TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Two Alabama players will soon return to practice, while another appears set to miss some time. Head coach Nick Saban provided updates on all three players Monday.

First, he provided updates on defensive tackle DJ Dale and linebacker Terrell Lewis.

“Those guys will probably not practice today, but we expect them to practice tomorrow or the next day,” Saban said. “So, we’re hopeful that they’ll be ready to play in this game.”

Dale (knee) left the Southern Miss game just before halftime and was replaced by Phidarian Mathis, who registered one tackle and forced a fumble that was recovered by safety Jordan Battle.

Lewis and inside linebacker Markail Benton did not play Saturday and instead watched the non-conference game from the sideline in street clothes. Saban did not have an update on Benton.

Saban also had an update on placekicker Will Reichard, who was injured this past weekend.

“I think he may be a little more day-to-day and a little more questionable than the other guys,” Saban said. “I don’t think this is something, with a kicker, that you can sort of push the guy along and have him have something that’s going to aggravate him for the rest of the season. So, we need to get it right now.”

His mother, Dana Reichard, shared on Facebook that Will will “rest for a few weeks.

Reichard is 4-of-7 on field-goal tries (57.1 percent) and has made 21-of-22 extra points. He has also kicked off 29 times with 22 resulting in touchbacks and only one kick going out of bounds. The freshman has punted three times for 119 yards and an average of 39.67 yards per punt.

After kicking the first two extra points in the game, Reichard walked to the locker room earlier in the second quarter under his own power and was replaced by Joseph Bulovas, who kicked the final five PATs. Reichard did not return with a pulled hip flexor he suffered during a kickoff.

“He did a great job in the last game,” Saban said of Bulovas. “I thought he kicked off well, had a couple touchbacks, put the ball in the right place, hit the ball really well on the extra points he had the opportunity to kick. So he certainly demonstrated he had confidence in that game. We have confidence in him. He kicked for us all of last year. So we’re going to encourage him and be positive with him. But ultimately every player has got to believe in themselves that they’re going to be successful in what they do.”

Alabama next will host the Ole Miss Rebels on Saturday, Sept. 28, at 2:30 p.m. CT on CBS.

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