Brady Cook injury update: Missouri QB's status vs. Alabama revealed by report

Brady Cook is considered “doubtful” for Saturday’s game against Alabama, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel. The Missouri QB is dealing with an ankle injury suffered against Auburn and has been “extremely limited” in practice, throwing his status into question.

Cook headed to the hospital during Saturday’s game after going down in the first quarter. However, he later returned, although the injury appears to be lingering. Thamel said there’s still a chance Cook tries to ramp up and give it a go against Alabama, but things are looking “pessimistic.”

Cook returned to the game as Mizzou trailed Auburn by 14 points. He finished 11-of-22 passing for 194 yards as Missouri went on to complete the comeback and get the 21-17 victory.

As for his quarterback’s status against Alabama, Eli Drinkwitz didn’t have much in his latest update. A reporter asked if Cook would be at practice, and after clarification, said he wasn’t sure if he’d be able to actually give it a go in workouts.

“I don’t know if I’d say participate,” Drinkwitz said. “I anticipate that he will be out at practice but that’s why I’m not letting the media at practice so that y’all can’t worry about what he’s doing or not doing at practice.”

But the reason Brady Cook was able to go to the hospital, get tested and come back was because MU Health is right across the street – and Drinkwitz pointed that out.

“If it’s not a home game, we’re not able to get over to MU Health and we’re not able to get the MRI and we’re not able to get that read in a timely manner,” Drinkwitz said. “That’s the one time I was very thankful that games lasted three and a half hours. Because if it was a two and a half hour game, it probably wouldn’t have happened. No, it wouldn’t be a possibility if you weren’t at home and very fortunate for MU Healthcare.

“And it’s another reason why this is one of the best universities in the world. It’s an AAU institution. It’s got — we’re the state school and a land-grant institution and got the ability to have your own healthcare. We got several players on our team and Chuck Hicks child was born a couple weeks ago over at MU Healthcare and got a few more that’ll be coming. So it’s an awesome thing.”