ORLANDO, Fla. -- Alabama tight end Miller Forristall appears set to play in the Citrus Bowl on Jan. 1 -- his first game since suffering a throat injury against Arkansas back on Oct. 26.

A regular for interviews, Monday was the first time reporters have heard from Forristall since he sustained the injury, and he detailed how the bizarre injury occurred earlier this season.

“I broke my larynx and my hyoid bone in my throat,” said Forristall at the bowl’s Day for Kids event. “They had to go in and put a couple screws, a couple plates in Monday the 28th after the Arkansas game. I caught an elbow real funny about halfway through the first quarter. We just didn’t really know what it was until after the game, and we went and got it taken care of.”

A scar stretches across the tight end’s neck, and he has been covering it since he returned to practice ahead of the matchup with Michigan. But Forristall seems back to his old self.

“I feel great,” Forristall said at Fun Spot America Theme Park. “How do you feel?”

An injury to the throat would suggest breathing was an issue. But Forristall didn’t think so.

“It wasn’t too bad,” he said. “My voice was gone at the end of the game. I was just very, very blessed the situation ended up how it ended up and how fantastic our staff handled it after the game. It could have been a lot worse. I’m very blessed the severity wasn’t as bad as it could have been. There were a lot of things that could have happened. Anything surrounding your throat and airway -- pre-surgery, post-surgery -- is obviously stuff to worry about.”

A redshirt junior, Forristall started the first eight games of the season and caught 12 passes for 131 yards and three touchdowns. In his last appearance against the Razorbacks, Forristall was named one of the Alabama coaching staff’s players of the week after catching two passes for 11 yards and putting together one of his better blocking performances of the year.

In his absence, Major Tennison and Jahleel Billingsley saw increased opportunities, and the Crimson Tide still used offensive linemen like Kendall Randolph as a blocking tight end. But the likely return of Forristall means Alabama’s offense will be at full strength in its final game of the season, outside of quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, who is still recovering from hip surgery.

Forristall is happy to be back on the field with his teammates -- and back to eating normally.

“I could speak within a couple days,” Forristall said. “Eating was the worst part. I dropped a couple pounds. But we’re back, and I’m really glad to be back with the team. And an event like this is also so cool, because all we do is football every day, all day, and to come back and be able to do this with the kids and spend some time with your teammates is a lot of fun.”

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