Rookie cornerback D.J. Hayden is out for the rest of the Raiders’ offseason workouts with an abdominal injury.
He is currently at a hospital.
Coach Dennis Allen says it’s too early to say if the abdominal issue is related to his heart injury from last year. “We can’t rule that out,” Allen said. “Right now, I don’t know the correlation to it, but we don’t anticipate it being an issue.”
Hayden, the team’s first round pick, severed his inferior vena cava during practice at Houston in November. It’s an injury that typically happens in high-speed automobile accidents, and 95 percent of the time it is fatal. Some teams thought Hayden was a risky pick but Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie said he was medically cleared.
Allen, who talked to reporters after Tuesday’s workout, said the issue popped up last Tuesday or Wednesday. He wouldn’t get into Hayden’s symptoms.
Allen said Hayden should be back by training camp
from SF GATE