Washington running back Dillon Johnson won’t be fully healthy for Monday night’s College Football Playoff National Championship game, but he says he’s “ready to rock and roll” against Michigan.
HOUSTON — Star Washington tailback Dillon Johnson has been limited in practice this week after suffering multiple injuries at the end of the Allstate Sugar Bowl, but he said he is “ready to rock and roll” for Monday night’s College Football Playoff National Championship game against Michigan.
Johnson acknowledged he will not be 100 percent for the game — “doubt it” — and said he has been dealing with multiple injuries. In the final minute of the Sugar Bowl, Texas defensive lineman Alfred Collins dragged him to the ground, and Johnson both bruised his left knee and aggravated a lingering right foot injury.
“But it’s all good,” Johnson said. “I’ll be ready to rock and roll and give whatever my team needs. I’ll be ready to do it.”
Asked if he has been a full participant in practice, Johnson said: “Something like that, but I was doing as much as I could.”
Johnson has been one of the country’s most productive tailbacks in the latter part of the season, as he has the second-most yards of any running back since Week 9.
