Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa will have surgery on his right ankle and recovery is expected to take about two weeks.
Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban told ESPN that Tagovailoa has a high ankle sprain and will have it scoped. He said recovery time for most of his players for this procedure has typically been "a two-week deal."
Saban is hoping Tagovailoa will be back by the time No. 1 Alabama starts practice for the Orange Bowl semifinal game against No. 4 Oklahoma on Dec. 29.
Tagovailoa hurt his right ankle when an offensive lineman stepped on it in the fourth quarter of the Southeastern Conference Championship Game against No. 6 Georgia. The Heisman Trophy candidate was helped off the field and didn't return to the game.
