When North Carolina Tar Heels quarterback Max Johnson initially fell to the turf on Thursday, Aug. 29 in the season-opener at Minnesota, a dark cloud encapsulated the entire program and fanbase.
Johnson laid on the field for several minutes, grabbing his leg in pain. Initial speculations were that Johnson initially suffered a hip injury, while other reports speculated a knee injury.
Johnson was carried off on a cart, then spent his night (and a few days) in Hennepin County Medical Center recovering from surgery on his broken leg. UNC knew Johnson would come back to Chapel Hill at some point, but a fixing a broken leg is no easy surgery for a doctor to perform.
While Johnson will not play again this year, Tar Heel Nation received some good news in regards to Johnson on Tuesday afternoon.
Johnson’s head coach, Mack Brown, said that Johnson will return to North Carolina on Wednesday.
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Johnson, who transferred from Texas A&M in the offseason and also spent a few years at LSU, was brought in to give UNC an experienced quarterback after Drake Maye’s NFL departure.
With the Tar Heels playing host to NC Central this coming Saturday, expect to see Johnson back within the walls of Kenan Stadium.
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