Alabama fans may finally see the wide receiver it has been waiting for this weekend.
Tyler Harrell, a transfer from Louisville, arrived in the summer as an elite speedster. He averaged 29.1 yards per catch and eight touchdowns in 2021 for the Cardinals. As a South Florida native, Harrell is an explosive playmaker but suffered a foot injury before arriving in Tuscaloosa. He has yet to make his debut for the Crimson Tide, but positivity surrounds him for Saturday as Coach Nick Saban updated him in Wednesday’s SEC Coaches Teleconference. Per Saban, Harrell could have played last week.
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“He’s been practicing,” Saban said about Harrell. “He was available for the last game. He’s getting more and more reps, more and more comfortable with what he’s doing. There’s a possibility that he’s getting to the point where we can start to use him some.”
According to credible sources, Touchdown Alabama Magazine has learned that Harrell looked ‘fantastic’ through Alabama’s first two practices for Mississippi State. The Tide has worked him into different schemes and formations. It looks like the transfer will play against the Bulldogs, but we shall see.
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