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I read Darby went down today with a knee injury. I've heard every thing from a hyperextension, maybe missing a couple weeks, to bruise/sprain, out for a few days.
I also read about a month ago Prothro is still not looking too good. Said he was walking with a noticable limp. [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
TUSCALOOSA | The University of Alabama football team got their biggest scare of fall camp Monday morning when star running back Kenneth Darby went down with a left knee injury.
The injury appeared to be serious initially, but after practice coach Mike Shula downplayed the severity of the situation.
"I think it's just a bruised knee,"? Shula said. "He came back out and felt alright at the end [of practice]. He just got a helmet right on his knee, but I think he should be fine."?
The Alabama offense was working in what Shula calls "backed up"? drill, in which the offense works out from its own goal line.
Darby got the handoff and bounced it to the right side. Freshman defensive back Chris Rogers supplied the hit, and Darby was in immediate pain. He was on the ground for nearly five minutes, and then was helped off the field by two trainers.
The trainers took him inside the Hank Crisp Indoor Practice Facility, and about five minutes later Darby made his re-entry onto the practice fields with an ice pack on the front of his left knee.
While Darby was down on the field, his teammates showed concern as they came by to check on him.
"He was fine,"? cornerback Ramzee Robinson said. "I was just checking on him to make sure he was okay, and he is, so that's good."?
"It got everyone there quiet,"? Shula said. "A couple of our older guys went down earlier, but they were okay. It's football, unfortunately. You hate to see that, but it was good to see [Darby] pop back up."?