on january 12, 2014, dinwiddie suffered a career-threatening acl injury against washington, forcing him to sit out for the remainder of the season. as his junior season was cut short, the team finished the year just 23–12; their record was 14–2 while dinwiddie was healthy. dinwiddie reportedly made contact with russ paine, who helped adrian peterson recover from his acl injury and become the 2012 nfl mvp.