Max Johnson carted off field after suffering injury vs. Minnesota
North Carolina quarterback Max Johnson suffered a serious injury in the third quarter of their game against Minnesota. On third down, he dropped back to pass, was tackled, and had his knee buckle underneath a defender. Johnson was lying on the ground in pain and had to be tended to by medical staff and trainers. He was seen grabbing his right knee. They eventually brought out the cart for him and had several people helped load him onto the cart. The game was stopped for a few minutes.
Johnson was in visible pain riding the cart off the field. Here is the clip of the play he was injured on below.
Before leaving the field, Johnson completed 12 of 19 passes for 71 yards, while tossing a costly interception. On the ground, he had six carries for 10 yards and a touchdown. His longest run on the night was a 16-yarder.
Once he left the game on the cart, backup Conner Harrell took his place. In 2023, he completed 66.7% of his passes for 270 yards, while tossing in two touchdowns and two interceptions. In the 2022 cycle, Harrell was listed as a three-star quarterback prospect, according to the On3 Industry Rankings.
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In his final two seasons with Thompson High School (Alabaster, Alabama), he completed 72% of his passes for 6,100 yards and 81 touchdowns, while only tossing six interceptions. A dual-threat, he also rushed for 680 yards and nine touchdowns.
Max Johnson spent two years with LSU and two years with Texas A&M. In 2020 with LSU, Johnson completed 58.7% of his passes for 1,069 yards, while tossing in eight touchdowns with one interception. In 2021, he had his best year in Baton Rouge, completing 60.3% of his passes for 2,815 yards, while tossing in 27 touchdowns with six interceptions. Johnson’s best year at Texas A&M came in 2023, when he completed 62.1% of his passes for 1,452 yards, while tossing in nine touchdowns with five interceptions.
Kickoff for the UNC-Minnesota game on Thursday night was delayed by an hour due to some severe thunderstorms that were in the Minneapolis area. Luckily, there were no interruptions of the game, but it did start to pour rain in the fourth quarter. Both offenses had trouble getting anything going.
The game is still airing on FOX, with UNC leading Minnesota 16-14 with under eight minutes left in the fourth quarter.