Alabama running back AK Dear is expected to miss roughly six weeks after sustaining an ankle injury during preseason action, multiple reports say. The injury occurs in the opening scrimmage of Alabama’s two-scrimmage sequence, and team evaluators review his condition afterward.
Coach Kalen DeBoer addresses the situation, saying the injury happened during the first scrimmage and that Dear is evaluated following the incident. DeBoer adds that Dear was performing well during the scrimmage before the injury, but the team’s immediate focus is determining the extent of the ankle problem and managing his recovery.
Both outlets report the same general timeline and origin of the injury, with details centered on when it happened (first preseason scrimmage) and that the expected absence is about six weeks. No other competing explanations or alternative recovery timelines are cited in the provided accounts.
