Alabama DC Kane Wommack Shares Update on Deontae Lawson’s Health

Alabama linebacker Deontae Lawson has not missed a practice during fall camp as he continues to rehab from a torn ACL he suffered in Alabama's 24-3 loss to the Oklahoma Sooners last November. Lawson told us at SEC Media Days that he would be limited at the start of camp, but expects to be healthy for the Tide's first game of the season against Florida State.

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Alabama defensive coordinator Kane Wommack (jokingly) named Lawson the Tide's starting Mike linebacker on Wednesday after Grubb named Ty Simpson the starting quarterback on Tuesday. It prompted a question about Lawson's injury recovery.

"He's actually doing a great job," Wommack said. "Deontae, it's amazing. I thought he carried himself at such a professional level a year ago. His leadership was so impressive.

"Somehow, he's taken his game and leadership to another level, which is really impressive coming off of not only battling the recovery process, but that he's kind of stayed ahead of every marker that we've had for him. To be able to come out in fall camp, and we thought maybe we would limit some of his loads and all that. We've really pushed him and he's handled it really well."

We asked Lawson how his injury recovery is going with 17 days until Alabama takes on Florida State in week one.

"I feel pretty good," Lawson said. "I'm just happy to be running around with the guys again, really not thinking too much about how I feel, just being able to do it is just making me feel good, that's all I'm worried about."

You can listen to Kane Wommack's full press conference here.

Wyatt Fulton is the Tide 100.9 DME and Brand Manager, primarily covering Alabama Crimson Tide football and men's basketball. For more Crimson Tide coverage, follow Wyatt on X (Formerly known as Twitter) at @FultonW_.