🏈 Kenyan Drake, Denzel Devall have surgery, Alabama center Ryan Kelly out 'couple weeks'

[BamaFan334]

That makes me sick to my stomach for a guy like him. Our most dynamic player broke his leg. He was always nice to my kids and I am just sick to my stomach for the guy right now. Man, I'm upset. Be strong Kenyan, we're praying for you bubba.

 

[alabama mike]

Although his season is done, we all need to uphold him in our prayers.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Hopefully a full recovery.

 

[planomateo]

Pretty sure you can hear him screaming after the injury, hope he has a speedy recovery. Hate that it happened to him.

SEC office needs to review the footage, I swear #7 of Ole Miss - DB Trae Elston kicked him. It was the first thing I noticed in that play, didn't catch the injury but saw that jack wagon kick him.

 

[PhillyGirl]

Got our revenge for the kick. Absolutely unsportsmanlike. If it was one of our guys stomping like that I would fully expect for him to be tossed. You don't kick a man when he's down.

 

[BamaFan334]

Yeah, what a bullshit move. Hopefully one of our big guys will earhole him and send him back to when he was five years old for a few seconds.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Pretty sure you can hear him screaming after the injury, hope he has a speedy recovery. Hate that it happened to him.

SEC office needs to review the footage, I swear #7 of Ole Miss - DB Trae Elston kicked him. It was the first thing I noticed in that play, didn't catch the injury but saw that jack wagon kick him.

True, general dumbassedness at play...

 

[rick4bama]

SABAN: Denzell Devall - high ankle sprain, don’t know how bad it is (MRI in the morning). Ryan Kelly has a sprained knee. Drake is being taking to UAB. I saw from the tweet on ours side bar.

 

[rick4bama]

Praying for a speed ed recover.

 

[BAMANEWSBOT]

Alabama running back Kenyan Drake is already back in Birmingham after breaking his leg during the second quarter of Saturday's loss at Ole Miss.

Drake is expected to need surgery and is likely done for the season, Alabama coach Nick Sabansaid.

"Kenyan Drake has been an explosive guy that's made a lot of plays for us this year so far," Saban said.

Linebacker Denzel Devall will have an MRI on Sunday to gauge the damage done after a high ankle sprain took him out of the game after just one series.

Center Ryan Kelly has a sprained knee, Saban said. Kelly went down with the injury midway through the third quarter and was replaced by redshirt freshman Bradley Bozeman.

"It's critical when you lose any player," Saban said.

Drake's injury was the toughest to stomach, as he caught a short pass, ran 10 yards for a first down but went down awkwardly when he was tackled by Bryon Bennett andTony Conner. Drake immediately screamed in pain and was down on the field for minutes before he was carted off the field.

Drake is among Alabama's biggest threats for explosive plays. On the season, he has a combined 271 rushing and receiving yards and six touchdowns.

"It was pretty gross," tight end Brian Vogler said. "Times like that you've got to stick to your game plan."

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[BAMA JAMMA]

Really hate it for Drake. I wish him a speedy recovery. I imagine he will have a rehab similar to Fowler.

 

[BamaFan334]

Word is he had surgery and it went well. There was no ligament or tendon damage, so it should be a lot quicker of a recovery compared to others like Paul George and such. That was the best case scenario of a very bad situation, so hope Kenyan keeps a full heart and fights back for a return to Spring practice.

 

[bamaledge]

I will remember him in my daily prayers. I hate it when I see teams go after legs and such and you could tell that they were all doing that. It had to be coached that way for all of them to be doing it. All of you know that the SEC won't do anything to the kid even though he obviously tried to kick him in the head. If any of you see anything happening please let me know.

 

[BAMAFSTBACK]

Wow! No tendon or ligament damage is great news on Drake.

 

[jlabit]

I am relieved. I was watching when Tyrone Prothro got injured, completing ending his football career. I heard Kenyan screaming after the play and was fearful it was something just as serious. You are in my prayers Kenyan.

 

[PhillyGirl]

To send a get well card to Drake:

%Athletic Department
P.O. Box 870393
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487

 

[rick4bama]

Bradley will be starting next week against Arkansas. I saw that it will be on espn too.

 

[XXL TideFan]

I believe that Kelly going down had as much if not more of a game impact. The exchange between the qb and center was off the rest of the game.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

I believe that Kelly going down had as much if not more of a game impact. The exchange between the qb and center was off the rest of the game.

It hurt us, no doubt, but the loss of Drake for the season is big. He is much more than the third team running back. Also, with Tyren out, we are now 1 injury away from being in some trouble at RB...

 

[rammerjammer]

How big is Chad Lindsay leaving????? I know coulda, woulda, shoulda.......but he would be a huge at this point.


Kind of surprised there was no tendon/ligament damage on Drake. Granted all I saw was from the tv, but I suspected that his ankle was dislocated, which made it look worse than it actually was. I noticed when he was put in the boot/air cast that his foot was re-aligned when they put him on the cart. A lot of times with those types of breaks you chip the bone on the end of the tib-fib. That is where a lot of issues stem with healing properly. He has a long road ahead of him. While he may not have damaged the tendon/ligament, stretching them like that can cause issue. Think of it like a rubber band that loses it's elasticity. I hope nothing but the best for him in recovery. Good thing is, he will have the best of everything in order to get him back to 100%