Alabama starting linebacker Trey DePriest suspended by coach Nick Saban

By David Paschall August 14, 2013 2 min read

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Alabama starting linebacker Trey DePriest has been suspended by Crimson Tide football coach Nick Saban.

For a scrimmage.

Delivering a punishment that could be very brief but punishment nonetheless, Saban sidelined the 6-foot-2, 245-pound junior for an undisclosed violation of team rules. DePriest finished second on last season’s BCS title team with 59 tackles.

“He will be eligible to return to the team if he does what he’s supposed to do in relatively short order,” Saban said. “If he does those things, he’ll be back with us as soon as a week.”

DePriest will, at a minimum, miss today’s final two-a-day session as well as Thursday and Friday practices that will lead into Saturday’s second scrimmage.

David Paschall

David Paschall has covered sports at the Chattanooga Times Free Press since 1999 and wrote for the Chattanooga Free Press in the nine years before that. David has mostly covered college athletics, with a focus on the University of Georgia from 2000 to 2019 and the University of Tennessee since 2020. He grew up in Chattanooga and is a graduate of the Baylor School and Auburn University. David has received multiple writing awards and has served as a Heisman Trophy voter since 2003. He has also worked in radio in Chattanooga and has been on the SEC Network's "Classic Rewind" series since 2014. David and his wife, Kelly, have three children — Conner, Emily and Spencer.

Contact David Paschall at dpaschall@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6524.