Percy Harvin Carted Off Field With Injury, Returns To Practice Later In Day

Percy Harvin was carted off the field earlier today, despite nobody being able to figure out precisely why; even offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell didn't notice Harvin had left before being informed so.

Well, we can cancel the Percy Harvin Catastrophe Watch, as Harvin is already back in pads and practicing. There has still been no official word from the Vikings on the particulars of his injury, and now there's even less reason to expect such word to be forthcoming.

Our guess is that he wasn't even injured at all, and just wanted to see what riding the cart felt like without a fresh, agonizing orthopedic injury.

Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio points to some odd circumstances in the case of Percy Harvin being carted off at training camp: Apparently, no one noticed he was hurt.

Florio cites Judd Zulgad's notes, the best account of the bizarre injury:

The odd thing about what happened to Harvin on Saturday is no one saw him suffer an obvious injury. He did make what was perhaps the catch of the day in 7-on-7 drills when he bobbled a pass from Tarvaris Jackson but managed to catch the ball despite tight coverage from cornerback Asher Allen. Harvin's helmet popped off on the play as he made the catch, fell to the ground and then got up and tried to run.

Offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell said in his post-practice news conference that he didn't even know Harvin had left on a cart until told by a member of the media relations staff.