Deuce Harmon enters injury tent with leg injury against Alabama

The Texas A&M Aggies saw one of their young defensive stars come out of the game early against Alabama, as Deuce Harmon suffered a leg injury. Harmon exited the game early in the first quarter and entered the injury tent — ultimately being labelled “questionable” to return according to the broadcast report.

Deuce Harmon leaves game with injury

“The Aggies without DB Deuce Harmon, He went straight off the field to the injury tent, there were 12 minutes left in the first quarter. Came out, he was icing his right shoulder but I’m told it’s actually a leg injury. He was on the bike focusing primarily on his left side. He’s back in the injury tent now, questionable to return,” detailed CBS Sports‘ Jenny Dell.

Although the Aggies held Alabama’s offense throughout the first quarter without Harmon, his absence might have been a major factor in the first scoring drive of the game. The Crimson Tide, without Heisman-winner Bryce Young on Saturday, drove 71 yards in eight plays for a touchdown pass by Jalen Milroe to take a 7-0 lead.

The first half ended with the Aggies trailing 17-14, prompting a rallying speech from coach Jimbo Fisher during the half.

Jimbo Fisher on first half against Alabama

“Coach Fisher told me he knows that the want is there, they just need to go out and execute,” explained CBS Sports’ Jenny Dell during the third quarter. “He told his team to focus on one play at a time. He wants them to be more physical at the line of scrimmage. He also told me that he wants Haynes King to trust his eyes more in the second half.

“He told his team ‘don’t look at the scoreboard,’ but I’m not sure that’s exactly how he envisioned this second half starting.”

Unfortunately for the Aggies, Alabama opened the quarter with another scoring drive from Jalen Milroe — his third passing touchdown of the game. The 75-yard touchdown drive was capped off by a 29-yard passing touchdown to Ja’Corey Brooks, and the Alabama lead grew to 24-14.

The Aggies continued to battle though, and held Alabama to zero points for the remainder of the game. Trailing 24-17 in the fourth quarter with just over six minutes left in the game, Fisher made the call to go for it on fourth-and-two on the edge of field goal range. The Aggies picked up the first down and eventually brought their drive down to another fourth down opportunity in the red zone. A pair of false starts pushed them back and the Aggies took the field goal.

With the game on the line in the final minutes, Haynes King threw an interception in the end zone that was called back due to pass interference. With a fresh set of downs on the goal line, Texas A&M tried to deliver the game-winning touchdown — only to fall short and lose 24-20.