T.J. Clemmings Injured During OTAs, Leaves Practice

Injuries unfortunately are part of the deal from the earliest days of OTAs right through to the end of the season.

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Today the Vikings experienced their first alarming in-practice injury of the OTA period when rookie RG T.J. Clemmings came up lame and had to be removed. Fortunately it doesn’t appear the injury was significant.

Andrew Krammer reports that Clemmings was replaced at right guard by David Yankey and Carter Bykowski. Krammer later reported that Clemmings’ injury was minor and not related to the foot that gave him problems before the draft.

Clemmings had been rated by some as a potential first round pick in this year’s draft but the former Pitt tackle fell to the Vikings in the fourth mostly due to concerns about the health of his foot. A stress fracture was discovered in Clemmings’ foot during the lead up to the draft and many teams dropped him on their boards as a result.

The Vikings currently envision Clemmings as a right guard and have been giving him first team reps at that position with 2014 starting RG Brandon Fusco flipping to the left.

As Mike Zimmer explained, the Vikings thought it would be easier to work Clemmings on the right side since he played on the right in college and would also get the benefit of being sandwiched between veterans John Sullivan and Phil Loadholt.

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