Starting middle linebacker Shaun Dion Hamilton, entering the game second on the team with 63 total tackles, appeared to suffer a non-contact injury to his knee in the first quarter and did not return to the game. Coach Nick Saban said after the game that his season is “probably” over.
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“Shaun Dion has a knee. He’s probably going to be out for the year,” Saban said during his postgame news conference. “He’ll be missed, but we have a lot of confidence in Rashaan (Evans), and he did a good job for us today.”
Hamilton returned to the field for the team’s celebration after the game with crutches and what appeared to be ice on his injured knee.
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While the injury is inconvenient for Alabama, they have a pretty solid next-guy-up philosophy that has worked thus far.
