Awful start: Alabama star WR Jaylen Waddle hurt on opening kickoff, taken immediately to locker room
By Adam Spencer
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Tennessee won the opening coin toss and elected to defer to the second half, giving Alabama the ball first in Saturday’s showdown between the Crimson Tide and the Vols.
On that opening kickoff, disaster struck for the Crimson Tide, as kickoff returner and star WR Jaylen Waddle had his right ankle rolled up on and immediately hopped to the sidelines.
As you can see below, it was an ugly looking injury, and the Tide wasted no time getting him back to the locker room, presumably for X-rays:
Alabama WR Jaylen Waddle headed to the locker room after rolling his ankle on the opening kickoff pic.twitter.com/68wyzAZW72
— CBS Sports HQ (@CBSSportsHQ) October 24, 2020
Waddle couldn’t put any weight on his ankle heading back into the locker room, so it looks like it could be a serious injury.
We’ll see if any further news is revealed about Waddle’s injury as the game goes on.
Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.
