Alabama’s Ryan Kelly and Denzel Devall out against Arkansas
In addition to Kenyan Drake, who suffered a serious ankle injury Saturday in the Crimson Tide’s loss to Ole Miss, two other key players for Alabama will miss the game against Arkansas because of injuries suffered in Oxford, Miss.
C Ryan Kelly and LB Denzel Devall are both out for the game. Alabama coach Nick Saban met with reporters on Monday and said Kelly was out a couple of weeks because of a sprained knee.
Devall, like Drake, had ankle surgery, but could return this season according to Saban. Drake is likely out for the season.
“Kenyan … is probably a little worse in terms of his injury and recovery time,” Saban said. “Denzel not probably as bad. Possibility of maybe three to four weeks, having a chance to get him back.”
“Ryan Kelly has a sprained knee which we talked about before. Probably going to be a couple weeks depending on how his rehab goes as to when we can possibly get him back.
Devall has seven tacklesin five games for Alabama. Kelly is Alabama’s starting center and is the leader of the offensive line. He went down when he was rolled up on in a pile on a running play.
Kelly, a junior, became Alabama’s starting center last season after the departure of Barrett Jones. Devall started three games last season and had 30 total tackles.
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