Priority number one during spring practices is avoiding significant injuries, but it appears that the Crimson Tide may have a problem on their hands on that front, as it was recently revealed that wide receiver Jalen Hale had sustained a leg injury at practice this week.
Recently, DeBoer himself confirmed that the injury appears to be severe.
“An update on Jalen Hale, he did have a significant knee injury. He’ll be down for the spring but there’s some evaluation that will still take place to kind of figure out what that timeline will be as far as the rest of the year and so forth,” said DeBoer, per Joe Gaither of Sports Illustrated. Hale is a returning sophomore who apparently sustained the injury during practice on Tuesady.
A new-look Alabama squad
As previously mentioned, Kalen DeBoer took over in Tuscaloosa following the shocking retirement of his predecessor, the legendary Nick Saban, who has since hinted that the newly formed NIL rules which allow players to fully profit off of the value they bring was a key factor in his decision.
Meanwhile, DeBoer had just finished coaching his former team, the Washington Huskies, all the way to the National Championship game before abandoning them after receiving the call from the Crimson Tide brass. DeBoer inherits an Alabama team that will look a lot different this year than it did last year, when it was controversially selected to participate in the College Football playoff despite Florida State’s better record and then predictably dismissed by Michigan–the same squad that defeated DeBoer’s Washington squad–when they got there.
Jermaine Burton, who was one of Alabama’s best receivers during the 2023 season but fizzled out in their playoff loss, has since taken his talents to the NFL Draft, while Isaiah Bond–who won the Crimson Tide their Iron Bowl game vs the Auburn Tigers with a miraculous last second catch from Jalen Milroe–left for Texas in the transfer portal.
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