TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Outside linebacker Terrell Lewis was limited at Tuesday’s spring practice after missing the previous two sessions, and that will remain the case the rest of the spring.

Sustaining a torn ACL prior to the start of the 2018 season, the Crimson Tide is all but shutting down its pass-rusher for precautionary reasons so he will be ready for the upcoming 2019 campaign.

“You saw that Terrell Lewis is dressed out there, not doing much,” said head coach Nick Saban in a press conference Tuesday. “We cleaned his knee up. Doc wanted to do something to it, and as a precautionary thing, he’ll be very, very limited all spring long. I think our goal is to get him ready for the summer and keep on pushing him so that he’ll be ready for the fall.”

On July 10, Lewis underwent successful ACL surgery, and three days after the procedure, an impressive video surfaced on Twitter of the outside linebacker lifting his injured leg without assistance. “Watch a master at work,” he said. Lewis returned to the practice field prior to the SEC Championship game last season but did not play in any games in 2018, redshirting.

“I think with ACLs, nobody’s trying to set records with them at all, and I think to play at a high level, it takes close to a year,” Alabama’s head trainer Jeff Allen told BamaOnLine. “You can certainly be back in less than a year -- plenty of people do that. It happens in the NFL, it happens across all sports. But it really takes a year, I think, for an athlete to feel fully comfortable back from an ACL.”

Lewis also missed 10 games in 2017 after suffering an upper arm injury against Florida State in the season opener. He finished his sophomore season seeing time in four games with one start and totaled 16 tackles, including two tackles for loss, one sack and one pass breakup.

Guard Matt Womack was also limited Tuesday, but Saban was positive about other injuries.

“We had a couple of other guys that might miss practice for a day or something, but we don’t really have any significant injuries and I’m not going to give you an injury report every time we have a press conference,” Saban said. “But just because a guy didn’t practice, it doesn’t mean -- he had a minor injury, sort of missed one day of practice.”

Alabama will practice again Thursday, March 28, and will conclude the spring Saturday, April 13.

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