UNC QB Max Johnson suffered a knee injury during the third quarter of last night's Victory versus Minnesota Johnson was carded off the field after not being able to put weight on the leg sophomore QB Connor Herold finside the game at QB for the tar Hills North Carolina quarterback Max Johnson was carded off the field with a hip injury in the third quarter of a 19-7 win against Minnesota on Thursday night in Minneapolis Johnson who transferred to the Tar Heels from Texas A&M this past offseason won the starting job after a competition with Connor Herold that went down to the wire in the early going against the Golden Gophers Johnson struggled to find consistency but so did his offensive line with four new starters. UNC coach Mack Brown said the injury is to Johnson's hip and that he was taken to a local hospital the team was unsure whether Johnson would travel back Thursday night I hate that Max got hurt for him and for us Johnson began his career at LSU in 2020 before transferring to Texas A&M in 2022 he was hoping for a fresh start with the Tar Heels after an up and down career with both programs his experience 22 starts and 30 total appearances made him an an important player for North Carolina to get through the portal to replace firstr draft pick Drake May Johnson ended up 12 of 19 passing for 71 yards with an interception and a rushing touchdown Thursday night haral a red shirt sophomore who served as the backup to May last season and started the tar Hills bowl game replaced him and was two of four for 34 yards he led the Tar Heels on a late drive that ultimately produced the winning field goal with 144 left