Bama RB McClellan (foot) doubtful vs

• Mark Schlabach, ESPN

  • Senior WriterNov 26, 2023, 06:15 PM ET Close Senior college football author Author of 7 books on college football
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Alabama coach Nick Saban stated Sunday that leading rusher Jase McClellan is questionable to bet No. 1 Georgia in Saturday’s SEC national championship in Atlanta because of a left foot injury.McClellan was injured in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s 27-24 victory at Auburn. He was utilizing crutches and wearing a boot on his left foot late in the game. McClellan ran for 66 yards on 15 carries before he was injured.” He’s had a little foot injury all year long,

“Saban said. “He modified it in the game, so he’ll be daily today. I can’t tell you how much progress he’ll make. Most likely the next 2 days will inform us whether he’ll make the kind of progress he needs to be able to practice and play in the game.”McClellan, a senior from Aledo, Texas, leads

the No. 8 Crimson Tide with 803 hurrying lawns with 6 goals. He had 105 lawns with one rating in a 24-10 win versus then-No. 15 Ole Miss and 115 lawns with one touchdown in a 34-20 victory over then-No. 17 Tennessee.Editor’s Picks 1 Related Roydell Williams, a senior from Hueytown, Alabama, has 497 rushing yards with four touchdowns.Meanwhile, Georgia coach Kirby Smart said All-American tight end Brock Bowers didn’t play in Saturday’s 31-23 triumph at Georgia Tech because of soreness in his surgically repaired left ankle. Bowers, the group’s leading receiver with 51 catches for 661 yards and 6 touchdowns, had TightRope surgery to repair a high sprain on his ankle Oct. 16.”As far as last night, Brock was probably the closest to being able to go of those guys,”Smart said. “He just didn’t feel as great as he had, he’s a little sore. We wished to have the ability to utilize him situationally or see what he could if he felt comfy with it, and he just didn’t think that he might go.” Bowers, the No. 4 prospect on ESPN analyst Mel Kiper Jr.’s Big Board for the 2024 NFL draft, went back to action Nov. 11. He had three catches for 34 backyards with one score in a 52-17 thrashing of Ole Miss. He had seven catches for 60 lawns with

one goal in a 38-10 win at Tennessee the next week.”It was absolutely nothing about who we were playing or anything else,”Smart said. “He’s got to be able to go complete at a high level and be able to feel good about what he’s doing. We didn’t feel that he had that last night.”Smart stated gazing guard Tate Ratledge(knee )could have played against the Yellow Jackets, however wouldn’t have been 100 %. Hurt receivers Ladd McConkey (ankle )and Rara Thomas (foot )are questionable to play against the Tide.” As far as those other guys go, it’s going to be day to day, “Smart said. “We just do not understand

anything.”