Alabama, Vanderbilt File, Initial Availability Report

The Southeastern Conference recently implemented a policy requiring mandatory injury reports for football, basketball and baseball before all conference games. However, it is only required for conference matchups.

That being said, No. 1 Alabama football will play its second SEC match of the season on the road against Vanderbilt at FirstBank Stadium on Saturday, October 5 at 3:15 p.m. CT on SEC Network.

In the first post, players are listed on the injury report as “probable,” “questionable,” “doubtful,” or “out.” To provide further clarity, players will then be marked as “available”, “game time decision” or “out” on match day for the upcoming game.

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Prior to publication, Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer elaborated on injuries to Law and defensive back DeVonta Smith during Wednesday's SEC coaches conference call, which are not included in this initial report.

“I wouldn’t rule [Law] out,” DeBoer said. “But he’s still working on it. At this point it's definitely not safe or anything. I’m not sure what this is going to look like at the end of the week.”

“He put a lot into it,” DeBoer said of Law after the game. “I know he was really strengthened before the game. I thought he was doing some good things, including helping our offense. Maybe there are things that don't show up in the statistics. That's why unfortunately he couldn't be with us for the whole game.”

As for Smith, DeBoer explained during the conference call that he was just dealing with cramps last Saturday against Georgia and has been practicing all week for the Crimson Tide.