Alabama football coach Kalen DeBoer sheds Tears on Jalen Hale’s ‘significant’ knee injury…
The Crimson Tide, led by recently appointed head coach of Alabama football Kalen DeBoer, are presently preparing for spring football, which will lead to the team’s yearly Spring Game, which is scheduled to take place in Tuscaloosa on April 13. Naturally, the unexpected resignation of famous head coach Nick Saban—who throughout his career with the program established himself as maybe one of the best college football coaches of all time—earlier this offseason ushered in DeBoer as the next head coach of Alabama football.
Avoiding serious injuries is the top priority during spring practices, but it looks like the Crimson Tide may be having trouble there when it was recently discovered that wide receiver Jalen Hale had suffered a leg injury during practice this week.
DeBoer himself verified recently that the wound seems serious.
An update on Jalen Hale reveals that he suffered a serious injury to his knee. According to Joe Gaither of Sports Illustrated, DeBoer stated, “He’ll be down for the spring, but some evaluation will still take place to kind of figure out what that timeline will be as far as the rest of the year and so forth.” Hale, a sophomore who is returning, seems to have suffered the injury on Tuesday during practice.
As previously noted, Kalen DeBoer assumed leadership in Tuscaloosa after the surprising departure of his predecessor, the illustrious Nick Saban. Saban has since intimated that a major role in his decision was the recently established NIL rules, which permit players to fully benefit off of the value they contribute.
In the meantime, DeBoer had just completed leading his previous squad, the Washington Huskies, to the National Championship game before leaving them in response to a request from the Alabama football team’s executive leadership. The Alabama team that DeBoer takes over this season will be very different from the one that existed the previous year, when it was controversially chosen to play in the College Football Playoffs despite Florida State having a superior record and was then eliminated by Michigan—the same team that
