TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Nick Saban gave his final injury report prior to Saturday’s A-Day Game.

The 13th-year head coach ended the opening statement of his post-practice press conference on Thursday as Alabama held its final practice before its public scrimmage at Bryant-Denny Stadium.

“We have three players, possibly four, that won’t go in the scrimmage,” Saban said. “Terrell Lewis, who is getting really, really better, but there’s no sense making him play right now. Jedrick Wills did not need surgery or anything. Just has a pretty good ankle sprain. We’ll probably hold him out. Ben Davis has been out for the entire spring from surgeries that he had. And Major Tennison is questionable because he has to go through concussion protocol.”

Sustaining a torn ACL prior to the start of the 2018 season, Lewis was shut down earlier in the spring for precautionary reasons so he will be ready for the 2019 campaign. He also missed 10 games in 2017 after suffering an upper arm injury against Florida State in the season opener.

A former 5-star linebacker who redshirted his first season in 2017, Davis saw time in two games during his sophomore campaign in 2018. The Gordo, Ala., native had surgeries to repair shin splints during the offseason. Both Lewis and Davis have spent recent practices in black jerseys.

Tennison saw time in five games as a freshman in 2017 and built on that experience to play in four games in 2018. The tight end “was having a good spring before he had an injury,” Saban said.

The head coach also mentioned defensive back Shyheim Carter (sports hernia), who is “coming back from the injury is not 100 percent. He’s still not 100 percent speed-wise. I think he’s cleared to play but I don’t think he can run quite as fast as he used to. He’ll eventually get there.” Carter, however, has participated in nearly every spring practice, albeit in a black jersey.

Alabama linebackers Terrell Lewis (left) and Ben Davis.

Finally, Saban provided an update on Wills, who injured his ankle in last Saturday’s scrimmage. Wills has 16 career starts to his name, including all 15 games as a sophomore. He led the team with 50 knockdown blocks, allowed just one sack this season and surrendered only one hit on the quarterback in 2018. Last year, Wills earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors for efforts in the classroom and was named SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week for his play against Missouri.

This spring, Wills returned to his familiar spot as the starter at right tackle. The rest of the first-team offensive line has consisted of Alex Leatherwood, Emil Ekiyor, Chris Owens and Matt Womack.

“I think there’s a couple things that always happen in football,” Saban said. “No one ever has a bad recruiting class, no one ever has a bad spring. So, we had a good spring, if that answers anybody’s questions. We had a lot of guys get a lot better. A lot of guys got a lot of reps. We were pretty fortunate to get through it with a minimal amount of injuries. I really like the sort of competitive character that the team demonstrated in terms of work ethic.”

That means players like Trevon Diggs, Christopher Allen, Daniel Wright and Jalyn Armour-Davis will be playing in their first games since sustaining injuries that cut their seasons short a year ago.

The 2019 A-Day Game will kick off at 1 p.m. CT on ESPN2 on Saturday, April 13.

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