No. 5 Alabama will get some help back on Saturday afternoon against No. 14 LSU, with several injured players cleared to return and a few more still waiting on the final call.
Wide receiver Ryan Coleman-Williams, center Racin Delgatty and nose tackle Terrance Green are all available after sitting out the past two games. Running back AK Dear is also available, after the trio of Coleman-Williams, Delgatty and Green were listed as probable on Friday’s report.
Alabama still has a handful of players in limbo, though. Cornerback Zabien Brown, running back EJ Crowell, left guard Will Sanders and third-string quarterback Jett Thomalla are game-time decisions as the Crimson Tide get closer to kickoff.
On the LSU side, tight end Trey’Dez Green, who was questionable on Friday, is available against Alabama. Linebacker Whit Weeks, who had been doubtful, is officially out.
Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer offered a little more insight into the injury situation earlier in the week on Wednesday night’s Hey Coach radio show after first addressing it on Monday.
"Guys are making good progress," DeBoer said. "I think that’s what a lot of it was said on Monday.
A lot of guys out there going through practice. Some of it is just how are they responding to the physicality of what the practice gives, because it’s going to be another level when you talk about the contact and what a football game entails.
I know a lot of that report will be coming out here, as we have to do with the SEC report."
The Crimson Tide will continue to monitor the situation during warmups and through the game.
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