🏈 Nick Saban updates status of injured Alabama running back Damien Harris

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Nick Saban updates status of injured Alabama running back Damien Harris

Alabama running back Damien Harris (34)] is injured on this hit during the first half of Alabama's football game with Kent State, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Vasha Hunt/vhunt@al.com
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on September 24, 2016 at 2:27 PM, updated September 24, 2016 at 2:31 PM

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Damien Harris' injury isn't as bad as it looked like it may be.

Alabama's sophomore running back suffered an injury during the first quarter of the Tide's win over Kent State on Saturday. You could see Harris' knee/leg bending unnaturally when he was tackled at the end of a 6-yard run, and he was eventually carted off the field. However, Harris only has a sprained ankle and is "day-to-day," coach Nick Saban said.

With Harris out, freshman Joshua Jacobs stepped in as the Tide's lead running back.

He finished with 97 yards and two touchdowns on 11 carries.

 

[sean]

while an ankle sprain is never a good thing, i'm glad it's nothing more than that.

when it happened, we couldn't tell how bad it was from where we were sitting. i was just praying it wasn't a torn acl. when i saw him being carted off to the locker room, i just knew it was way worse.

 

[bama alum]

while an ankle sprain is never a good thing, i'm glad it's nothing more than that.

when it happened, we couldn't tell how bad it was from where we were sitting. i was just praying it wasn't a torn acl. when i saw him being carted off to the locker room, i just knew it was way worse.

That's exactly what we thought, too.