Alabama Football Injury Updates Against Florida State

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — After taking down Kentucky on the road on Saturday, Alabama aims to earn win No. 3 of the 2026 season on Sept. 19 at home against Florida State.

The Crimson Tide had won every season opener since 2002, but Seminoles head coach Mike Norvell and company ended that streak last season in Tallahassee. It's now Kalen DeBoer and Alabama's turn to host in Tuscaloosa.

We'll be tracking injury updates right here during warmups and throughout Saturday's game. Be sure to refresh your browser, as the most recent events will be placed below this paragraph.

In-Game Updates

Florida State defensive lineman Rylan Kennedy went down with 1:32 left in the first half.

After the 34-minute lightning delay late in the first half, Pierre recorded a tackle for loss on the first play back.

Alabama Wolf linebacker Yhonzae Pierre went into the medical tent after FSU quarterback Ashton Daniels ran in the end zone to give the Seminoles a 21-6 lead. He then was on the sideline with other defensive players after the commercial break.

FSU linebacker Chris Jones went down with 4:14 remaining in the first quarter. Jones transferred after two seasons at Southern Miss and logged 134 total tackles in 2025 — the seventh most in the country — 9.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, two pass breakups, a forced fumble and an interception. The All-Sun Belt First Team selection had eight games with 10-plus tackles. Through two games in Tallahassee, he is tied for the team lead in tackles with 15.

Michael Carroll is starting at right guard after missing the Kentucky game.

Pregame Updates

Rogers and Dear are both warming up in uniform, and the same is said for Carroll, who DeBoer didn't seem to concerned with on Monday.

Alabama DB Zavier Mincey is not dressed today, alongside fellow defensive backs Jorden Edmonds and Nick Sherman, who have both missed time already. Mincey's reason for not being in uniform hasn't been made official.

Alabama and FSU were in a lightning delay that last 1 1/2 hours.

Michael Carroll and Noah Rogers were both active in initial warmups less than two hours before kickoff. Rogers was in uniform and warmed up prior to the Kentucky game despite being declared as out before the game.

Unlike last week against Kentucky, there is no SEC availability report for the FSU matchup since the Tide isn't playing another member of the conference.

Kalen DeBoer's Injury Updates from Monday

There were numerous injured players who didn't play during last Saturday's road win over Kentucky, but on Monday, DeBoer gave an update on offensive guard Michael Carroll, plus running back AK Dear and Noah Rogers, who are each hoping to make their season debut against the Seminoles.

“Michael, we’ll continue to work with him," DeBoer said. I feel confident that we’ll get there, and we’ll just kind of see how the week goes. But I think he’s heading in a good direction, and we hope to get him back.

“AK [is] making good progress. I think he was getting closer towards the end of the week. Again, reset, we’ll see where he’s at today. And then tomorrow, get out there hopefully more on the practice field. He was doing some light practice, doing some things with us last week already. So, I think he expects — his mindset’s been awesome with what he had injury-wise, too. Just the recovery and the response, his mindset’s helped him come back even quicker.

"Noah, just really — we took him on the trip; he didn’t play. We weren’t expecting him to play, but that kind of gives an indication, I think, of how close we are. And again, we’ll see how the week of practice goes. But I would say in the next week or two, you can see him out there helping us out. So again, not 100% sure, but getting there."

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