Story by
The Tuscaloosa News
Tyler Booker: Malachi Moore spoke to Alabama football after Vanderbilt outburst
- Story byThe Tuscaloosa News
- Tyler Booker: Malachi Moore spoke to Alabama football after Vanderbilt outburst
In the hours after Alabama football's loss to Vanderbilt , Crimson Tide offensive lineman Tyler Booker said safety Malachi Moore spoke to the team after his on-field outburst.
In an appearance on "The Next Round" show, Booker said "we all understand where (Moore's) frustration was coming from" at the end of the Commodores upset win.
"Malachi, he spoke to the team," Booker said. "We all had a conversation with Malachi and we all understand where he's coming from. He's a competitor. Anybody who has been in a situation like that, anybody who has been here for their fifth year, they would feel the same way. ... Now did he go about it the right way? No. But we all appreciate how much Malachi cares."
Advertisement
Booker said Moore is "so prideful" about Alabama .
"I've learned so much about being an Alabama football player from Malachi," Booker said. "It means so much to him. Yeah, he had an emotional moment at the end of the game, but when he got to the locker room, he was the leader he needed to be."
In Saturday's 40-35 loss to Vanderbilt , Moore had an outburst that included him kicking the football off the line of scrimmage, which led to a Crimson Tide penalty. He also was seen yelling toward the Alabama sideline and threw his mouth-guard across the field.
After the loss, DeBoer added that Alabama aims to be "first class in everything we do."
Advertisement
"There's a lot of guys that are very frustrated," DeBoer said. "The key is we turn that frustration into positive moving forward and make sure that we remember what we feel here tonight and remember that when we show up tomorrow and Tuesday and Wednesday, all season long. Malachi, I'm 100% confident he will do that."
Colin Gay covers Alabama football for The Tuscaloosa News, part of the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at cgay@gannett.com or follow him @_ColinGay on X, formerly known as Twitter.
This article originally appeared on The Tuscaloosa News: Tyler Booker: Malachi Moore spoke to Alabama after Vanderbilt outburst
