Malachi Moore injury update: Kalen DeBoer shares latest on Alabama star, others

Alabama left Camp Randall Stadium on Saturday with their first road win of the Kalen DeBoer era. Defatting Wisconsin in a dominant 42-10 win that pushes their record to 3-0 on the season heading into their bye week.

But the Crimson Tide did not leave their matchup against the Badgers healthy, with several players suffering injuries, including two starters on the defense. As DeBoer gave an injury update on several Alabama players during his press conference on Monday.

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“Malachi Moore got kind of hit to the head, blow to the head. He popped up and ran off the field. But I also know that there’s a protocol we kind of go through it. So a lot of positive signs there with him already here in his first couple of days. We just got to go through that progression that needs to be done when it comes to those type of injuries.”

Moore entered concussion protocol after some friendly fire took place in the third quarter of Saturday’s game. Colliding with teammate Keon Sabb on a tackle and heading to the medical tent followed by a one-way trip to the locker room. A tough loss for the Crimson Tide with Moore being a fifth-year senior and team captain who posted seven tackles and a forced fumble on Saturday before leaving the game.

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Alabama also lost starting linebacker Qua Russaw earlier in the game, who had to be helped off the field after sustaining what appeared to be an ankle injury.

“Qua, with the evaluation of him, I think the bye week is huge,” DeBoer said. “I think he probably, later in the week, will be able to do some things for us and we’ll certainly be careful with him. We don’t want to have any setbacks. But I would feel like it’s a positive progression for him already here, just the last couple days.” 

Russaw’s injury not being severe paired with the extra rest he’ll get from the bye week could be pivotal for the Crimson Tide. Who also saw injuries from running back Richard Young and wide receiver Cole Adams, a pair of redshirt freshman reserve players.

“I’m not sure on Richard. We’ll need to continue to evaluate here and we’ll probably have some follow-up toward the end of the week,” DeBoer said.

“Cole, this was a good time with the bye week,” DeBoer said. “I would expect that as we get to the latter part of the week, he’s continuing to move forward. We won’t push him too hard here, near the end of the week, with physicality and things like that being vulnerable, but it’s positive steps that we’re seeing.”

Alabama’s bye week will be crucial in the team’s injured players getting healthy and returning to the field. As DeBoer would ideally love to have his team at full strength for their next matchup against the Georgia Bulldogs on September 28.