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The Minnesota Vikings and their star wide receiver, Justin Jefferson, got a bit of a scare on Friday afternoon during the team’s practice. However, it appears that what could have been a significant injury is not anything serious.
Jefferson landed hard on this play during Friday afternoon’s practice and got up favoring his left arm.
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— Andy Mac (@AndyMacSports) August 6, 2021
Justin Jefferson lands hard on his left shoulder and leaves training camp practice for the #Vikings @kare11 #kare11sports pic.twitter.com/eLESOiD0EX
It looked like it could have been any number of things, but it appears that the best-case scenario has emerged. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the injury to Jefferson is a sprained AC joint and not something like a broken clavicle.
Vikings’ WE Justin Jefferson, who left practice today grabbing his left shoulder after he fell to the ground, has a sprained AC joint, per source. “Nothing serious,” per source, but there will be further testing this weekend.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 6, 2021
We will, obviously, be awaiting the results of those tests.
Based on my extensive research on AC joint sprains. . .which is just me Googling a few things and seeing what I can find. . .there are three grades of AC joint sprains, conveniently called Grade 1, Grade 2, and Grade 3. Unless Jefferson has a Grade 3 sprain, he should be able to recover in time for the Vikings’ regular season opener. Grade 1 sprains are mild and appear to have a recovery time of 1-2 weeks, while Grade 2 is more moderate and requires a 3-4 week recovery period.
Here’s hoping that the injury to Justin Jefferson is just something mild and that he didn’t, you know, “tweak” his shoulder or something like that.