"After an odd day at Winter Park, filled with plenty of ambiguity surrounding the Percy Harvin saga, the Vikings have cleared things up: Harvin's season is now over.

The dynamic receiver has been placed on injured reserve, unable to come back from the sprained left ankle he suffered Nov. 4 in Seattle. What was once figured to be an injury that would just need a few weeks to heal is now season-ending and could possibly require surgery.

Before suffering the ankle sprain, Harvin had amassed 60 catches for 667 yards in the first eight games.

He sat out the team's 34-24 win over Detroit in Week 10 but stayed in Minnesota over the bye to continue getting treatment.

Harvin seemed intent on being ready for the Nov. 25 game in Chicago but never showed enough progress.