Report: Alabama tight end gets medical redshirt for injury-plagued 2017 season
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Miller Forristall earned himself another year in Tuscaloosa.
The third-year tight end was granted a medical redshirt after missing nearly all of 2017 because of a knee injury, according to AL.com. That means he’ll be a sophomore next season.
Forristall went down with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in Week 3 against Colorado State. He had 1 catch for 12 yards in 2017, but he played less than the 30 percent threshold required for a medical redshirt.
The Cartersville, Ga. will add some needed depth to Alabama’s group of pass catchers in 2018. As a true freshman, Forristall hauled in 5 catches for 73 yards.
Alabama will kick off spring football on March 20.
Connor O'Gara is the senior national columnist for Saturday Down South. He's a member of the Football Writers Association of America. After spending his entire life living in B1G country, he moved to the South in 2015.
