Alabama’s injury list kept growing and shifting Monday, with center Racin Delgatty among the biggest names to monitor after leaving the Georgia game with a lower leg injury.
Head coach Kalen DeBoer said Delgatty is still being evaluated and will be limited early in the week.
"Just with his lower injury, lower leg injury, just continue to evaluate him and kind of see where he's at in the days ahead," DeBoer said during the weekly press conference on Monday. "So obviously, he'll be pretty sore and kind of working through things and limited for sure early in the week. We'll certainly get some reps with other guys, and in particular probably Mal Waldrep, Casey Poe, guys like that."
Waldrep, a sophomore who has seen snaps at both guard spots, was already warming up on the sideline to slide in at center after Delgatty went down Saturday night against Georgia. Offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb pointed to Waldrep as the next man up.
"That'd be Mal," Grubb said when asked Monday about the backup center. "That'd be Mal.
We're hopeful. We'll see what happens with (Racin).
They braced it up at the end, but we'll see. You know, I know Jeff (Allen) is working his tail off to see what we can get, but yeah, Mal takes a ton of reps there.
Does (a) really good job. Smart, tough, dependable.
He'll do a good job there."
Delgatty is only one piece of Alabama’s banged-up roster. Ryan Coleman-Williams is dealing with "a head injury," according to DeBoer, after leaving the game twice over the weekend and heading back to the locker room for a second time after taking a shot to the head early in the fourth quarter. DeBoer said Monday that Coleman-Williams is unlikely to play against Tennessee and will be "week-to-week" with multiple injuries.
Terrance Green also remains a concern after he "reaggravated" an injury he first picked up in the win over Mississippi State. The defensive lineman went down late in the first half against Georgia and did not return after going to the locker room. He was seen after the game wearing a walking boot on his left foot.
"Terrence, you know, just keep evaluating him," DeBoer said Monday. "It's an injury that's been going on for a couple weeks now.
Keeps reaggravating. It's been limiting him in practice, and trying to get into the game, he I thought made a great effort in trying to do that."
There was at least a little progress elsewhere. Freshman cornerback Jorden Edmonds returned to the field and took part in warmups before being in full uniform against Georgia after being ruled out for the previous five games with a lower leg injury suffered in the preseason.
At the same time, Alabama still has several key defenders unavailable. EDGE rushers Justin Hill and Desmond Umeozulu remain out, while linebacker Cayden Jones and defensive lineman Jeremiah Beaman are done for the season. Cornerback Nick Sherman is also ruled out for the year and has been wearing a boot on the sidelines each week.
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