Alabama true freshman, Justin Eboigbe missed a couple of practices this week.
The talented defensive end, who was signed in the 2019 class, took first-team reps during the first two weeks of fall camp. He moved back to the second group, upon the return of LaBryan Ray, but Nick Saban has him listed as Ray’s backup – opposite the senior in Raekwon Davis.
Eboigbe, a native of Forest Park, Ga., has speed, quick hands and strong footwork at 6-foot-5 and 294 pounds.
According to Saban, one of six highly-touted defensive linemen is listed as “questionable” for the Crimson Tide’s season-opener against Duke on Saturday in Atlanta.
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“Justin has a foot injury that is not long term,” Saban said. “He’s kind of day-to-day. We’ll just have to wait and see how he responds and he goes from there.”
With losing Trey Sanders (foot) and Joshua McMillon (knee) for the season, Alabama wants to make sure it has Eboigbe at full strength. As for the Tide, it continues with practice at 3:40 p.m. in preparing for the Blue Devils.
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