Former Alabama walk-on running back placed on Chiefs’ injured reserve
Alabama has a share of former running backs on NFL rosters. One of those is former walk-on running back Derrick Gore. On Tuesday, ProFootballTalk’s Charean Williams reported that Gore was placed on the Chiefs’ injured reserve seamlessly ending his 2022 season before it started.
Gore joined Alabama by way of Coffeyville Community College. He joined the team as a walk-on. The New York native went on to have 24 carries for 108 rushing yards and one touchdown. He spent two seasons in Tuscaloosa before transferring to play at Louisiana Monroe.
With the Warhawks, he had 295 carries for 1,247 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns. After his senior season with the program, he entered the 2019 NFL draft. He would sign as an undrafted free agent by the Los Angeles Chargers. Since joining the league, he has since spent time with the Washington Commanders and Kansas City Chiefs.
In his lone season on an NFL active roster, he had 51 carries for 256 rushing yards and two touchdowns.
Unfortunately, Gore is set to miss the entire 2022 NFL season as a result of a fractured thumb that was stated by Chiefs head coach Andy Reid in a press conference on Tuesday.
Chiefs place Derrick Gore on IR, Lucas Niang on reserve/PUP. https://t.co/EP9YAywpuG
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) August 23, 2022
Roll Tide Wire will continue to track Gore’s injury status as well as other former Alabama football players in the NFL.
