Ahead of its matchup against Arkansas on Saturday, Alabama head coach Nick Saban addressed a few injury updates during his press conference on Wednesday.
During last week’s game against Vanderbilt, the Crimson Tide saw two key defenders leave the game with injuries. Defensive lineman Byron Young suffered a sprained ankle and had to be carted to the locker room and defensive back Jordan Battle sustained a lower-body injury near the end of the game.
Saban reported that both players are still to be considered day-to-day.
“Both guys practiced some today,” Saban said. “Hopefully, they’ll both be ready for the game, but it’s day-to-day. When you have these kinds of injuries, it’s always (about) how they feel the next day, so we’ll see how it goes.”
The other player Saban discussed was sophomore wide receiver JoJo Earle who suffered a fractured foot early on in fall camp which has sidelined him since. Against the Commodores, Earle was fully dressed and participated in warmups although he did not see any game action.
“He’s practiced this week,” Saban said. “But again, everything is day-to-day with these guys that are coming off injuries. It’s not always about just what they were able to do today, but how does it affect tomorrow. So we’ll see how he is on a day-to-day basis and have to make a decision about that tomorrow.”
According to Touchdown Alabama’s Stephen M. Smith, Earle is expected to make his return against the Razorbacks this weekend.
Alabama will kickoff on the road against Arkansas at 2:30 p.m. CT on CBS.
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