Drake Johnson cleared to start running again per Nick Baumgardner
So the only person still seriously hurt is Khalid Hill? Green and Peppers are back.
Is Ty Isaac back yet? I heard he had a lower body injury.
It's amazing how quickly they can fix a torn ligament nowadays. Even like 5-7 years ago, it would have been another 3-6 months minimum.
A lot of people are now able to run on flat ground with no cutting at 6 weeks. Depends on the Surgeon, but that's becoming a bit of the normal now.
March 25th, 2015 at 10:46 PM ^
i was on crutches for 8 weeks but was doing flexibility excercises immediately after surgery. that was a decade ago though.
or Bo - they would tell you a lesser athlete / man would have gone down
Note that being cleared to start running doesn't mean he's cleared to play football. The hope is that he will get that by fall camp.
Your post doesn't fit my narrative that he is back and ready to go.
I guess that's true, but the timeframe is still quite a bit quicker nowadays.
There is no need to rush Drake back. Hope he takes it slow and heals before going at it full contact.
Drake Johnson was a revelation and showed that running back vision problems was a big issue as opposed to be solely the offensive line's fault.
He really did a great job.
We realistically could have won that last game there if we had him for the duration.
I wonder what would happen if they paid for LASIK surgery for the other two backs. Would that make them a lot better players?
March 25th, 2015 at 10:09 PM ^
Remember when the staff and Roy Roundtree finally realized he needed contacts because he couldn't see the ball coming to him.
March 25th, 2015 at 10:30 PM ^
That's a pretty easy mistake to make. Before I got glasses I couldn't tell that I was nearly blind.
March 25th, 2015 at 10:48 PM ^
you would think an eye test would be pretty standard at least annually for every player.
Same thing for me.
March 25th, 2015 at 10:35 PM ^
we saw a glimpse of his play makiing ability last year. in recent years, this has been absent in michigan RBs except for a few games with fitz toussaint. hopefully, if he can return to play at that level and be free of future injury.
that outcome could have been very very different.
First thing I thought: "Nick's the team doctor now?"
As for that guy who negged such an obvious and innocuous joke:
He's 10 times more powerful than Mr Miyagi.
is that the part where Mr. Miyagi is about to wax him on or wax him off?
March 25th, 2015 at 11:23 PM ^
"Drake is like my coach out there, he's like my assistant," Michigan running backs coach Tyrone Wheatley said earlier this spring. "He's pointing out who made a mistake, who did what wrong. It's also keeping his mind sharp. As we call it mental reps, he gets the mental reps and is basically my second set of eyes."
Kind of an interesting way to keep Johnson thinking about the role as he recovers and gets back into it actually. I am hoping that we get to see some more Drake this year personally - it was only four games, but those were some nice contributions indeed in those four games.
On another note, I heard that Ojemudia tore his pec and will be out several months, fyi.
March 25th, 2015 at 10:40 PM ^
It will take a significant amount of time for him to get back into cutting, and then have confidence in his knee stability going forward. I know after my second surgery it took even longer, to regain that confidence to move side to side, and even now I have doubts. Given my experience, I'm skeptical that he returns to the field this fall, but I am definitely hopeful he will!
I truly hope the best for him, he's a great back, and a hard worker, who played a great game against OSU.
March 25th, 2015 at 10:04 PM ^
March 25th, 2015 at 10:12 PM ^
He showed good burst and great promise. Looked the most like a Michigan running back since he who named "little brother"
March 26th, 2015 at 12:28 AM ^
For faults not his own.
March 25th, 2015 at 11:44 PM ^
Biakabatuka had amazing vision and feel for when the hole would open. Guys like him and Drake, have that feel + the burst to get through the hole. Not that Drakes on Tims level, but he could be very good if healthy
mine too Drake was my favorite player last year
He was one of the high points last year and when healthy could challenge for the #1 spot.
As a side note, my dog just had ACL surgery last Friday. She can't be off a leash or climb stairs for 16 weeks. It's frustrating for us and her. I would imagine the limits placed on a D1 athlete would be almost as stressful as the surgery itself.