Was Michigan RB Drake Johnson injured in a freak forklift accident?

Published Apr. 14, 2016 10:17 a.m. ET

Chris Bahr

There are bizarre injuries and then there's this: Michigan running back Drake Johnson might have been injured by a forklift during a workout Wednesday.

According to reports from WDIV in Detroit, Johnson was stretching at Michigan's indoor track facility -- he is on the track team also -- when he was possibly struck by a forklift. Details of the incident and the severity of the injury remain unclear.

Guy said Johnson was "stretching with headphones and the forklift had something on it that was blocking their vision." #Michigan
— Derick Hutchinson (@Derick_Hutch) April 14, 2016

The university later released this statement, which included confirmation of an injury to Johnson:

Johnson then offered this reassuring update:

And then coach Jim Harbaugh shared this:

Johnson has torn the ACL in his left knee twice during his career at Michigan, but returned to rush for 271 yards and four touchdowns in 10 games during the 2015 season. He also caught six passes, two for TDs.