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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama’s offense is adding reinforcements for Week 4.  “AK  and Noah  will be available,” said Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer

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Positive injury updates for Alabama offense; ILB will miss 2026 season

Alabama linebacker Cayden Jones is out for the season with an injury, according to head coach Kalen DeBoer. DeBoer also announced RB AK Dear and WR

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Alabama injury updates: Cayden Jones out for season, latest on AK Dear and Noah Rogers

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama’s offense could soon add some reinforcements.  The Crimson Tide’s starting right guard, Michael Carroll, missed the road

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Injured Alabama players Noah Rogers, AK Dear, and Jireh Edwards all went through warmups before the Crimson Tide’s 2026 season

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama’s injury outlook on offense looks much more promising than originally feared, head coach Kalen DeBoer told On3.  Running

Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer (Courtesy of Alabama Athletics)

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Alabama's injury outlook on offense much more promising than originally feared

Alabama running back AK Dear will miss roughly six weeks due to his lower-body injury, On3's Pete Nakos has learned. Dear suffered the injury during

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Alabama RB AK Dear to miss roughly six weeks with lower-body injury

Alabama running back AK Dear is expected to miss an extended period of time after suffering a lower-leg injury during the team’s Thursday preseason

AK Dear injury update: Alabama RB expected to miss extended time

Alabama held its first fall scrimmage Thursday morning at Bryant-Denny Stadium, an early test for quarterbacks Austin Mack and Keelon Russell with

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — An Alabama running back didn’t scrimmage on Thursday, while another exited the first preseason scrimmage with an injury. Kalen

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Ryan Grubb was glad to be asked about the running backs on Monday.  Fresh off the field from preseason practice No. 5, the

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Alabama running back AK Dear will return for the 2026 season, Yea Alabama announced on Thursday. Dear is the ninth Crimson Tide player the NIL

Alabama announces RB AK Dear will return for 2026 season

Alabama and Georgia meet again with championships, playoff positioning, and a hell of a lot of pride on the line, setting the stage for another

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Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer announced that senior running back Jam Miller suffered an upper-body injury in Saturday’s preseason scrimmage and

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – With the talent at wide receiver and position battles at quarterback and on the offensive line, Alabama’s running backs don’t get

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Alabama signed one high school running back in the ’25 class. The Tide appears prepared to swing for the fences in the ’26 class since its providing

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The Under Armour All-America Game is set to be played on Thursday, Jan. 2 at Spec Martin Stadium in Orlando.   Nearly 100 prospects across the 2025

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Ak Dear

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Even though he was of the top high school running backs to come out of Mississippi in the past decade or so, Akylin Dear remained focused on the little things. "Not many people get this where I am from," Dear, who rushed for 2,016 yards and 27 touchdowns as a junior at Quitman High. "I'm going to stay humble, keep working and make these dreams come true. It all feels great, but it is not going to change me. I will just keep working." What was even more remarkable about his success in high school is that he scored 22 of the 27 touchdowns in his junior year during the final five games of the season. Dear also threw three touchdown passes that year. That followed up on the 21 touchdowns he had as a sophomore in high school.

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Akylin Dear's body type, running style, physicality and well-rounded game reminds us of Breece Hall. 