Alabama's Mack Wilson lays out Texas A&M kick returner with brutal hit

Bill Bender

Alabama's Mack Wilson lays out Texas A&M kick returner with brutal hit image

Alabama linebacker Mack Wilson flattened Texas A&M's Speedy Noil on a kickoff in the first quarter of Saturday's SEC showdown.

The Tide took a 6-0 lead, and Wilson leveled Noil on the ensuing kickoff.  

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Should targeting have been called? Here's a look at the vicious hit.  

Bill Bender

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Bill Bender graduated from Ohio University in 2002 and started at The Sporting News as a fantasy football writer in 2007. He has covered the College Football Playoff, NBA Finals and World Series for SN. Bender enjoys story-telling, awesomely-bad 80s movies and coaching youth sports.