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Minnesota Vikings cornerback Josh Robinson reportedly has a partially torn pectoral muscle as the team heads into training camp later this month.

According to ESPN.com, Robinson suffered the pectoral injury before the Vikings’ minicamp in June.

Robinson, who mostly worked in the team’s nickel package last season, was expected to battle Terence Newman, Captain Munnerlyn and first-round pick Trae Waynes for playing time at cornerback this season.

Robinson, a third-round pick in the 2012 draft, is scheduled to make $1.552 million this season.

Robinson was in the news a week ago when he issued an apology for his comments that were critical of the Supreme Court’s decision legalizing same-sex marriage.

After the court’s recent ruling, Robinson compared gay marriage to pedophilia and incest in a series of Twitter posts that he later deleted.

“Love is love? So what will we say when the 30yr old loves YOUR 10 year old. When the dad loves HIS 6 year old? It’s different?? Yea okay!” Robinson tweeted.

Robinson issued an apology hours later for his comments.

“I apologize for any offense my tweets may have caused,” Robison wrote in a text message to the Minneapolis Star Tribune. “In an attempt to express my beliefs, I created some confusion with my choice of words, and for that I apologize. I do not equate the Supreme Court’s decision on marriage equality with other social issues. There are obvious differences. However, I do believe that God’s laws will always supersede man’s laws. This belief is not from hate for anyone but from a love for my God and all those he created. Again, I’m sorry!”

In three seasons with the Vikings, Robinson has 154 tackles and five interceptions in 42 games.