Alabama top cornerback will miss rest of season due to injury

Alabama will be without its top cornerback during the College Football Playoff.

Josh Jobe underwent surgery this week to repair a foot injury and will miss the rest of the season, sources tell On3.

Jobe, a preseason second-team All-American, has played in 12 of the Crimson Tide’s 13 games and has 38 tackles and two interceptions. Alabama coach Nick Saban revealed after the Tide’s win over LSU November 6 that Jobe had been working through a turf toe injury.

With Jobe sidelined, Alabama’s two starting cornerbacks will likely be redshirt junior Jalyn Armour-Davis and five-star freshman Kool-Aid McKinstry. Armour-Davis, who is tied for the team-lead with three interceptions, has missed the Tide’s last two games with a hip injury.

Alabama, the top-seed in the College Football Playoff, plays No. 4 Cincinnati in the Playoff semifinals December 31 in Dallas.