Friday night's availability report brought bad news for Alabama ahead of a must-win match-up against Texas A&M on Saturday afternoon in Tuscaloosa.
With Ryan Coleman-Williams and Terrance Green already ruled out, the statuses of Zabien Brown, Racin Delgatty, and EJ Crowell were all downgraded on Friday night. After being listed as questionable on Wednesday and Thursday, the trio is now all doubtful according to the latest availability report.
Oct. 23 Availability Report
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Zabien Brown, EJ Crowell and Racin Delgatty are all downgraded to doubtful vs. Texas A&M.
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Alabama likely to face Texas A&M without Zabien Brown, Racin Delgatty, and EJ Crowell
Delgatty missed last week's game against Tennessee after suffering an injury late in the game against Georgia the week before. There was some optimism earlier in the week that the Cal Poly transfer would be able to go this week, but he looks like he'll miss a second straight week.
Without Delgatty, sophomore Mal Waldrep would start for a second straight week. He'll have an easier task in the home envionrment vs. what he had to deal with last week, with a raucous crowd on Rocky Top.
Brown and Crowell were both injured during the second quarter of the loss to Tennessee, and neither returned.
Brown has been one of the only bright spots in an Alabama secondary that entered the year with considerable hype as one of the best position groups in America. Without Brown, Alabama will likely start Dijon Lee and Carmelo O'Neal on the outside, though an opportunity could be there for one of the talented true freshmen - Zyan Gibson and/or Jorden Edmonds - to play a role.
With Crowell out, more will be on the plates of Daniel Hill and Trae'shawn Brown against a Texas A&M run defense that has been leaky in 2026. This could be an opportunity for sophomore AK Dear to - finally - make an impact.
The injury reports went in opposite directions for the Crimson Tide and Aggies on Friday night. While Alabama's trio of questionable players all were downgraded to doubtful, Texas A&M upgraded WR Mario Craver and DT DJ Hicks to probable. Go figure.
With the bye week looming, buying an extra week of recovery for those guys makes sense. But this is a game that Alabama has to win. One way or another. There is no tomorrow otherwise, and the LSU game on November 7th will have lost most of its meaning if the Crimson Tide heads to Baton Rouge with three losses on their resume.
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