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Alabama’s banged-up wide receiving corps has yet another injury to overcome.

Wide receiver

Kenny Bell

is out for the season with a broken left leg, Alabama coach

Nick Saban

said after Saturday's 49-0 win over Auburn.

Bell went down with the injury during Saturday's second quarter. He tried to hobble off the field after a long run by running back

T.J. Yeldon

, but he ultimately crumpled to the turf. Trainers helped him up and took him straight to the locker room.

He will have a rod inserted in his tibia and won't be able to start running for five or six weeks, Saban said.

"

Kenny Bell

has worked hard all season, all off-season," junior wide receiver

Kevin Norwood

said. "It hurts us to see him go down because we know he wants it as bad as any of us. It's a shame."

Bell’s injury serves as yet another blow to a group of Alabama receivers that has thrived because of its depth, but hasn’t been fully healthy at all this season.

Freshman

Chris Black

, who shined at April’s A-Day game, was ruled out for the year in August after he injured his shoulder. Sophomore

DeAndrew White

was lost for the season in September after he suffered a serious knee injury.

Star freshman

Amari Cooper

, Norwood and Bell have all been hampered by minor injuries throughout the season.

"It has been a difficulty at times because we've lost a couple of guys at the receiver position," Saban said Monday. "We're playing a couple of freshmen. Some of them are playing really well, sometimes not as well as we'd like."

Without Bell, who finishes the season with 17 catches for 431 yards and three touchdowns, freshman

Cyrus Jones

and redshirt freshmen

Marvin Shinn

and

Danny Woodson Jr.

could see their respectively small roles expanded.

“Marvin's always been a good receiver,” Norwood said. “He's always waited his turn. I think he's going to do his job.”