Kendrick Law, Kobe Prentice: Alabama WR’s status revealed on Wednesday South Carolina-Alabama injury report
Alabama hosts South Carolina in an SEC matchup that hasn’t been all too common over the years. And both squads are entering licking their wounds from respective losses in Week 6.
The first look at how healthy each team will be for Saturday is coming into focus, with the SEC releasing injury reports for Wednesday. Each team has a handful of players to monitor as the week progresses.
See the full SEC injury reports for Alabama and South Carolina below.
Full Alabama-South Carolina Wednesday injury report
Alabama
LB Yhonzae Pierre–Out
WR Kendrick Law–Questionable
WR Kobe Prentice–Questionable
South Carolina
WR Jared Brown–Out
DB Kelvin Hunter–Out
OL Jakai Moore–Out
DB Jalewis Solomon–Doubtful
DT DeAndre Jules–Doubtful
DB O’Donnell Fortune–Probable
WR Dalevon Campbell–Probable
WR Vandrevius Jacobs–Probable
Alabama, in particular, is in need of a bounce-back performance after losing in upset fashion at Vanderbilt in Week 6.
And one SEC Network analyst has identified some key areas for the Crimson Tide to fix what ails it.
Cole Cubelic would like to see Alabama lean more on its running game coming off of an upset loss to Vanderbilt . The Crimson Tide carried the ball only 21 times Saturday as they fell 40-35 to the Commodores and often appeared to abandon the run altogether, leaving the SEC Network analyst scratching his head.
With the talent that Alabama has both on its offensive line and in the backfield, Cubelic believes the run should be a bigger part of the team identity. It currently ranks third in the SEC in yards per carry (5.5) but only 11th in attempts per game (35.2).
“I still cannot fathom why you don’t go into that game — and nothing against Vanderbilt’s personnel on defense — but they’re not a super heavy, dominant front,” Cubelic said on the Andy and Ari podcast. “You’ve got Tyler Booker, who I think is the best offensive lineman period in college football. Parker Brailsford‘s been great this year and (Kadyn) Proctor‘s finally getting it going. You’ve struggled a bit at right guard and right tackle has been up and down, but you also have a 260-pound tight end that benches 500 pounds. You have another 270-pound tight end that knows how to mash people. That needs to be more part of the game plan and, I think, more part of the personality.
“We didn’t see it until Wisconsin. That game was over because the backup quarterback was in, so they kind of felt like they could do that, but I would want to lead with that a little more. By the way, your quarterback runs 23.5 miles an hour and can run over people. So you add that into the mix and it’s more difficult to defend that part of who you can be.”
Alabama has a pair of running backs splitting time in the backfield with Jam Miller and Justice Haynes. Additionally, quarterback Jalen Milroe leads the team with nine rushing touchdowns in addition to 283 yards on the ground.
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