

“So they’ll fix him and he’ll be out for quite a while. But at the same time, I’m glad we found them, because it made sense. I mean, the other things, we had really great diagnosis and we didn’t even know til Tuesday morning when it when it finally got diagnosed that way.”

Jimbo Fisher’s definitely bummed for his QB1, but does have confidence Max Johnson can step up and lead the team successfully, especially after that performance over the weekend.

“So, you know, unfortunate for him. Hate it for him, hate it for our team, because he’s a great player and was leading this very well — now, I feel totally confident in Max. We had two starting quarterbacks. I just hate to give one up, right, and what we’re doing so. But unfortunately, that’s part of football and we’ll get him healthy and get him back, and we’ll get going.”

At least Johnson has what Fisher calls “saddle time” — meaning, this isn’t his first rodeo as an SEC quarterback. Johnson appeared in several games last season for A&M and had previously started games at his former school, LSU. So there’s plenty of SEC experience with the Aggie backup.

In lieu of Weigman vs. the Tigers last Saturday, Johnson subbed in to complete seven of 11 passes for 123 yards and two touchdowns, including one beautiful 37-yard bomb to top Aggie wideout Evan Stewart to take a commanding 20-3 lead late in the third quarter. Unlike many schools, A&M has a backup QB with a big arm and plenty of SEC experience.