Alabama freshman RB Trey Sanders, former 5-star recruit, returns to practice
Trey Sanders was back in action at Alabama’s Citrus Bowl practice on Tuesday.
The former 5-star recruit suffered a foot injury in August that sidelined him for the 2019 season, denying him the opportunity to win a Heisman Trophy as a true freshman. While Crimson Tide fans will be glad to see Sanders practicing, it does not sound like he will be playing against Michigan in Orlando.
“Trey Sanders has been cleared to do on the fieldwork but we do not feel he’s a guy that’s going to be ready to play in the game,” Saban recently told reporters.
Reporters on hand at Alabama’s practice shared videos of Sanders participating in drills. He wore a black No. 26 jersey:
Trey Sanders on Tuesday. @BamaOnLine247 pic.twitter.com/vasOvHNRay
— Travis Reier (@travisreier) December 17, 2019
AL.com’s Michael Casagrande noted that Sanders was heavily taped and not quite full speed:
“He looked strong, probably not full speed but he will be the player to watch in the preseason as a logical heir to the running back spot should Najee Harris take the expected jump to the NFL,” Casagrande wrote.
“Sanders was fully taped up with extra wrapping on the left foot he injured in the first week of practice at Alabama. He chatted with training staff at one point as he gets readjusted to the practice routine,” the beat reporter added in another update.
Top rated RB recruit last year and looking forward to him and Zeus White in the UGA-Bama game next year! Hope they are both up to full recovery and speed.
Go Dawgs!
Glad he’s back healthy. Was he really considered a Heisman contender like the writer suggests? I thought Najee would’ve received the majority of snaps anyway.
Trey Sanders was a Heisman Candidate according to Trey Sanders. He might have worked his way into getting a solid chunk of those carries but I think it was always going to be Najee and him doing a 50-50 split at best.
Really not as weird as some of the folks we see listed as “potential Heisman candidates”. Like various Arizona QBs, etc.
Yeah that caught me off guard too. Seems odd to say he was a candidate when he never played a snap in college.
Before anyone gets pissy I’m not knocking anyone. I’m sure he’s amazing and is totally capable of being a candidate but usually you need to play first.
He just claimed last year in an interview that he would win the Heisman his freshman year. So it was self proclaimed. No one knows if he’s good yet or not because he hasn’t taken a snap in college. I guess we will see.
Trey Sanders certainly predicted he would win it as a true fresh. No clue how he will do in real action next season. Seems like a talented kid though.
It’ll be fun to see him and Zeus, with similar stories, duke it out next September.
Death, taxes, and Bama with a superhuman 200 lb RB with dreads.
As a UGA fan, I still wish we had signed him. We would have, too, if Holyfield had would have gone ahead and declared for the NFL draft before last year’s Sugar Bowl. His delay cost us both (or either) Trey Sanders or Noah Cain (Penn State). Oh well. Go Dawgs!