Kalen DeBoer provides injury update for WR Noah Rogers
By Ethan Stone
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Alabama wide receiver Noah Rogers suffered a left leg injury during Alabama‘s A-Day spring game and had to be carted off the field. Soon after, head coach Kalen DeBoer said that Rogers’ injury would likely bleed into the season.
On Wednesday at SEC Media Days, DeBoer provided an update on Rogers. He still believes that Rogers will miss “some games early in the season,” but also mentioned that Rogers is coming along very nicely.
Here’s his full comment on Rogers:
“He’s doing a great job,” DeBoer said. “Early on, when he was first injured, probably a timeline that he’s surpassed. I would still expect him to miss some games early in the season. I’m not going to set limits on what he can do, as far as how quickly he can come back. We want to be smart but he has done a phenomenal job, along with our elite training staff and medical staff, to execute the plan that was put in place. He’s coming along very nicely. I guess I’ll just put it that way.”
Rogers wound up at Alabama via NC State, where he starred for 2 seasons before entering the transfer portal at the end of last season. Across his pair of seasons in Raleigh Rogers totaled 68 receptions for 919 yards and 3 touchdowns.
With Rogers still likely to miss the start of the season, be on the lookout for freshman wide receiver Cederian Morgan, who DeBoer said Wednesday could play a significant role for the Tide as a freshman.
Ethan Stone is a Saturday Down South News Editor and an advocate for the return of the Seattle Supersonics.
