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Alabama WR Jaylen Waddle suffers scary injury, reportedly leaves game in ambulance
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Sad news to report out of the SEC as Alabama star receiver Jaylen Waddle left the Tide’s game vs. Tennessee with a scary leg injury.
According to CBS, Alabama coach Nick Saban says Waddle will miss the rest of the season.
CBS reports that Nick Saban told them that Jaylen Waddle is out for the year.
What a tremendous loss. Wow.
— Alex Scarborough (@ByScarborough) October 24, 2020
The injury happened on the opening kickoff:
Jaylen Waddle went down on this play and went straight to the locker room🙏🙏
— PFF College (@PFF_College) October 24, 2020
Here’s video of Waddle evidently leaving the stadium in an ambulance:
#Alabama receiver Jaylen Waddle leaving Neyland Stadium in an ambulance. Terrible. https://t.co/0dm9YHJQSx
— Brandon Marcello (@bmarcello) October 24, 2020
If Waddle has to miss significant time, there would implications felt across college football. He’s a potential Biletnikoff Award winner and arguably Alabama’s best player.
So far this season, Waddle had recorded 25 catches for 557 yards and four touchdowns in just four games. He had nearly eclipsed his total yards for all of last season at 560 and was averaging 22.3 yards per reception.
John Metchie III, Slade Bolden and Devonta Smith will all likely see an increase in production as a result of Waddle’s absence. All three of those receivers caught at least three passes in the first half against Tennessee.
This game is being broadcast on CBS.
Spenser is the news manager at Saturday Road and covers college football across all Saturday Football brands.