Alabama wide receiver will not be ‘ready to go’ to start 2026 season

April 11, 2026; Tuscaloosa, AL, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide defensive back Red Morgan (6) breaks up a pass intended for Alabama Crimson Tide wide receiver Noah Rogers (5) at Bryant-Denny Stadium during the Alabama A Day scrimmage. Gary Cosby Jr. / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Alabama football’s head coach Kalen DeBoer provided an injury update on Noah Rogers on Monday.

Rogers transferred to Alabama from North Carolina State to play wide receiver after the 2025 season. He went down with an injury during the Crimson Tide’s A-Day scrimmage and was carted off the field. DeBoer shared the injury was significant on Tide 100.9 while talking with Ryan Fowler.

“Unfortunately, he suffered an injury that’s gonna take a little while to recover, and it will bleed into the season here a little bit,” DeBoer said. “I’m not gonna give a timeline exactly, but he won’t be ready to go right when the season starts.”

DeBoer went on to say the Tide expect Rogers to be ready to play at some point during the season.

“We do expect it to be a situation where he will get to be back during the season,” said DeBoer.

Rogers looked to have been on pace to start at wide receiver for the Tide before the injury. He garnered praise from DeBoer after Alabama’s second scrimmage.

“Noah’s been consistent,” DeBoer said. “He had a couple of nice catches, some big plays. Thought he was there when he needed to. Even just sometimes short ones where you got to move the chains. Maybe it’s not just a complete natural catch. He’d probably be the one that stood out the most.”