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Tight end suffered a partial tear of the medial collateral ligament in his left knee.
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TUSCALOOSA - Knee sprain or torn ligament? Alabama senior tight end Colin Peek today made the injury he suffered on Oct. 24 sound more serious than it originally was reported.
"I don't know if many people know," he said. "I actually tore my MCL."
Alabama coach Nick Saban had been describing the injury as a sprain.
Peek went to the training staff today and came back with clarification that was passed on by an Alabama official. The word: a sprain is a slight tear of the medial collateral ligament.
Peek sustained the injury during warmups before the Tide's 12-10 victory over Tennessee and did not play in that game. Two weeks later - following a bye week - he took a few snaps against LSU and Mississippi State but did not catch a pass.
In Saturday's 45-0 victory over Chattanooga, he caught one pass for 8 yards.
"It was just a tough situation," Peek said of the injury. "At the same point, I had a couple weeks - I tried to look at the bright side - to rest, I guess, and help the banged up body sort of heal a little bit.
Now it's just getting the knee back to where it's 100 percent. You don't want to play with any crutches, but at the same time, the medical staff tries to make you aware of things and you try to protect it."
He mentioned Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu, who sprained his MCL and missed four games this season, then reinjured the knee on Nov. 15 and did not play Sunday.
"I basically did the same thing he did," Peek said. "You see him dealing with some kinks of the injury. That's what I'm trying to avoid.
"When you first have it, your knee's so unstable from side to side. It opens up. It's almost like it filets open if you get hit from the side. That's what you try to avoid, because if you keep tweaking it, it'll never be able to scar back down."
Peek, who transferred from Georgia Tech two years ago, said surgery will not be necessary after the season.
"I actually tore the same MCL my freshman year at Georgia Tech, and I was out a couple weeks," he said.
He described last month's injury for the first time on Monday.
"It was in warmups and I was blocking Cory Reamer," Peek said of the senior linebacker. "Lorenzo Washington came and was running and someone tripped him somehow or his feet got tangled up and he dove straight into my knee and just took it ought. That's about the last thing I remember. When it happened, I knew exactly what happened."
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TUSCALOOSA - Knee sprain or torn ligament? Alabama senior tight end Colin Peek today made the injury he suffered on Oct. 24 sound more serious than it originally was reported.
"I don't know if many people know," he said. "I actually tore my MCL."
Alabama coach Nick Saban had been describing the injury as a sprain.
Peek went to the training staff today and came back with clarification that was passed on by an Alabama official. The word: a sprain is a slight tear of the medial collateral ligament.
Peek sustained the injury during warmups before the Tide's 12-10 victory over Tennessee and did not play in that game. Two weeks later - following a bye week - he took a few snaps against LSU and Mississippi State but did not catch a pass.
In Saturday's 45-0 victory over Chattanooga, he caught one pass for 8 yards.
"It was just a tough situation," Peek said of the injury. "At the same point, I had a couple weeks - I tried to look at the bright side - to rest, I guess, and help the banged up body sort of heal a little bit.
Now it's just getting the knee back to where it's 100 percent. You don't want to play with any crutches, but at the same time, the medical staff tries to make you aware of things and you try to protect it."
He mentioned Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu, who sprained his MCL and missed four games this season, then reinjured the knee on Nov. 15 and did not play Sunday.
"I basically did the same thing he did," Peek said. "You see him dealing with some kinks of the injury. That's what I'm trying to avoid.
"When you first have it, your knee's so unstable from side to side. It opens up. It's almost like it filets open if you get hit from the side. That's what you try to avoid, because if you keep tweaking it, it'll never be able to scar back down."
Peek, who transferred from Georgia Tech two years ago, said surgery will not be necessary after the season.
"I actually tore the same MCL my freshman year at Georgia Tech, and I was out a couple weeks," he said.
He described last month's injury for the first time on Monday.
"It was in warmups and I was blocking Cory Reamer," Peek said of the senior linebacker. "Lorenzo Washington came and was running and someone tripped him somehow or his feet got tangled up and he dove straight into my knee and just took it ought. That's about the last thing I remember. When it happened, I knew exactly what happened."
