5 Alabama players probable in availability report ahead of Vanderbilt

Zabien Brown, Keelon Russell, EJ Crowell, Chuck McDonald III and William Sanders are listed as probable in the initial availability report ahead of the Alabama Crimson Tide taking on Vanderbilt.

Russell was described as day-to-day earlier this week by Kalen DeBoer after he suffered a lower-body injury he pushed through against LSU.

“You’re weighing how he feels with what the medical staff says as far as we never want to hurt him,” DeBoer said on Monday. “He’s got to go out there and obviously play at a level that can help us win. We have a lot of confidence if we had to move to Austin [Mack] at some point. He’s day-to-day. He continued and finished out the game, so that’s a good sign right there. He’s had other things that have popped up in game where he’s played through it, and you guys have seen that too when you’re paying close attention. He stays out on the football field and keeps doing his thing. For him to play at the level that he played at, getting dinged up a little bit, was impressive in itself. I’d expect him to do everything he can to get out on the football field.”

Crowell and Sanders did not play against LSU last week. Brown played, but he was limited. McDonald was also in action against the Tigers.

Jeremiah Beaman, Nick Sherman, Desmond Umeozulu, Josh Ford, Cayden Jones, Mhari Johnson and Casey Poe are listed as out.

The Crimson Tide will travel to Nashville to take on Vanderbilt. Kickoff is set for 11:45 a.m., and the game will be broadcast on the SEC Network.