Nick Saban provided the latest info on his injured star quarterback Monday afternoon, a day after Tua Tagovailoa underwent a procedure to repair the high ankle sprain he sustained against Tennessee.

“The surgery was successful," Saban said. "There’s no real timetable for his return, but the expectation is he will be non-weight bearing for several days and then he’ll be able to come back as his rehab allows him. We’re hopeful that in a 10 day period he’ll be back being able to do pretty active type rehab and we’ll see how it goes from there. These things are pretty unpredictable at this point.”

While the high sprain Tagovailoa suffered is a bad one, according to sources, the team is optimistic Tagovailoa will be back in time for Alabama’s game against LSU Nov. 9.

Mac Jones will start at quarterback for the Crimson Tide against Arkansas on Saturday.

Jones was 6 of 11 for 72 yards against Tennessee after stepping in for Tagovailoa.

“We’ve got a lot of confidence in Mac," Saban said. “With a week of preparation, I think he’ll do a lot better in this game.”

Saban also gave an update on freshman specialist Will Reichard, who aggravated his hip flexor injury while punting against Tennessee.

“We did another MRI today to see what the damage is,” Saban said, “but I would say just the fact that he re-injured himself to whatever degree, he’ll probably not be available this week.”

Matt Zenitz is an Alabama and Auburn reporter for the Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @mzenitz.