The Oregon Ducks are going on the road to one of the most famous places in the college football world in Week 10, facing the Michigan Wolverines in The Big House.
While that might have been a supremely daunting trip a year ago while Jim Harbaugh and the Wolverines were on their way to a national championship, things are different this year. Michigan is 5-3 this year, with a stagnant offense making things hard on what remains of a very talented defense.
On paper, the Ducks are favored to win this game by two scores, but that number could go up based on the availability of one of Michigan’s best players.
Cornerback Will Johnson left the Week 8 game vs. Illinois with a lower-leg injury, and he did not play in Week 9 against the Michigan State Spartans.
Will Johnson injury update
There are limited updates on the actual lower-leg injury itself, for Johnson, other than the fact that he is considered questionable going forward. On Monday, Michigan coach Sherrone Moore did not provide a detailed update about how the injury is progressing for the CB who is projected to be a top-10 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.
How long will Will Johnson be out?
There is some optimism that Johnson will return to the field at some point this year, and Moore said on Monday that the veteran defender has no plans of sitting out the remainder of the season in order to focus on his NFL career.
“Will has no plan of just shutting it down or anything like that,” Moore said. “Will, if he could go out there, he would go out there in a heartbeat, and I know that he’ll be back out there at some point this season, whether it’s this week, next week, whatever it is, and there’s zero, zero doubt in my mind that he’s a competitor that wants to be out there with his teammates, so I know he’ll be back.
“We’ll see how it works out this week and what he can do. So we’ll just let the doctors handle that.”